Monday, January 10, 2005

Japanese Study Finds Arthritis Gene Link. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mutated gene that affects cartilage may also be strongly involved in a tendency to arthritis, Japanese researchers reported on Sunday. [Reuters: Science] 11:24:50 PM      Google It!.

IBM Opens Their Patent Portfolio to Open Source [Slashdot:] 11:23:49 PM      Google It!.

RichDocument 1.0b2 released. RichDocument 1.0b2 is now in the Collective [Plone RSS] 7:59:40 PM      Google It!.

Gene clue to HIV origin in humans. Scientists say they have uncovered an important clue to understanding the origins of the Aids epidemic. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 9:56:04 AM      Google It!.

Sample PubSub Queries. PubSub's query language is powerful and allows you to do searches that are not possible with other services. If you're new to PubSub's service, here are some common queries to get you started: 1. PubSub can deliver updates to a... [Gush Blog] I think that this is a significant develipment to filter subscriptions because it allows one to effectively monitor a much larger number of feeds once you know what you are interested in finding -- (better than scrolling past the dross) --BL 8:57:36 AM      Google It!.

Life, Reinvented. A group of MIT engineers wants to model the biological world. But, damn, some of nature's designs are complicated! So they start rebuilding from the ground up -- and give birth to synthetic biology. By Oliver Morton from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 8:51:32 AM      Google It!.

Play to Get Fit -- New Concept?. Entrepreneurs are pushing what they call 'exergaming' -- the marriage of physical exercise and video gaming. They claim it could help reduce the obesity epidemic -- just like P.E. or sports, right? [Wired News] 8:48:48 AM      Google It!.

Emulators Answer the Call. How powerful is your cell phone? It certainly blows the doors off the beloved old Commodore 64, so hackers are harnessing that horsepower to emulate old computer systems. By Jacob Ogles. [Wired News] 8:48:12 AM      Google It!.

Wikipedia Faces Growing Pains. As the member-created free informational site continues to expand, more people treat it like a traditional encyclopedia. But academics caution that many of its entries receive little scrutiny. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News] 8:46:33 AM      Google It!.

Gush 1.2 Released. Our 1.2 release is now stable with improvements to our PubSub support and minor bug fixes. We are already underway with our next big release and are eager to share what we have planned.... [Gush Blog] 8:45:02 AM      Google It!.

Roboshark to hunt tourists. Roboshark, the electronic star of last year's BBC documentary, Smart Sharks, is to retire to a watery heaven complete with robotic tuna to dine on. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 8:43:42 AM      Google It!.

The Coming Expensing of Employee Stock Options [Slashdot:] 8:41:48 AM      Google It!.