Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits [Slashdot:] 2:09:37 PM      Google It!.

Metafor: Translating Natural Language to Code [Slashdot:] 12:28:18 PM      Google It!.

Group Seeks Resignation of Columbia University President. The call for Lee C. Bollinger's resignation came as the university awaits a report on charges of intimidation of Jewish students in classes in Middle East studies. By By KAREN W. ARENSON. [NYT > Education] 10:13:06 AM      Google It!.

Either a Borrower or a Lender Be. A new U.K. website called Zopa aims to hook up two distinct groups of people -- those with spare cash and those looking to borrow some. The auction-style exchange could give banks a run for their money. By John Papageorge. [Wired News] 10:11:29 AM      Google It!.

RFID Cards Get Spin Treatment. Sensitive to privacy concerns associated with RFID, the Department of Homeland Security wants to call the tags in its new employee ID cards -- and, potentially, U.S. passports -- 'contactless' or 'proximity' chips. By Mark Baard. [Wired News] 10:10:22 AM      Google It!.

South Korean Gov't. Advocates Linux [Slashdot:] 10:09:20 AM      Google It!.

A9.com with Syndicated Search [Slashdot:] 10:02:34 AM      Google It!.

Sponsors 'manipulate' scientists. University scientific researchers are put under pressure to tailor their results to suit their sponsors, a survey finds. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 9:59:59 AM      Google It!.

From open source to open services to open information. My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ... [Jon's Radio] 9:56:07 AM      Google It!.

Hair is good source of stem cells. Scientists have found hair follicles are an accessible and plentiful source of stem cells. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 9:54:51 AM      Google It!.

Google Acquires Urchin Software. Google agreed to acquire the Urchin Software Corporation, which makes software to help companies analyze the traffic at their Web sites. By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. [NYT > Technology] 12:01:43 AM      Google It!.