Friday, January 06, 2006

speed Intel Launches Centrino Duo Notebooks. [Slashdot] 10:56:50 PM    comment

privacy Your Cell Records For Sale Online, Cheap. [Slashdot] .com means anything and everything is for sale -- the phone companies are in search of a viable financial model and selling away privacy is lucrative and takes little shelf space.  On the plus side it means that we are entering a new era of transparency and perhaps that will encourage honesty (more likely a new channel on the rumor mill).  Would the cell phone records of your arch competitor be of interest? With some extra (read added cost) the records could also contain locations and transcriptions and then you would know as much as NSA does about the "your cell of interest."  George Orwell  in 1984 was premature but on the mark for the future of privacy. --BL 10:18:39 AM    comment

video Google and Yahoo Aim at Another Screen. The ascending giants are expected to announce plans to put TV programs on the Internet and computer data on the TV. By SAUL HANSELL. [NYT > Technology] 9:55:47 AM    comment

speed Space probe breaks laser record. A spacecraft sends a laser signal to Earth from 15 million miles away during its journey to Mercury. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 9:53:37 AM    comment