Thursday, February 19, 2004

Genome data to be released. The sequence of the human genetic blueprint deciphered three years ago by a private company is to be made public. [BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition] 10:19:50 AM      Google It!.

On the Therapist's Couch, a Jolt of Virtual Reality. Therapists are using software to create virtual environments that can help people face down their fears. By Sam Lubell. [New York Times: Technology] 10:14:55 AM      Google It!.

1,000 Gigabytes Appease the Multimedia Glutton.  supersizing your system with an external hard drive ordered for $1,199 at www.lacie.com. with typical music tracks could spin out tunes for the next two years.By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] Time to come to grips with the reality of cheap digital storage $1.19 per gig.  The notion of  charging for  space on the server begins to seem  ever so quaint.  You personally  will never type a gig woth to characters in a lifetime.   This  represents the thin edge of the wedge of the digital utility that will combine both computing power and storage in interestng ways.  Issues of human usability will be key in the era of the digital utility even more than they are now. BL 10:13:31 AM      Google It!.

Key advance reported in regenerating nerve fibers [Science Blog] 9:41:56 AM      Google It!.