Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Glass Panes and Software: Windows Name Is Challenged. An upstart company, Lindows.com, is trying to persuade the Federal District Court in Seattle to invalidate Microsoft's trademark on Windows. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:55:33 PM      Who Owns the Internet? You and i Do. Joseph Turow has begun a crusade to de-capitalize the word Internet and, by extension, to acknowledge a deep shift in the way that we think about the online world. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:54:59 PM      Diet Monger Ass Kicker 2002-12-31 is a program for designing diets to your own specifications. It allows nutrients and foods to be sorted and filtered into categories such as the food groups, raw only, no salt, or not dried. Calculations are made according to specified minimums and maximums, and using data from the USDA database of 6000 foods and 101 nutrients.  [freshmeat.net]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:49:12 PM      G.E. Research Returns to Roots. A team of researchers for G.E. is hoping to usher in an era of cheap, clean-burning lights, batteries, solar cells and the beginning of plastic-based electronics. By Claudia H. Deutsch. [New York Times: Technology]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:46:22 PM      Top 25 Science Stories of 2002 [Slashdot]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:43:52 PM      Microsoft Loses a Round to Rival Sun. A judge ruled that Microsoft must include Sun Microsystems's Java with the Windows operating system, handing Sun a victory in its private antitrust case. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:42:20 PM      Interpreting the Cosmic Rays. Doubts about relativity have been caused partly by a mystery regarding cosmic rays, the high-energy particles that rain down on Earth from outer space. By Dennis Overbye. [New York Times: Science]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:40:06 PM      More Than Good Intentions: Holding Fast to Faith in Free Will. From the author of "Rational Mysticism," a look at the notion of free will and whether it, as well as the concept of self, is a myth. By John Horgan. [New York Times: Science]     dennisRadio Encouragement  [] 1:39:31 PM

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