August 14, 2002

A few key changes in a single gene help explain why people can talk while mice and apes cannot, researchers said on Wednesday. The gene, called FOXP2, seems to be involved in the face and jaw movements necessary for speech, the researchers in Germany and Britain said. 10:07:59 PM

Zionblog notes that McDonald's is apparently proud that two of its restaurants don't serve Christians or Jews. From the McDonald's Saudi Arabia Web page: There are two unique McDonald's restaurants located in the Holy City of Makkah. These restaurants are the only two restaurants in the world that are wholly staffed with Muslim employees and who serve exclusively Muslim customers, from Service Crew to Restaurant Manager level. "opinionjournal" I imagine that the new state of Palestine will be able to brag about it's jew free vacation areas. 10:05:27 PM

Godzilla vs. the blog thing The Japanese monster's trademark owner breathes fire on a small-time blog site, sparking fears that AOL Time Warner-sponsored Mozilla.org might be next. 10:03:24 PM

"the last thing chip companies could afford to do was allocate a team of engineers to figure how they could apply strained silicon to their own chips"- Mark Wolf, chief executive of Amberwave Systems In fact the last thing any company can do is forget about R&D.  Intel's story in Forbes.   11:31:15 AM

HyperCard: What Could Have Been. Creating HyperCard was one of the greatest achievements of software genius Bill Atkinson's long career at Apple. So why does he think he missed the mark? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 8:31:13 AM