January 1, 2004

Interactive tech moments that broke the boredom The Globe and Mail - 2003 will probably not go down in history as one of the more exciting years for the Interactive industries. The recording industry in the United States sued a 12 year-old girl over music downloads and settled for $2,000 (U.S.). Internet voting emerged and brought with it suspicions of vote tampering and election-fraud. Voter apathy on the technical issues was as present as it is on any other issue. Everything else seemed to just keep plugging along in a quiet, careful way. 10:37:12 PM

Beta XP update ready for download ZDNet.co.uk - Microsoft has released a test version of the second major update to its Windows XP operating system. 10:35:34 PM

Faster World Whirls Into 2004 Discovery Channel - The world's timekeepers, who track time using an atomic clock and the rotation of the Earth, say our planet is speeding up. 10:34:34 PM