Friday, March 7, 2003

Details on Apple's online music service [The Macintosh News Network] 1:46:55 PM

Mating a Mac With a Cell Phone. Software created by a Swedish programmer turns a Bluetooth-equipped Sony Ericsson cell phone into a universal remote for the Macintosh. The software senses when the phone enters or leaves a room, pausing music or even triggering the central heating system. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 1:46:35 PM

Borland launches new branding campaign. The software maker has launched a new $12 million branding push, its first campaign in years. The move is aimed at highlighting the company's new direction--and its ability to survive. [CNET News.com] 1:46:15 PM

Vlogging: Video Weblogs. Talk about convergence! Video is the latest technology bloggers are adding to their formidable arsenal. Andrew Beach gives new meaning to the phrase "Film at 11." 0306 [WebReference News] 1:45:55 PM

Swimming With MIT's Virtual Fish. This summer at MIT, a virtual aquarium full of fish that respond to passersby will help ocean engineering students learn more about the way aquatic animals move -- and give people strolling the famous Infinite Corridor more to stare at than bricks. By Mark Baard. [Wired News] 1:45:37 PM

Stem Cells Heal a Broken Heart. An experimental stem-cell therapy used to revive damaged heart tissue in a 16-year-old boy could transform the stem-cell debate as well as the therapeutic-cloning controversy. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 1:45:09 PM

MIT Technology Review: Untapped Networks. Q&A with Duncan Watts, Columbia University sociologist. Theories of networks have been around for a long time, so the science itself really isn't new. What is new is the synthesis of ideas from a variety of disciplines: math, computer science, sociology, biology. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:44:55 PM