Thursday, March 13, 2003

A Leap for Realism in a 'Matrix' Teaser. A nine-minute computer-animated film revisits the dark yet flashy science-fiction universe of "The Matrix." By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Technology] 6:42:48 PM

Beyond the CD: A Bid to Burnish Records' Sheen. Discs with remastered, high-resolution digital sound many times the quality of regular CD's are going to become increasingly prominent in record stores. By Wilson Rothman. [New York Times: Technology] 6:42:38 PM

Microsoft Web hosting leaves out .Net. Sites created using development tools key to Microsoft's much-hyped .Net push won't work with its bCentral Web hosting. [CNET News.com] 6:42:26 PM

"Lost in a Good Book" by Jasper Fforde. Literary detective Thursday Next teams up with Dickens' Miss Havisham to fight world destruction and an outbreak of deadly coincidences. [Salon.com] 6:42:14 PM

Howard Fast, 88, Best-Selling Novelist, Dies. The prolific best-selling novelist was known for historical fiction like "Citizen Tom Paine" and "Spartacus." By Mervyn Rothstein. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] 6:42:02 PM