Analyst: Weak demand dings IT services. The industry struggled in the first quarter, says a Prudential Securities analyst, who also predicts that computer services giant EDS may lower its forecast. [CNET News.com]
7:51:25 PM    

Internet tax moratorium bill gains support. Bill would extend the sometimes misunderstood Internet Tax Freedom Act, which bans the 7,500-plus taxing jurisdictions in the U.S. from creating taxes unique to the Internet. [Computerworld News]
7:50:11 PM    

Technology Briefing: Internet. EDGAR ONLINE TO CUT 18% OF WORK FORCE;. [New York Times: Technology]
7:48:36 PM    

Allies' Vital Supply Line Now Stretches Into Orbit. Scores of satellites are providing coalition forces in Iraq with an invisible web of communications, guidance and reconnaissance. By William J. Broad. [New York Times: Technology]
7:48:14 PM    

HDTV's Acceptance Picks Up Pace. As prices drop and networks sign on, sales are beginning to expand beyond the cult of early adopters. By Eric A. Taub. [New York Times: Technology]
7:47:32 PM    

The Fight to Control Your Mind. Should the government have the right to alter the biochemistry of your brain? Richard Glen Boire of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics says no. He's taking his case to the Supreme Court. By Michael Erard from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
7:46:59 PM    

Misfired Messages Roil Businesses. From topless photos to serious insults, plenty of people are getting messages meant for other people's eyes. It causes a lot of embarrassment and has been known to cost people their jobs or their clients. By Christopher Null. [Wired News]
7:46:12 PM    

Get the Skinny on Food Poisoning. Food critics aren't the only ones keeping tabs on the restaurant scene. So are restaurant sanitation inspectors. Fortunately, many cities publish their findings on the Web. By Lewis Wallace. [Wired News]
7:45:41 PM    

How Macs do URL files.

Thanks to Brent Simmons for sending the info.

File type: ilht, creator: MACS. The file suffix is .webloc.

It's an old-fashioned resource file. It has a 'url ' resource with an id of 256. That resource is just text, the URL to open.

Where to put the files? Brent understood exactly what I meant.

file.getSpecialFolderPath ("", "Desktop Folder", false)

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7:44:55 PM    

Speaking of yummy.

Thanks to Chris Pirillo for a psychic collaboration over huge geography. He suggested an RSS aggregator running in my Start menu, and now I have one. Pinch me. It's awesome. More later.

I also want to get this working on Mac. Is there an equivalent of this document for Mac OS X?

(BTW, I didn't used to like the word yummy but thanks to cute little Cassandra Goth in The Sims, I do now.)

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7:44:19 PM    

Challenging art show's web debut. A project bringing together challenging art and multi-media production is launched. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:43:09 PM    

'Nanowire' breakthrough hailed. Microscopic wires which could help form the miniature technology of the future have been constructed using tiny body proteins. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:42:05 PM    

CSC gets tough on file-sharing employees. Offenders face counselling - or the boot [The Register]
7:41:19 PM    

UK drivers face fines for 'wrong type of hands-free device'.. Bluetooth in-car restrictions are 'unworkable' [The Register]
7:40:45 PM    

Apple 12in PowerBook G4. Review A Reg long-term, in-depth test [The Register]
7:40:04 PM