Techno DJ Is Hot, Hot, Hawtin. Richie Hawtin is Mr. Techno -- a globe-trotting DJ whose livelihood depends on the latest technology. Wired News caught up with Hawtin, who is currently touring to promote his new album, to talk about the next DJ interface and human interaction in a techno world. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

 

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Times on the Web Is Winner of Award. The New York Times on the Web has won an award from the Online News Association for coverage of the war in Iraq. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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:)...Hotel Rooms and High-Technology Befuddlement. Some terrific hotels, in their zeal to be hip, have designed elements of almost comic incomprehensibility into their guest rooms. By Joe Sharkey. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Fast and Furious: The Race to Wire America. The wiring of America for high-speed Internet access represents huge opportunities and risks for companies large and small. By Matt Richtel. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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I.B.M. Says It Benefits 2 Ways From On-Demand Computing. I.B.M.'s chief, Samuel J. Palmisano, said that his company had generated $7 billion in orders in the last year for "on demand" computing services. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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It is about experimenting with technology, changing operational paradigms to get a better result...Jay Rosen: "Ed Cone explains exactly why Howard Dean's 'open style' of politics is a big deal--and a big story--whether he or not he wins. " [Scripting News]

 

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You figure it out...(I like the tree)...Three years ago today: "Authoring a directory is a lot like maintaining a weblog. On a weblog you post on a timely basis, but links fall off the bottom. On a directory you save the valuable non-time-based links. There's the fundamental difference between a weblog and a directory. A weblog has the current stuff, and a directory has the permanent stuff. Connecting the two structures is an interesting user interface problem, and a social one. I have to prime the pump, to get people interested in doing their own directories, I guess I have to create directory envy." [Scripting News]

 

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You have to know your search engines...Scott Rosenberg isn't sure Bill Gates is telling the truth about Google. [Scripting News]

 

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Business communications...Macromedia, AOL bring IM capabilities to Central. Macromedia Inc. Wednesday released the developer version of Macromedia Central, a software environment that lets users access distributed information from desktop PCs and handheld devices using XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Web services. In addition, Macromedia announced the addition of instant-messaging (IM) capabilities to Central through a partnership with America Online Inc. (AOL) [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

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As a profession, landscape architecture does not generate enough discussion about the project process...and the IT impact on it...AMR: IT now in the post-technology era. Companies are more focused than ever on business processes and saving money, rather than on technology, according to AMR Research. [Computerworld News]

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Virus tries to con PayPal users. Computer users are being warned about the latest virus which tries to fool customers into sending credit card details. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

 

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Recreation...Wired: The Second Coming of Philip K. Dick. I see I'm not the only one who noticed this. [Hack the Planet]

 

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