Sunday, January 11, 2004

On the air with Steve Crowley's American Scene Monday 1/12/04 at 10:10 am EST Listen in: LIVE On this program we highlight some tech deals and developments ~ HP and Apple's iTunes deal http://www.macnn.com/news/22857 ~ Toshiba's 0.85 inch Hard Disk Drive http://www.dpreview.com/news/0401/04010804toshibahdd.asp ~ The Mars Rover http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html Apple owns the desktop / supercomputer market ::: The amazing Virginia Tech G5 Supercomputer (the video) http://www.apple.com/hardware/video/virginiatech/virginiatech_480.html Google going public? According to CNET news last week, "web search giant Google could go public early next year using an unusual electronic bidding and placement system that aims to put individuals on an equal footing with powerful institutional investors, according to a published report. Google Chief Financial Officer George Reyes met with investment bankers last week to test the waters for its initial public offering, according to a report published on the Web site of the Financial Times Web. The company could be publicly traded by March 2004, the report said. Plans are still in the early stages for the IPO, which could value the company at more than $15 billion. The process would also allow investors equal chances of buying into the IPO, rather than allocating shares to investment banks that can dole them out to preferred customers." Read the story: http://news.com.com/2100-1024-5095984.html Another Yahoo type opportunity? One has to think so. ~~~~~~~~~~ Tip of the Day ::: From Netscape.com : "Choosing a Car Color? This One Is Safest If you're in the market for a new car, choose one that is silver. Why? Silver cars are involved in far fewer crashes than cars of other colors. According to a study by researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand that assessed the effect of car colors on the risk of serious injury in over 1,000 Auckland drivers between 1998-99, silver cars were 50 percent less likely to be involved in a crash resulting in a serious injury when compared with white cars. Reuters reports that the least safe car colors are brown, black, and green. The risk factor for white, yellow, gray, red, and blue cars is in the middle range and about the same for each. Globally, about 3,000 people die every day in a car crash." http://channels.netscape.com/ns/autos/package.jsp?name=fte/carcolor/carcolor 11:52:18 PM

Shark-Attack Girl Surfs in Competition KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) -- Teen surfer Bethany Hamilton returned to competition Saturday, just 10 weeks after losing her left arm in a shark attack. The 13-year-old Hamilton placed fifth in her age group in the Open Women Division of a National Scholastic Surfing Association meet at Banyans. 12:05:12 AM