A group of web publishers filed suit in federal court this week against the Internet ad network Gator, charging that Gator sells ads on their Web sites without authorisation and pockets the proceeds
Fancy an Athlon-based, dual head laptop, then Xentex Technologies have the toy for you
Providing more proof that the record industry is indeed a oligopoly, two major record companies, Vivendi Universal and Warner Communications, have been convicted of price fixing by the FTC over a recording from 1998 of the Three Tenors
Boeing engineers have designed a super-efficient aircraft that would look like a giant bat and slash the cost of air transport. The Blended Wing Body concept, outlined more than ten years ago but now said to be almost perfected, would have no fuselage or tail. Rather, it would basically be a wing with a belly that would accommodate the passengers and freight
A team of Japanese engineers has come up with a way of blocking mobile phone signals using wood panels containing magnetic material. The panels would be useful in cinemas, theatres, or anywhere where ringing mobile phones cause exasperation
Researchers at Philips have integrated a space-saving optical mouse into a mobile phone for the first time — via Slashdot
The guys at cluelessmailers.org have made a map of spam. It shows the relationships among spammers and other entities — legitimate or not — including organisations that track spam, advertises with, shares addresses, e-mails through, and all sorts of other data
Tschibsi, an Austrian farmer’s faithful dog, saved his life by running for help after a hay-making machine sliced up the 62-year-old’s left foot
The Who bassist John Entwistle, whose impassive onstage demeanour stood in counterpoint to the manic antics of fellow band members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, died Wednesday night in Las Vegas
Microsoft is warning people that a series of flaws in its Windows Media Player could allow a malicious hacker to hijack people’s computer systems and perform a variety of actions
Australian scientists have launched a new project to galvanise Australia’s property, building and construction industry to embrace sustainability. Evergen is an idea with a tangible outcome — commercial buildings, which are built faster, perform better, sell for more, and which ultimately, are recyclable and have a zero net cost to the environment
Members of the Toledo police computer crimes task force and FBI agents served search warrants at 13 residences, including an apartment, a condominium, and single-family houses. Investigators believe cable modems that connect Buckeye Express customers to the Internet were altered, allowing computer users unauthorised access to excessive amounts of bandwidth
A new technique being developed by GE and IBM to further decrease the size needed to magnetically store data. This new technique could produce 150 gigabits per square centimetre — that’s a terabyte on a laptop size hard drive
An e-mail gateway start-up, IronPort Systems, is pushing marketers to back a plan that would let spam recipients charge companies for unwanted messages
David Kirsch, a University of Maryland professor, needs the disastrous business plans, pointless PowerPoints and tales of failure to create a digital archive of Internet failures
AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched in 1974 for radio hobbyists to use. In 1981 the onboard batteries died and the satellite went silent. Then on 21 June 2002, 20 years later, a hobbyist testing some new equipment made an amazing discovery — AMSAT-OSCAR 7 is live once more, both broadcasting and accepting signals — via Slashdot
According to a recent survey, information technology professionals think a major attack on US government computer systems is coming and that the government is not adequately prepared for it
Australia plans to endorse CD-copying kiosks in a controversial world-first plan that legalises music piracy. The Australian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society will allow an Adelaide-based business to operate CD-pirating kiosks nation-wide for a modest royalty payment
NSW Central Coast fleet supplier, Cellular One, has identified a malfunction that occurs when Nokia’s 6310 is used with a hands-free accessory supplied by Beyond Holdings
An Alaskan chicken-hypnotist who cycles around the world with a travelling circus has ground to a halt after a charity clothes shop in Scotland sold her bicycle by mistake while she was in the fitting-room
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