Fifty years to the day from the discovery of the structure of DNA, James Watson causes a furore by suggesting that stupidity is a genetic disease should be cured
These guys have implanted the world’s smallest webserver-on-a-chip into a dead fly. From the site: Fly, grants us the ability to virtually possess the body of a dead, preserved fly via web-based technology
. There is a webcam monitoring the fly, so you can watch as you blink the LEDs. And don’t worry if something goes wrong with it — Several pre-programmed and wired flies will be on hand in case of technical malfunction — via Slashdot
Internet Infidels Discussion Forums offers a humorous look at the US government’s latest attempt at scare mongering — if you have set yourself on fire, do not run…
An early test version of the next major release of Microsoft Windows has been leaked onto the Net. Code-named Longhorn, it hints of major changes under the Windows hood, as Microsoft radically improves file management and searching features in Windows and in Yukon, the code-name for the next version of SQL Server, due out later this year
One day we may have a Government that understands the IT industry and its problems, but that day will never come under Richard Alston
The Advertising Standards Agency in the UK has outlined new rules which govern text advertisements including SMS spam, e-mail spam, and web pop-ups. All unsolicited advertising must now clearly identify itself as advertising. This is as a direct result of the number of complaints about junk texts, e-mail and web pop-ups
NSA personnel have been instructed to step up operations to bug the phones and e-mails of the UN Security Council. And, not surprisingly, the US news monopolies have been ignoring the story
Dozens of young Iranians have been detained for unlawful actions
after using a web site to arrange dates
Net Nanny 4.0, the internet filter provided by the three largest service providers, Telstra, Optus and OzEmail, is so ineffective it is about to be ditched by the Australian Broadcasting Authority due to its high failure
Egypt’s legendary library of Alexandria boasted that it had a copy of every known manuscript in the world. The directors of the new Alexandria Library have joined with an American artist and software engineers in an ambitious effort to make virtually all of the world’s books available online
Education experts warned yesterday of the potentially damaging effect on literacy of mobile phone text messaging after a pupil handed in an essay written in text shorthand
Wireless G, the new Ferrari of wireless networking, has just hit the market, driving techies mad with the promise of more speed than even they can handle
Filmmaker Michael Moore says journalists should look into a possible deal between the Bush administration and Russia to carve up Iraq’s oil fields after ousting Saddam Hussein
Visitors to Daypop, an index of Weblogs, were treated on Wednesday to a new feature called ‘word bursts‘, an automated attempt to identify the hottest words at the moment
A journalist attends the World Economic Forum and writes her friends an email about the experience. Two weeks later, that email is on the Web, people she’s never met are correcting her spelling, and the journalist is vowing to go back to longhand
Microsoft is pushing for a change in at least Washington’s anti-spam law. Some analysts claim that the changes contain holes that will allow Microsoft to be exempt from the law. Odd that Microsoft is simultaneously trying to stop spam sent to Hotmail users, and to make sure that it can send unsolicited commercial e-mail without penalties — via Slashdot
A German university was accused by the BSA of pirating MS Office, because they mirrored OpenOffice.org. The scripts from the BSA only check for Office
in the filename and then automatically send out notices to the ftp administrators — via Slashdot
France’s high-rise ghettos are fuelling machismo driven males to murder while leaving the young women of the area living in constant fear
In an attempt to curb identity theft on its service, online career listing site Monster.com has begun warning its users of fake job postings bent on stealing personal information
Students at the 151-year-old Tufts University were paid as little as $20/month to relay spam from computers in their dorms. Interestingly enough, the students approached the spammers about this scheme and not vice-versa — via Slashdot
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