Monthly Archives: October 2001

I’m watching Jeff Hawkins of Handspring demo the upcoming Treo communicator, which combines the PDA and mobile phone better than anything I’ve seen so far. I want one! Comments

Wired News: RIAA Wants to Hack Your PC. The recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s. It’s no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this … Continue reading →

Daily Telegraph (London): Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking . Prof Hawking, the world’s best known cosmologist, says that biology, rather than physics, presents the biggest challenge to human survival. Amen. Comments

Los Angeles Times: Hoaxes and Scares Thrive Amid Fear. From bogus anthrax and bomb warnings to hot rumors of new terrorist targets, false alarms have increased sharply after the terrorist attacks. They often have had extra potency because nerves are … Continue reading →

At the annual European Technology Roundtable last week, the prevailing mood was somber. The U.S. and Britain started bombing Afghanistan just before the opening reception was about to get under way, adding a new level of uncertainty to an already-tense … Continue reading →

Doc Searls spotted this somewhat scary quiz. I didn’t get very many right. Comments

The Takeda Foundation has given an award for “Social/Economic Well-Being” to Ken Sakamura, Richard M. Stallman and Linus Torvalds for “the origination and the advancement of open development models for system software – open architecture, free software and open source … Continue reading →

The media need to be cautious right now about how they report the anthrax cases. We in the press are being used by unknown murderers to spread fear as they attempt to spread the potentially deadly spores. We need to … Continue reading →

Washington Post: Senate Passes Expansion of Electronic Surveillance. With a minimum of debate, the Senate last night overwhelmingly approved a far-reaching anti-terrorism bill that would significantly enhance the power of law enforcement agencies to conduct searches, wiretaps and other forms … Continue reading →

Washington Post: Military Escorts Now Standard for Troubled Airliners. “We have to approach aviation safety from a multi-layer approach,” said John Cox, executive air safety chairman for the Air Line Pilots Association. “First we have to keep a potential threat … Continue reading →