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April 25 to May 1, 2005
Gateway's new $200 LCD monitors... http://news.com.com/Gateway+prepares+trio+of+LCD+monitors/2100-1041_3-5687511.html?
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Canada once took in 50,000 Vietnam-era draft dodgers. But today it's denying political asylum to those who refuse to
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icipate in the Iraq war...
April 18 to 24, 2005
High-Tech Junk http://news.com.com/Tech+giants+boost+recycling+efforts/2100-1003_3-5679907.html?
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Verizon and Movielink announced a movie download service for broadband users: http://news.com.com/Verizon+calls+action+on+movie+downloads/2100-1034_3-5679846.html?
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The EU last year fined Microsoft $700 million for abusing its near-monopoly in the software industry. Meanwhile, an EU Commissioner who could affect the amount of these fines was invited to a lavish...
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ly thanks to its sale of hybrid cars, Toyota expects to see its best first quarter in 48 years. GM expects to lose $850 million that same quarter due to short term bets on "cheap" and "plentiful...
Rethinking The Everyday Things http://www.magellans.com/store/Accessories___Gifts___GamesGG253?
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April 11 to 17, 2005
And the new Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 reports your document-viewing activities to third
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ies without your knowledge...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
History, Patents, and You http://news.com.com/Should+optical+discs+last+forever/2100-1041_3-5645832.html?
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Perpendicular recording likely marks civilization's mass transition from 2D to 3D storage technologies...
March 14 to 20, 2005
The first modern robotic shoe changes shape to match the terrain you're running on: http://news.com.com/Can+these+running+shoes+outsmart+you/2100-1041_3-5625839.html?
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February 21 to 27, 2005
In a panel at a Web conference in 1995 I talked about the inevitable rise of instant stardom and its perils, once the Web got popular. Here are some of the latest subjects - a very funny online vide...
There will be no encryption on new U.S. e-passports, even though they could be read stealthily from 30 feet away...
February 7 to 13, 2005
The recently launched Google Maps has changed the face of mapping services on the Internet overnight thanks to its excellent design. Note that it doesn't work (well) in Safari quite yet...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
A new industry group has been formed for holographic discs, which may store up to 1TB - that's one terabyte, or about 1,000GB...
At least the U.S. De
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ment of Energy is trying to put automatic-off sensors in lights...
January 24 to 30, 2005
Two tourists took the same shot of an obscure bridge from a difficult vantage point, 20 years a
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January 10 to 16, 2005
A new book, "Collapse", explores the reasons behind the fall of once-great civilizations. It outlines five causes: environmental damage, climate change, hostile neighbors, loss of trade
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ners, an...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Fluid flow simulation software is now open source. Implications for cheaper environmental studies and wind/water energy generation prototypes...
December 13 to 19, 2004
Technology that helps fight "griefers", or people in online multiplayer games that do nothing but kill and loot, frustrating everyone else. Implications for social systems...
December 6 to 12, 2004
The Supreme Court will hear the case on whether P2P service providers are liable for content on their systems! This popular item is worth repeating and may change how you experience, purchase, an...
"Film use fading like an old photo" http://news.com.com/Film+use+fading+like+an+old+photo/2100-1041_3-5483832.html?
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November 29 to December 5, 2004
What will be the role of religion in the 21st century? Despite the fact that so many in America purport to be religious, mainstream voices paint the majority of citizens as preferring war over peace...
Wal-Mart is China's 8th-biggest trading
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ner...
Here's an overview of the current tech jobs in demand: http://news.com.com/Some+tech+skills+getting+pay+boost/2100-1022_3-5475210.html?
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Whoops, another Hawaiian bird species nears extinction. "This species was a unique
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of Earth's history... we'll never have another one like it if it disappears....
The zoom quilt - I've love to see this with lots more
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icipants...
November 22 to 28, 2004
An account of the rough security screening at movie theaters these days: http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/movies/mpaa/piracy-paranoia-
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-ii-the-life-aquatic-screening-026073.ph...
November 15 to 21, 2004
New businesses are sprouting up to meet demand for the new Firefox browser, now used by 19% of users according to some...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"White collar slavery" in the video game industry: http://news.com.com/Electronic+Arts+faces+overtime+lawsuit/2100-1043_3-5450316.html?
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The FCC further deregulates Internet phone services: http://news.com.com/FCC+further+deregulates+Net+calls/2100-7352_3-5444883.html?
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"Submission" http://kiwi.hlm.cyberhq.nl/mirror/submission/submission
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1.av...
"sorryeverybody.com" spawns "werenotsorry.com" and "apologiesaccepted.com"...
November 1 to 7, 2004
A photoessay on how "The Incredibles" was created: http://news.com.com/Photos%3A+Creating+the+Incredibles/2009-1026_3-5439348.html?
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October 25 to 31, 2004
Best Buy opens online photo processing labs: http://news.com.com/Best+Buy+opens+online+photo-processing+lab/2100-1032_3-5432615.html?
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A great three-
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series from the SF Chronicle...
Dead things are a core
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of the ecosystem. But many forests are in trouble due to excessive dead wood removal...
The RIAA issues its first gold, platinum, and multiplatinum certifications for digitally downloaded music...
Billboard Magazine starts a new chart for top ringtones: http://news.com.com/Billboard+chimes+in+on+ring+tones/2100-1039_3-5426742.html?
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October 18 to 24, 2004
Five trips that can change your life,
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five - volunteer vacations...
October 4 to 10, 2004
The State of Hawaii just launched the "Hawai'i Business Express", which allows one to start a business easily online via all the relevant de
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ments. Unfortunately, ending a business is still ...
With this application and a GPS-enabled phone, you can walk around town and see which places are contributing money to which political
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ies. Get a rough idea of the political leanings and wealth o...
Finally, a startup uses BitTorrent-like tech for online movies: http://news.com.com/Start-up+delivers+movie+downloads/2110-1032_3-5395970.html?
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September 27 to October 3, 2004
Also, a court rules that posting voting machine flaws are not DMCA violations but are instead "an important
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of the public debate"...
California mandates free cell phone recycling. Every state should pass such a bill...
Will solar-powered ISPs take off? http://news.com.com/Is+there+money+in+being+%27green%27%3F/2100-1012_3-5381028.html?
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September 20 to 26, 2004
Don't say "offshoring" anymore - the politically correct term is "global sourcing"...
A
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of the brain that removes fear has been found...
Researchers are finding ways to reduce buckyball toxicity: http://news.com.com/Rice+lab+makes+nano+
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s+less+toxic/2110-7337_3-5381544.html?
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September 13 to 19, 2004
China's a new "hotbed of research" too: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/technology/13china.html?ex=1252728000&en=c97bdebfc8ebba94&ei=5090&
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The Oprah car giveaway made a lot of money for GM. It's a sign of new types of promotions to come...
About the horrible pollution and cancer-causing rivers in China: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/international/asia/12china.html?ex=1252641600&en=195e0c8a98b98708&ei=5090&
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August 30 to September 5, 2004
The world's smallest atomic clock will lead to devices with super-accurate time everywhere (1 second is lost every 300 years), affecting cryptography, global communications, etc....
August 15 to 22, 2004
Nanotech funding grows to $8.6 billion. Hype, or not? http://news.com.com/Nanotech+funding+to+grow+to+%248.6+billion/2100-7337_3-5310762.html?
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FedEx Kinko's debuts Web-based job uploads. I didn't test it too much, but it seems to work with Safari...
Unpatched PCs are compromised in 20 minutes. Someone should make a tiny USB-powered firewall device for upgrading PCs...
People are buying more plasma TVs: http://news.com.com/Report%3A+Consumers+tuning+in+to+plasma+TVs/2100-1041_3-5318404.html?
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August 8 to 14, 2004
Over the last few years developer Kenneth Hughes has proposed an ambitious redevelopment plan, which would replace the nearby HECO power plant with a real parking garage and build a
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ments...
The first(?) chip to use ultrawideband technology: http://news.com.com/FCC+certifies+Freescale+ultrawideband+technology/2110-1039_3-5305961.html?
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"Fewer college students choose computer majors" http://news.com.com/Students+saying+no+to+computer+science/2100-1022_3-5306096.html?
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E-commerce turns 10. Don't believe the hype-the first secure online Web-based shopping transaction was done via Randy Adams' Internet Shopping Network, which I developed the interface for in 1994...
Abu Ghraib: "...private-sector employees actively took
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in horrifying prisoner abuse". Examines the growing trend of the government to sidestep laws by hiring corporations to do the dirty work...
In what may be a first, Warner Brothers encourages the distribution of online album tracks as
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of a marketing campaign. Are they starting to get a clue...
August 2 to 8, 2004
1) Tax incentives for local artists in
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icular areas to spur growth. Here's a model...
July 12 to 18, 2004
eMachineShop - design and machine custom mechanical
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s online...
July 5 to 11, 2004
A new type of affordable condo complex with intelligently designed 347 square-foot spaces. I'd rather see a building like this than (yet) another rundown concrete brick a
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ment in Hawaii any day...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
The best-designed appliance plug I've seen: http://www.a
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menttherapy.com/main/archives/000556.htm...
June 21 to 27, 2004
Second, the Carlyle Group is looking to buy Verizon Hawaii - this is just
part
of their recent massive purchases of telecoms in the Pacific region. The deal is "complex", as it involves a number o...
June 7 to 13, 2004
Why the FCC should be abolished: http://news.com.com/Why+the+FCC+should+die/2010-1028_3-5226979.html?
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The 50 coolest song
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s...
May 17 to 23, 2004
Attract tenants with wireless: http://forevergeek.com/articles/a
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ment_complex_unwired.ph...
May 3 to 9, 2004
The Star Trek a
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April 26 to May 2, 2004
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii needs low-cost housing solutions - how about using used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made worldwide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
5) Support sustainable architecture and treat architecture as
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of the environment: "The McMansion Next Door - Why the American house needs a makeover" (10/2003)...
If you listen to a CD I give you, will you be busted? As
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of a nationwide crackdown, the FBI raided Deer Valley High School...
April 12 to 18, 2004
A study finds that the average (Windows) PC has 28 spyware programs on it, each of which may send your private information to other
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ies without your knowledge...
There's a lot of
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icipatory art going on around the net these days. Here's the surreal result at the midpoint of one photoshop-fest...
March 31, 2004
While the islands have seen a few distinctive architects that were compelled, nurtured, and influenced by Hawaii's natural environment - Dickey, Ossipoff, Morgan - the last 40 years has been witnes...
Hawaii construction and typical a
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ment developments use a lot of concrete, a material that John Lautner considered "most desireable" for his needs. But these developments often end up being block...
March 8 to 14, 2004
These fake tattoo sleeves look pretty cool - would be great for Halloween,
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ies, or fitting in at the local biker bar...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Philips developed a "fluid lens" - a variable-focus lens system with no mechanical moving
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s that mimics the human eye's focusing mechanism...
February 16 to 22, 2004
"Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household devices as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can damage brain cell DNA, according t...
And get a flat panel display too! They're more environmentally friendly... Flat panels to outpace CRTs in 2004 http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5161666.html?
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January 12 to 18, 2004
The federal government plans to analyze employees' hair, sweat, and saliva as a
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of new drug tests...
January 5 to 11, 2004
"I.M.F. Report Says U.S. Deficits Threaten World Economy...
December 15 to 21, 2003
The anatomy of a Hawaiian high-tech news item This year, a UH-Manoa researcher working with international collaborators discovered a new unknown subatomic
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icle, called X(3872)...
December 8 to 14, 2003
It's legal (and has been for years) in over half the states to sell your voter registration information - including name, race, email, street address, phone number, birth date, political affiliation...
A new way to filter out toxins from the blood has been invented. It uses magnetized nanoa
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icles, and may revolutionize current dialysis techniques as well as eliminate certain classes of diseases...
The Justice De
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ment wants to brand Greenpeace as a criminal operation...
December 1 to 7, 2003
This digital sundial requires no electricity or moving
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A great five-
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essay on the homeless problem in San Francisco, which has the nation's worst problem with "hard-core homelessness". What to know what life is really like on the street...
November 24 to 30, 2003
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving... In honor, here's an article about why today's mass-produced turkeys taste so bland... http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/opinion/24MART.html?
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November 17 to 23, 2003
A new unexplainable sub-atomic
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icle has been found...
The first genetically engineered pet goes on sale - glow-in-the-dark fish (called GloFish)...
November 10 to 16, 2003
Mark Morford of the San Francisco Chronicle has always been a great columnist, but this column in
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icular shows him at his best...
November 3 to 9, 2003
Forbes did a multi-
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series on "The New Cash Crop" - marijuana! This series also profiles a Tokyo store that sells ayahuasca for "$70 a dose"...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
On November 24 you can switch cell phone carriers while keeping your number. If you do this, please
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icipate in a cell phone recycling program.....
October 27, 2003
ChevronTexaco and Ecuador http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/23/business/worldbusiness/23texa.html?ex=1067572800&en=cc9b358b298a8763&ei=5062&
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October 20, 2003
Some interesting facts about Wal-Mart, which is making a push to open hundreds of new "supercenters"...
October 14, 2003
The main point of this is that now a single computer can replace an entire cellular tower's worth of expensive equipment. This means smaller installations and better coverage to rural areas. Plus i...
Finally, on a lighter note, a
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ial Latin translation of Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back": "Large buttocks are pleasing to me, nor am I able to lie concerning this matter....
September 22, 2003
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August 25, 2003
* Isetan (a de
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ment store in Singapore, shut down...
August 12, 2003
(Note: the Cacophony Society helped start the Burning Man - I had a great Halloween
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y at their "headquarters" once...