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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Surf the Net Through Your Power Socket |
| 3:24:57 am mst / 4 March 2001 found by paul / filed in internet / source Reuters News 119 hits / 5 comments / 0 e-mails |
| Electrical utilities may become broadband internet service providers if they can take advantage of "powerline communications". Users could then simply connect their modems through the voltage lines in household wall sockets. |
| Surprisingly, the Europeans are ahead of the Americans in this field. |
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| Locating devices more popular, raise privacy concerns |
| 5:55:06 am mst / 4 March 2001 found by paul / filed in inventions / source NY Times 88 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| A good overview of some of the commercial products out there utilizing location technology. The article also covers the legitimate concerns about the resultant loss of privacy. |
| Like many people, I'd be willing to trade some privacy provided I saw a tangible benefit -- either monetary or some form of increased security. |
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| PVRs: The Next Generation |
| 12:05:23 pm mst / 4 March 2001 found by tim / filed in digital media / source LA Times 92 hits / 0 comments / 1 e-mail |
| The article outlines the newest features in digital video recorders, particularly ones coupled with satellite programming. |
| tim writes: The Evil Empire enters the picture with UltimateTV. |
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| More on the new Star Trek V series |
| 4:07:27 pm mst / 4 March 2001 found by paul / filed in culture / source Trek Today 164 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| TrekToday has an article on the upcoming Star Trek V series, including a full list of the main characters: "Series V will indeed be set on a Starship Enterprise, under the command of human Captain Jackson Archer. The backdrop of the series will be the 22nd Century, at a time when starship travel was a relatively new endeavour, humans and Vulcans still had much to learn about each other, and the universe really was still filled with strange new worlds, new life and new civilisations." (Thanks to Geeknews.net for the link.) |
| I wonder how many male humans will try to hit on Science officer T'Pau -- "Late 20s, early 30s. Vulcan female. Austere yet sensual." |
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| Leaving Silicon Valley |
| 8:12:37 pm mst / 4 March 2001 found by paul / filed in business / source San Jose Mercury News 80 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| In the aftermath of the dotcom bust, more disillusioned tech workers who moved to Silicon Valley in search of riches are leaving and returning home. As one joke goes, "B-to-C" no longer means "Business-to-Consumer" internet firms but rather "Back to Cleveland". |
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