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 -> Concorde no more
Concorde, the world's first supersonic passenger jet, will be grounded in the autumn after a plunge in passenger numbers and a string of high-profile technical glitches.
1,247 views | 18 Apr 2003
 -> A review of Windows XP
An interesting review of Windows XP (the sarcasm not to be taken to heart because it comes from a strongly pro-Linux website)
1,234 views | 17 Apr 2003
 -> SARS virus found!
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the virus which causes SARS. In experiments conducted at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands, scientists infected monkeys with the coronavirus and found that the animals developed the same symptoms that h
1,294 views | 17 Apr 2003
 -> Hello World!
The eponymous program that any programmer begins learning a programming language with. In almost all the languaged you can imagine!
205,200 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> Human cloning flawed
Human cloning may never be possible because of a quirk of biology.
1,453 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> All the Bush you'll ever need
A huge compilation of Photoshop-meets-Bush
2,098 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> The game of REAL intelligence
Have computers, in the form of Deep Blue for example, come close to matching the kind of real intelligence used by humans in playing strategy games? Here is a new game played on the standard chess board, but with new rules, that proves otherwise!
690 views | 16 Apr 2003
 -> More than 25% of Korean homeless have credit cards!
According to this survey the total loans given to the homeless in Korea amounted to 2.43 billion won (about US$ 1.98 million), among which 86.9 percent, or 2.12 billion won (about $1.725 million) is overdue.
1,206 views | 15 Apr 2003
 -> From palm computing to wrist
How fashion watchmaker Fossil teamed up with Microsoft and Palm to change the face of wearable computing.
1,327 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> A, well, 'fucked-up' thesis?
This thesis presents and defends semantic explications for a number of swearwords commonly used in Australian English. Its focus is on different constructions which can be conveyed using the three lexical forms shit, fuck and cunt.
1,572 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
A comprehensive website (at CIA.gov) with all the skinny on Iraq's clandestine affairs.
1,097 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> It's not a bug, it's a feature!
On one of the bleakest days since the invasion began, US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday shrugged off turmoil and looting in Iraq as signs of the people's freedom. "It's untidy, and freedom's untidy," he said.
1,406 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> Is SARS a bioterrorism attempt?
Could SARS be an ingenious social experiment featuring institutionalized bioterrorism for widespread psycho-social control?
1,285 views | 14 Apr 2003
 -> George Bush says..
Another of the brainy quotes.
1,603 views | 13 Apr 2003
 -> The "rugged" notebooks
The war may have done something positive by creating a whole new "ruggedized" laptop market segment led by Panasonic's Toughbook (used by troops in Iraq).
15,367 views | 12 Apr 2003
 -> Never too late to be a mom
A 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India has given birth to a baby boy, and become the world's oldest mother, according to press reports.
249,545 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> When will they change?
China not reporting all SARS cases, says surgeon.
1,099 views | 10 Apr 2003
 -> End of Saddam.
And hopefully the end of war.
1,333 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> The dream machine
The NovaDreamer is a mask that senses when you drift into REM or deep sleep. Gentle lights and sounds from the mask provide subconscious cues that tell you you're dreaming without waking you up. You'll actually be able to control what happens to you durin
1,280 views | 09 Apr 2003
 -> Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
1,117 views | 09 Apr 2003

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