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walktalker · 28-12-01, 04:24 PM

Surf 'N Hemp: Feel the Power
Waves and cannabis have a long and colorful association, captured memorably on screen by Sean Penn's stoner-surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Now a Republican representing Hawaii in the House of Representatives wants to turn waves and hemp into keywords for responsible cultivation of renewable energy sources. She's already off to a good start.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49087,00.html

Photo Homage to the Stillborn
At first glance, the newborn appears to be sleeping. He lies tummy-down on a white blanket, legs tucked under a bulky diaper, eyes shut and mouth agape. A pair of teddy bears stand sentry over his small body. But a closer look at the photograph reveals the horrible truth: The baby is dead, his skin discolored by imminent decay. The picture is one of hundreds of stillborn and miscarried babies that bereaved parents have posted on the Internet in virtual memorials for children they say were "born angels."
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49308,00.html

Patent-Wielding Tumbleweed Jumped The Gun
Online entertainment developer eUniverse says it doesn't plan to make a snap decision on its response to a patent-infringement lawsuit just because e-mail technology company Tumbleweed Communications Corp. was quick to file its claim in a California court. In fact, said Christopher Lipp, vice president and general counsel for Los Angeles-based eUniverse, Tumbleweed's announcement Thursday of a lawsuit focusing on technology for distributing electronic greetings cards might have been a bid to pressure his publicly traded company into a licensing deal.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173288.html

Dot-God: Religion Clicks With Internet Users
More people in the U.S. use the Internet to get religious and spiritual information than to look for dates, gamble or trade stocks, research has found. One in four Internet users - 28 million people - have turned to the Net for inspiration and 3 million people make such online visits every day, according to Pew Internet and American Life survey findings.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173287.html

Top Female Tech Engineers May Make More Than Men
Women with plenty of experience in electronics and computer engineering are likely to make more money than their male counterparts, according to a survey from the U.S. arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. However the Washington-based IEEE-USA also pointed out in statistics released Thursday that most women in electrotechnology and information-technology jobs aren't pulling in the top dollars that require 20 or more years of experience.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173285.html

Post Office Internet Growth Stunted By Management
The U.S. Postal Service has been unable to develop a unified and effective Internet and e-commerce strategy, mainly because of a "fragmented" management approach, says a new report issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). The report, released earlier this week, is a follow-up by the GAO on recommendations it gave to the Postal Service in September 2000 on updating its services for the Internet.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173283.html

FTC OKs Four ISPs For Service On AOL Time Warner's Cables
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has endorsed a batch of Internet service providers (ISPs) AOL Time Warner has invited to provide competitive Internet access through the communication and media giant's cable systems. The FTC approval Thursday of four ISPs - three of them regional service providers - helps shore up AOL's compliance with open- access conditions the regulator placed on its approval of the America Online/Time Warner merger.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173277.html

Tech: 2 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back In 2001
This wasn't quite the year tech stood still -- sometimes it outright retreated. Take Internet access. First the free providers went bust, then the cheap digital-subscriber-line providers collapsed, then DSL carriers NorthPoint Communications Inc. and Rhythms NetConnections Inc. imploded, then -- most ignominiously of all -- Excite At Home, blessed with a monopoly on cable-modem service to 64 million homes, choked to death on its own debt. By the time the smoke clears, millions of people will have been disconnected
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173264.html

More Cell-Phone Users Cut Ties To Traditional Service
More consumers are behaving like Collins, making cell phones their primary line, and in some cases abandoning their land lines altogether. About 2.2 percent of people in the United States have done away with their regular phone service and depend totally on their cell phones or other wireless devices, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), a trade group based in Washington. Although it is still nascent, the phenomenon marks a sea change for the telecommunications industry and for residential customers, who traditionally haven’t had a choice for local phone service.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173261.html

Globalstar Satphone Service Now Available In Afghanistan
Globalstar satellite phones can now be used in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, the satellite telephony carrier has announced. The service is being provided by GlobalTel, Globalstar's Russian service provider. Globalstar says that its satphones are already being used to support medical and humanitarian programs in Afghanistan.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173286.html

Digital TV Plus Internet Equals Success In U.K.
Better choice of channels and integrated Web access will help attract more U.K. viewers to digital TV, according to a report published today. A study, entitled "Digital Decisions: Viewer Choice and Digital Television" and prepared for the British government, found that features such as Internet access, e-mail and home shopping will all add to the digital TV experience. The report from the Viewers Panel, a voluntary group, is part of the government's first biennial review into the progress made in the changeover to digital TV.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173276.html

Satellite takes a super-close look at Earth
The highest-resolution commercially available imagery of Earth is streaming out of space, courtesy of DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite. The satellite was lofted into orbit on Oct. 18 and circles the Earth in a 280-mile (450-kilometer) sun-synchronous orbit. That spacecraft track around the planet yields a consistent revisit fly-over of the same spot year-round. A show-off sampling of QuickBird’s high-resolution imagery was made public Dec. 17. For example, a black-and-white image of Bangkok, Thailand, reveals objects on the ground 2 feet (61 centimeters) across. A color shot of McMurdo Station in Antarctica picks up objects 9 feet (2.44 meters) across.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/678981.asp?0dm=C11OT

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28-12-01, 04:24 PM	#2
walktalker The local newspaper man Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Montreal Posts: 2,036	Surf 'N Hemp: Feel the Power Waves and cannabis have a long and colorful association, captured memorably on screen by Sean Penn's stoner-surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Now a Republican representing Hawaii in the House of Representatives wants to turn waves and hemp into keywords for responsible cultivation of renewable energy sources. She's already off to a good start. http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49087,00.html Photo Homage to the Stillborn At first glance, the newborn appears to be sleeping. He lies tummy-down on a white blanket, legs tucked under a bulky diaper, eyes shut and mouth agape. A pair of teddy bears stand sentry over his small body. But a closer look at the photograph reveals the horrible truth: The baby is dead, his skin discolored by imminent decay. The picture is one of hundreds of stillborn and miscarried babies that bereaved parents have posted on the Internet in virtual memorials for children they say were "born angels." http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49308,00.html Patent-Wielding Tumbleweed Jumped The Gun Online entertainment developer eUniverse says it doesn't plan to make a snap decision on its response to a patent-infringement lawsuit just because e-mail technology company Tumbleweed Communications Corp. was quick to file its claim in a California court. In fact, said Christopher Lipp, vice president and general counsel for Los Angeles-based eUniverse, Tumbleweed's announcement Thursday of a lawsuit focusing on technology for distributing electronic greetings cards might have been a bid to pressure his publicly traded company into a licensing deal. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173288.html Dot-God: Religion Clicks With Internet Users More people in the U.S. use the Internet to get religious and spiritual information than to look for dates, gamble or trade stocks, research has found. One in four Internet users - 28 million people - have turned to the Net for inspiration and 3 million people make such online visits every day, according to Pew Internet and American Life survey findings. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173287.html Top Female Tech Engineers May Make More Than Men Women with plenty of experience in electronics and computer engineering are likely to make more money than their male counterparts, according to a survey from the U.S. arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. However the Washington-based IEEE-USA also pointed out in statistics released Thursday that most women in electrotechnology and information-technology jobs aren't pulling in the top dollars that require 20 or more years of experience. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173285.html Post Office Internet Growth Stunted By Management The U.S. Postal Service has been unable to develop a unified and effective Internet and e-commerce strategy, mainly because of a "fragmented" management approach, says a new report issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO). The report, released earlier this week, is a follow-up by the GAO on recommendations it gave to the Postal Service in September 2000 on updating its services for the Internet. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173283.html FTC OKs Four ISPs For Service On AOL Time Warner's Cables The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has endorsed a batch of Internet service providers (ISPs) AOL Time Warner has invited to provide competitive Internet access through the communication and media giant's cable systems. The FTC approval Thursday of four ISPs - three of them regional service providers - helps shore up AOL's compliance with open- access conditions the regulator placed on its approval of the America Online/Time Warner merger. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173277.html Tech: 2 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back In 2001 This wasn't quite the year tech stood still -- sometimes it outright retreated. Take Internet access. First the free providers went bust, then the cheap digital-subscriber-line providers collapsed, then DSL carriers NorthPoint Communications Inc. and Rhythms NetConnections Inc. imploded, then -- most ignominiously of all -- Excite At Home, blessed with a monopoly on cable-modem service to 64 million homes, choked to death on its own debt. By the time the smoke clears, millions of people will have been disconnected http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173264.html More Cell-Phone Users Cut Ties To Traditional Service More consumers are behaving like Collins, making cell phones their primary line, and in some cases abandoning their land lines altogether. About 2.2 percent of people in the United States have done away with their regular phone service and depend totally on their cell phones or other wireless devices, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), a trade group based in Washington. Although it is still nascent, the phenomenon marks a sea change for the telecommunications industry and for residential customers, who traditionally haven’t had a choice for local phone service. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173261.html Globalstar Satphone Service Now Available In Afghanistan Globalstar satellite phones can now be used in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, the satellite telephony carrier has announced. The service is being provided by GlobalTel, Globalstar's Russian service provider. Globalstar says that its satphones are already being used to support medical and humanitarian programs in Afghanistan. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173286.html Digital TV Plus Internet Equals Success In U.K. Better choice of channels and integrated Web access will help attract more U.K. viewers to digital TV, according to a report published today. A study, entitled "Digital Decisions: Viewer Choice and Digital Television" and prepared for the British government, found that features such as Internet access, e-mail and home shopping will all add to the digital TV experience. The report from the Viewers Panel, a voluntary group, is part of the government's first biennial review into the progress made in the changeover to digital TV. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/173276.html Satellite takes a super-close look at Earth The highest-resolution commercially available imagery of Earth is streaming out of space, courtesy of DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite. The satellite was lofted into orbit on Oct. 18 and circles the Earth in a 280-mile (450-kilometer) sun-synchronous orbit. That spacecraft track around the planet yields a consistent revisit fly-over of the same spot year-round. A show-off sampling of QuickBird’s high-resolution imagery was made public Dec. 17. For example, a black-and-white image of Bangkok, Thailand, reveals objects on the ground 2 feet (61 centimeters) across. A color shot of McMurdo Station in Antarctica picks up objects 9 feet (2.44 meters) across. http://www.msnbc.com/news/678981.asp?0dm=C11OT More news later on __________________ This post was sponsored by Netcoco, who wants cookies, cookies, cookies and, you guessed it, more cookies