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 A Cry Heard Round The World: Kim Sun-Il died desperate and alone, but he did not die unheard. Looking At And Longing For Mars: Reflections on a childhood dream. A Robot May Not Harm a Human Being. Is The Opposite True?: Thoughts on the future rights of artificial intelligence. Long After The Boys Of Summer Have Gone: What makes a relationship work? Winter Of Our Feline Discontent: What the cat wants, the cat gets. But what DOES it want? To Tell The Truth: There may be no honor among thieves, but can't we find it even in a few good men and women? Should The Human Brain Retire?: We know that we cannot win forever. We know that machines will continue to improve. So why don't we let the human brain retire gracefully now, with honors?
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The posts below are in reverse chronological order with newest posts at the top. Business At The Speed Of NoughtWas I a victim of the only
computer virus humans can catch?
To Front Page | Read This Story Brave New WorldThe people who are crazy
enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who
do.
To Front Page | Read This Story Now That's Really Simple SyndicationSome Yahoo! Groups now
accessible through news aggregators.
To Front Page | Read This Story If You Build It, Will They Come?"Nothing stops an
organization faster than people who believe that the way they worked yesterday,
is the best way to work
tomorrow."
—Jon Madonna, Chairman, KPMG International To Front Page | Read This Story A New, More Blog-Friendly SearchWhat, we syndicated? Yes,
and more broadly than you might think.
To Front Page | Read This Story Are PCs "PC"? Los Angeles Finds A Worm In Every Apple (And Every Dell)A county promotes tolerance in
networking, but not the kind you might think.
To Front Page | Read This Story Should The Human Brain Retire?It floats in meninges, record
unstained / No software can topple the human brain ... yet.
To Front Page | Read This Story Robot Nation, Human Tragedy?"Replicants are like any other
machine. They're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my
problem. "
—Rick Deckard, "Blade Runner" (1982). To Front Page | Read This Story Taking Productivity—And My Avatar—To The Next LevelIt's important to honor and learn from
the latest groundbreaking research.
To Front Page | Read This Story Take That Banana Out Of Your Ear; Replace It With A Finger"Chief, this is Maxwell Smart. You're
never going to believe the phone I picked up in Japan!"
To Front Page | Read This Story Strong To The Finish, But Does She Eat Her Spinach?Wind at her back and modern technology
at her disposal, a young French woman set out to surf—across the
Pacific.
To Front Page | Read This Story A Robot May Not Harm A Human Being. Is The Opposite True?"A robot may not injure a human being,
or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to
harm."
—Isaac Asimov, "I Robot", First Law of Robotics To Front Page | Read This Story CIA Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Weird, Wacky Devices"Stand back, Dr. No, or I'll be forced
to unleash this catfish!"
To Front Page | Read This Story We All Live In a Yellow SubmarineThis executive toy owes as much to the
Beatles as it does to Jacques Cousteau.
To Front Page | Read This Story Now You Spam It; Now You Don'tYahoo! introduces disposable email
addresses as a spam-fighting tool.
To Front Page | Read This Story This Column Will Self-Destruct in 10 Seconds–Or Will It?Microsoft Office 2003 lets users
control who can read, print, and forward their documents. It's a significant
advance in document security—unless, of course, it
isn't.
To Front Page | Read This Story Shaking and Baking: Solar Powered Car Proves No LaggardIt looks like a tortoise, performs
like a hare.
To Front Page | Read This Story Here's A Relief Map That's Truly A ReliefNow you can tour the world from your
armchair with an eagle-eye view. But when will they offer live coverage of
baseball games?
To Front Page | Read This Story Daydreaming About DS(HEL)LBroadband may be the future of the
internet, but progress isn't always what it's cracked up to
be.
To Front Page | Read This Story What's In A Name? Time Warner Drops The "AOL""When you're in bed with Max Power,
you strap yourself in and feel the
G's!"
—Homer Simpson To Front Page | Read This Story CA Consumers Eligible to Collect $1.1 Billion in Settlement With MicrosoftWhat Microsoft taketh, the courts may
returneth—but time is not on your side.
To Front Page | Read This Story Maybe These Will Be Big Sellers In Cancun?You want to get away from it all, but
you've got to transact business. An impossible situation? Not if these
inventors get their way.
To Front Page | Read This Story Appealing To The Pork In SpamA startup thinks it can make email
spammers an offer they can't refuse.
To Front Page | Read This Story Microsoft's Ballmer Talks Tough on Computer VirusesMicrosoft wants to place its signature
on security issues before virus writers place their signature on
Windows.
To Front Page | Read This Story Now You See It, Now You Don'tTechnologies to disable camera phones
sound like a good idea, but they raise more questions than they
answer.
To Front Page | Read This Story If Antivirus Software Is Losing The War, How Can We Fight Back?Next generation PC viruses will be
able to infect most computers on our planet in 15 minutes. Maybe it's time to
head for the woods?
To Front Page | Read This Story Batteries Sold Separately?The U.S. has the most technologically
sophisticated military in the world. But someone forgot to bring an extension
cord to Iraq.
To Front Page | Read This Story Dinosaurs Live Again ... At Least At Disney ResortDisney's latest animatronic character
offers something to impress every member of the family.
To Front Page | Read This Story Spray On Computing: Just Don't Tumble DryEuropean researchers are developing
means to spray computers the size of a grain of sand on to the human body and
other objects. So much for privacy as we know it.
To Front Page | Read This Story Swallowing A Spider To Catch A Fly: Antibiotic Software Worms Make Their DebutA biological arms race is taking place
on the world's computers. Security experts are not amused.
To Front Page | Read This Story Divorce Malaysian Style: By Text MessagingThe Malaysian government's adviser on
religious affairs has approved text messaging as a valid means of serving a
notice of divorce.
To Front Page | Read This Story Cellular Degradation: Phones Mean Death For The Great ApesMiners seeking a metal used in cell
phones are killing the great apes in record numbers.
To Front Page | Read This Story Doing the Commuter TangoAn inventor realizes his dream of
building the ultimate battery-powered commuter car.
To Front Page | Read This Story More Fun Than A Barrel Full Of ... Programmers?Researchers have found that higher
primates can program computers—but what will we do when they enter into
management? Or have they done that already ...
To Front Page | Read This Story Say goodbye, wires: New Wozniak venture promises 100 sq. mile wireless networksA new company founded by former Apple
Computer guru Steve Wozniak has apparently developed technology that allows
people to create wireless networks extending from one mile to 100 square
miles.
To Front Page | Read This Story Japanese bookstores desperate to stop 'digital shoplifting' with cellphonesJapanese cell phone users are snapping
photos of magazines to save the cost of a purchase.
To Front Page | Read This Story Phone call of the wildAalborg Zoo in Denmark is to pioneer a
system that uses parents' mobile phones to track their young.
To Front Page | Read This Story Around the world in 80 microseconds?Scientists at Caltech may have
developed a new version of the Internet that can provide speeds fast enough to
download a full-length movie in roughly five seconds.
To Front Page | Read This Story Last Concorde Lands In New YorkThe end of an era for supersonic
passenger travel.
To Front Page | Read This Story Making connections for a digital home--Bah! Humbug!Intel and others are trying to sell
consumers on the concept of a networked home, but who wants a microwave that
gossips about their eating habits?
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