] The Secret Of Psalm 46 was first presented on 23 March 2002
] at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose,
] California. It was accompanied by a digital video of a
] total solar eclipse, synchronized to a harpsichord
] recording of JS Bach's Art Of Fugue.

Brian Moriarty is a brilliantly-gifted speaker (and a heck of a game designer). This talk that he gave at GDC 2002 was a work of art. Inspiring, moving, and thought-provoking, and I will never forget it. I'm glad that a transcript is on the web, though I don't think that reading this can even come close to the "performance art" that was the talk itself.

I'm also meme-ing this because he spoke of some codes and messages hidden in music. If you're interested in cryptography, or conspiracies, or the history of the game industry, this is worth a read.

Brian Moriarty | Lectures | The Secret Of Psalm 46 (2002)

In a move sure to complicate the efforts of Al Jazeera to get its English-language Web site running, Akamai Technologies abruptly canceled a contract on Wednesday to provide Web services for the site.

"No web cache for you!"

Akamai Cancels a Contract for Al Jazeera's Site

] Humanoid robots, some of which can even walk on two legs,
] dominate the world's largest robot exhibition, held this
] weekend in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo.
]
] The show brings together more than 90 different types of
] robot from 38 companies, colleges and other
] organisations, up from last year's 72 bots.
]
] As usual, Honda's Asimo stole the limelight in a way that
] would have the other automatons hopping mad.

I want to see a robot ride a Segway. :)

Humanoid robots wow Japanese

] By Special Contributor Anthony Hicks - Posted on
] 2003-04-08 16:17:37
]
] This (quite long) article has been written by me for two
] primary reasons: One, to hopefully save someone else the
] time and hassle associated with trying out various Linux
] distributions, and two, to promote some discussion and
] feedback regarding what a modern Linux distribution
] should be, and of course to contrast this with what is
] currently available. I am exploring the offerings of MS
] Windows, BeOS and MacOSX, and then taking on a number of
] well-known Linux distributions

The Quest for the Perfect Linux System...

] DVD software firm InterVideo has scored a deal with
] Microsoft to port components of the
] Windows Media Format to run on Linux-based consumer
] devices.
]
] The deal illustrates the general shift in the digital
] media marketplace to open up codecs and formats to
] competing platforms. Rival RealNetworks
] has already gone the open-source route for its
] Helix platform. With the full-scale rollout of MPEG-4
] gaining momentum, Microsoft is clearly repositioning its
] digital media efforts by embracing Linux.
]
] The latest partnership calls for Fremont, Calif.-based
] InterVideo to take components of the Windows Media Format
] and port them over to Linux and provide them to consumer
] electronic device makers who use the Linux OS in their
] products. It clears the way for the new Windows Media 9
] series to find a home on Linux-based set-top boxes,
] personal video recorders and other hybrid multimedia
] devices.

The article later on states that Linux is becoming the platform of choice for embedded devices in consumer electronics.

Windows Media Finds a Home on Linux Devices

] The flood of unsolicited messages sent over the Internet
] is growing so fast that spam may soon account for half of
] all U.S. e-mail traffic, making it not only a
] hair-pulling annoyance but also an increasing drain on
] corporate budgets and possibly a threat to the continued
] usefulness of the most successful tool of the computer
] age.
]
] Spam continues to defy most legal and technical efforts
] to stamp it out. The surge has spurred calls for national
] legislation, but deep divisions remain regarding what
] constitutes spam and how best to regulate it. In the
] meantime, spammers, Internet providers, company network
] administrators and anti-spam vigilantes are locked in a
] ferocious electronic arms race.
]
] Many spammers have become so adept at masking their
] tracks that they are rarely found. They are so
] technologically sophisticated that they adjust their
] systems on the fly to counter special filters and other
] barriers thrown up against them. They can even
] electronically commandeer unprotected computers, turning
] them into spam-launching weapons of mass production.
]
] "The spammers are evil folks," said Matt Korn, America
] Online Inc.'s vice president for network operations. "As
] hard as we're working, they are working 24 hours a day.
] That's the level to which this battle has escalated."

Spam's cost to business escalates

] FRANCIS UY, a self-described computer geek from Ellicott
] City, decided to fight back by employing a tactic
] increasingly used by a small cadre of e-mail users fed up
] with spam: Outing spammers by posting their addresses and
] phone numbers on the Internet, enabling network operators
] to block their e-mail or to sue them.
]
] But Uy's target is counterattacking,
] resulting in a court date today in one of the more
] personal and unusual spam litigation cases to date.
] George Allen Moore Jr. of Linthicum argues that Uy's
] site is harassment and wants it pulled off the Internet.

Marketer sues anti-spam crusader

] Japanese video game giant Nintendo announced Friday that
] it has sold more than 800,000 units of its new version of
] the Game Boy since the portable game player went on sale
] in North America two weeks ago. The Game Boy Advance SP
] improves on the original Game Boy Advance by adding an
] illuminated screen, a built-in rechargeable battery and a
] folding clamshell design that protects the screen when
] not in use.

I still need to buy mine, but my cell phone keeps me entertained with its BREW-based Java engine.

Sales brisk for new Game Boy

] Microsoft is the latest victim of leaked software being
] circulated on the Web.
]
] A preview version of it Microsoft MSN 8.5 is now
] available on the Internet, but its content is not being
] sanctioned by the company. Microsoft is engaged in a
] pitch battle with AOL Time Warner in the market for the
] most improved broadband software, and both companies are
] trying to innovate their software to gain a competitive
] advantage over the other.

MSN 8.5 Beta Software Leaked

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