For "Net-genners," Microsoft learned that using the Internet for socializing is a way of life.

Microsoft aims to tap 'Net generation' | CNET News.com

] The US Air Force is examining the feasibility of a
] nuclear-powered version of an unmanned aircraft. The USAF
] hopes that such a vehicle will be able to "loiter" in the
] air for months without refuelling, striking at will when
] a target comes into its sights.
]
]
] With a nuclear drive a Global Hawk could fly for months
] without landing (Image: GETTY NEWSERVICE)]
] But the idea is bound to raise serious concerns about the
] wisdom of flying radioactive material in a combat
] aircraft. If shot down, for instance, would an
] anti-aircraft gunner in effect be detonating a dirty bomb

New Scientist

Denver - The world's most sophisticated cyborg, which can grin with self-satisfaction or sneer in disdain, has at last been unveiled.

Packed with 24 small motors to manipulate the artificial skin of its face, the cyborg - called K-bot - has a pair of cameras in its eyes designed to analyse the facial expressions of the people it sees.

IOL : K-bot the sociable cyborg is wired to smile

Stop looking over your shoulder and invent something!

Cypherpunks write code.

Microsoft and the Commoditization of Software

] The Bush administration signed off Friday on the final
] version of the United States' strategy for protecting the
] Internet and securing information systems.

Well, actually, he signed off on it a couple weeks ago, but he released it today. I haven't read it yet. Apparently all the crazy surveillance stuff that people were going nutzo about last year has been removed. However, this is supposedly a very different document from the September version in other ways. I'll try to find time to take a look at it soon.

News: Bush unveils final cybersecurity plan

] Mitnick said Monday that the hackers apparently exploited
] separate flaws in Internet server software from
] Microsoft. The person responsible for the company's
] website failed to apply the repairing patches available
] from Microsoft, Mitnick said.

Mitnick's site is on a shared hosting provider who runs IIS. Where has this guy been?! Oh... Yeah... Nevermind...

Wired News: Mitnick Amused By Website Hacks

Innomedia has launched the MTA 3368 IP Videophone. It's 4-inch TFT color LCD can deliver video up to 768 kpbs and with a Linux based OS it supports video streaming, gaming, IM, HTTP, SNMP, TFTP, FTP and Telnet

Linux Based IP Videophone

Elonka wrote:
] A page that lists the dozens of different language interfaces
] that Google is currently offering. Very pretty to look at,
] especially if you scroll down and look at all the flags.
]
] They're also looking for volunteer translators, to add pages
] in any languages that they're *not* covering yet.
]
] They do have French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, etc., but for
] a laugh, be sure to check out the google pages in such
] languages as Klingon, Pig Latin, Hacker, and "Elmer Fudd"!
] (I'm Feewing Wucky!)
]
] Go Google!

Very cool. You forgot to mention "Bork, bork, bork!"

RE: Google International

All you need is a GPS, a car, and a printout, and it's off to treasure-hunting you go!

Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site

Plus, generating hydrogen typically produces the very greenhouse gases fuel cell power is supposed to reduce or eliminate. Eventually, backers hope to produce "clean" hydrogen using water and electricity generated from the sun or wind. For now, natural gas remains the main source.

but the whole point is that WE'RE GETTING THERE!!!

Wide use of fuel cell technology is decades away, experts say