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] Sprint Corp., which sells local telephone services in 18
] states, has started converting its local-phone network to
] a technology that increases capacity and allows the
] company to sell new services. Sprint will buy
] packet-switching equipment from Nortel Networks Corp. to
] upgrade the network. Under a $1.1 billion agreement with
] Nortel in 2001, Sprint planned to complete the conversion
] in eight years. Now the transition may take 13 years,
] said Michael Fuller, president of Sprint's local
] division. While traditional phone calls travel over
] dedicated circuits that remain open for the duration of a
] conversation, packet-based technology breaks voice and
] data traffic into digital pieces that are sent separately
] and reassembled upon arrival.

I wonder if this is VoIP or something else...

Sprint starts packet shift

] Sony on Wednesday introduced the PSX, a follow-up to the
] hugely popular PlayStation 2, and touted it as a device
] that creates a new entertainment category.
]
] In addition to the basic features of a game console, PSX
] will offer a DVD recorder, a 120GB hard drive, a TV
] tuner, an Ethernet port, a USB 2.0 port and a Memory
] Stick slot.

Not much info here (this *isn't* the PS3, btw) ... won't ship
in the US until the beginning of next year. This is Sony trying
to be smart and keep M$ out of the living room.

Sony brandishes PS2's successor | CNET News.com

Their JavaScript doesn't work on mozilla or something.

'myths' about 'free music'

] s perhaps the clearest evidence yet of the computing
] power of sophisticated but inexpensive video-game
] consoles, the National Center for Supercomputing
] Applications at the University of Illinois at
] Urbana-Champaign has assembled a supercomputer from an
] army of Sony PlayStation 2's.
]
] The resulting system, with components purchased at retail
] prices, cost a little more than $50,000. The center's
] researchers believe the system may be capable of a half
] trillion operations a second, well within the definition
] of supercomputer, although it may not rank among the
] world's 500 fastest supercomputers.

HAH!

From PlayStation to Supercomputer for $50,000

] MIAMI - Although the merits of The SCO Group's legal claims against
] Linux are questionable, companies using Linux shouldn't take the
] matter lightly, according to Gartner.

Sheesh ... this is insane!

Gartner to users: Don't take SCO suit lightly

Looks like they're homing in on this foam falling off of the external tank as the most likely culprit. They're going to start shooting foam at carbon fiber panels next month.

New Scientist: Shuttle fixes planned

] Uncooperative prisoners are being exposed for prolonged
] periods to tracks by rock group Metallica and music from
] children's TV programmes Sesame Street and Barney in the
] hope of making them talk.
]
] The US's Psychological Operations Company (Psy Ops) said
] the aim was to break a prisoner's resistance through
] sleep deprivation and playing music that was culturally
] offensive to them.
]
] However, human rights organisation, Amnesty
] International, said such tactics may constitute torture -
] and coalition forces could be in breach of the Geneva
] Convention.

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Sesame Street breaks Iraqi POWs

]
] he number of American households that connect to the
] Internet via high-speed, or broadband, connections grew
] by 50 percent in the last year, raising to nearly
] one-third the portion of home Internet users who now use
] broadband connections, according to a study to be
] released today.

Connections to Broadband Increase 50%

] The Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment
] are close to a deal to sell Pressplay, their joint online
] music service, to the company that bought Napster's name
] and assets last November at a bankruptcy auction, people
] close to the negotiations said.

Deal May Raise Napster From Online Ashes