]
] SONY missed out on potential sales from MP3 players and
] other gadgets because it was overly proprietary about
] music and entertainment content, the head of the
] company's video-game unit said.

It never ceases to amaze me that after burning themselves so many times with this over the years (betamax, MD, etc) that they did it again with their non-MP3 player. Maybe they're starting to learn. I hope BluRay works out better...

Sony admits MP3 error

] Spain's Conference of Catholic Bishops appeared close to
] a confrontation with the Vatican over birth control on
] Wednesday, but averted a dispute later in the day by
] backing away from the spokesman whose public comments on
] condoms had ignited the speculation.

I find the Catholic church less objectionable than fundies
(christian or otherwise) ... but this is one point that they
really need reform.

Bishops' Aide in Spain Sets Off Talk of Dissent Over Birth Control

] The first pictures revealing the surface of Saturn's
] moon, Titan, were shown from Europe's Huygens probe
] showing what look like drainage channels on the surface
] of what until today has been a planet totally hidden from
] view.

space.com is pretty hosed right now :P

Huygens Probe Returns First Images of Titan's Surface

] Verizon Wireless customers in California are suing the
] Bedminster, N.J.-based mobile phone operator for
] disabling some of the Bluetooth capabilities in a
] Motorola Inc. handset.

The way cellphone handset hardware is marketed and sold to the public infuriates me to no end.

Verizon Wireless Users Sue Over Disabled Bluetooth Features

]
] Texas became the latest state or federal entity to take a
] swipe at spammers Thursday when it sued a University of
] Texas student and a California resident over what spam
] watchdog SpamHaus calls the world's fourth largest
] illegal e-mail operation.

Big Spam Bust, Texas Style

] ew studies of the giant earthquake that produced
] devastating tsunamis in the Indian Ocean show that its
] shock waves ricocheted around the globe for hours and
] lifted the earth's surface nearly an inch even half a
] world away.

Wow...

Quake's Echo Raised Surface Around Globe

] Lawmakers and legal experts predicted on Wednesday that
] the Supreme Court decision returning discretion on
] sentencing to judges would renew the struggle between
] Congress and the judiciary for control over setting
] criminal punishment.

Reactions: New Fight Over Controlling Punishments Is Widely Seen

] The court on Wednesday struck down part of the nearly
] two-decade-old sentencing system, then imposed new
] requirements that were contested even among the justices.

Court Sets Up Fight Over Federal Sentences

falun wrote:
] Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics,
] genetic engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make
] humans an endangered species.
]
] a few months old but still interesting

This essay appeared in Wired several years ago. It resulted
in an outpouring of invective from the community directed towards Bill Joy.

Joy's basic premise is that humanity should collectively bury certain technologies because they might yield an apocalpyse. It is utter
nonsense. There is simply no way to keep these cats in the bag. The upside is huge; arguably much bigger than that of nuke technology which could've ended life on earth back in the 1960s.

RE: Why the future doesn't need us.

] Sxip Networks: Reinventing Digital Identity

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