] China agreed on Wednesday to give up a plan to impose
] its own standard for wireless technology, essentially
] agreeing to join the rest of the world rather than
] dividing it up.

I think this is good news though I'm not sure of what all
issues are involved. Is this really a trade thing or is it a
key-escrow sort of thing? It would be totally assinine for China
to deploy non-standards to create an entry-barrier for foreign
electronics...

China Agrees to Postpone Wireless Plan

] Jupiter is undergoing major climate change and could lose
] many of its large spots over the next seven years, only
] to make way for the creation of fresh spots in a
] decades-long cycle, according to a new explanation of old
] mysteries.

USATODAY.com - Jupiter's spots disappear amid major climate change

] Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has gone from an after
] thought among server customers to the darling of the
] enterprise world in just a year. The company’s Opteron
] chip has opened doors of corporate server rooms for AMD,
] and many enterprises are flirting with the new kid on the
] block.

Opteron customers show AMD in new light

] Bypass surgery in which the heart keeps beating — instead of
] being stopped while the patient is hooked up to a heart-lung
] machine — is as good as or better than the old method, says a
] new study by an Emory University surgeon.

Wow!

Emory heart surgeon makes case to bypass the pump

As of 10:20EDT, SCOX was down 0.46 (6.41%) to $6.72, having
fallen from about $10 last Thursday!

U: (20040422) They rebounded about $1.50/20% today
on huge volume (&gt 1M shares). Maybe short coverage, maybe buyback...
very screwy.

Wow...

Yahoo! News - A Daughter Discovers What Really Happened

] Pittsburgh International could become the nation's first
] major airport allowed to abandon the federal government's
] post-Sept. 11 rule that lets only ticketed passengers
] proceed past security checkpoints to the gate. If
] successful, the test might become a model for other
] airports

U.S. Ponders Easing 9/11 Airport Rule

] Last July, while most people were taking summer vacations,
] the Sony Corporation of America made a little noticed,
] but crucial announcement. Jay Samit, a longtime music
] industry executive, was appointed general manager of Sony
] Connect, a new subsidiary that will sell songs online and
] allow consumers to play them on their Sony gadgets.

Its really remarkable the way Sony screwed this up. At one point,
Sony was effectively suing itself: on one side as a member of some
anti-drm consumer electronics group and on the other as a pro-IP
record label thing!

They aren't going to make things better by introducing yet
another propriatery media format, either.

Teaching an Old Walkman Some New Steps

] Federal safety data has shown for years that booming
] sales of S.U.V.'s and large pickup trucks are adding to
] the death toll of people riding in cars, particularly in
] side-impact accidents. At the same time, S.U.V.'s and
] pickup trucks do not, as a class, better protect their
] own occupants, because they tend to be less stable and
] more prone to rollovers than passenger cars.

Guess what: if you're in a sedan and you get t-boned by an
SUV, you're fucked.

Struck in Side, Many Cars Fare Poorly in Safety Test

]
] Now it's getting interesting. BayStar wants SCO to
] immediately redeem BayStar's 20,000 shares of SCO's A-1
] Convertible Preferred Stock. They say SCO has breached
] their agreement. SCO denies any breach. Here is the
] agreement that they are fighting over. Here is the press
] release. My, this was a short honeymoon.

BayStar is basically telling SCO they want their $20M back.

U: SCOX closed down $1.29 (13.35%) at $8.37

Baystar Sends SCO a Letter