] Introducing the fashionable e-Holster® e-Zio Case
] System, a very comfortable, lightweight shoulder harness
] "carry all" case system made with durable backpack-like
] nylon materials includes an internal, wire-hiding,
] conduit system (for cellular phone headsets or stereo
] headphones) provides a new way for anyone to comfortably
] wear and protect their cellular phone, PDA, handheld PC,
] digital camera, MP3 player or other personal electronic
] device.

The dorkiest PDA harness ever....

] Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced
] plans to give the public full access to all the
] corporation's programme archives.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Dyke to open up BBC archive

Dude, Moxie got Slashdotted!!

Slashdot | The Distributed Library Project

] Mars holds court in the sky this week as the Red Planet
] makes its closest approach to Earth since our ancestors
] lived in caves.
]
] "It is amazingly bright," said David Hudgins, a lecturer
] in astronomy at Rockhurst University. "You cannot
] possibly miss it."

Neoteric, I think I was right the first time...

Oh, BTW, the ancient Babylonians thought that a passing of mars like this would lead to plauges and wars.

Kansas City Star | 08/24/2003 | Red star at night is their delight

] Roxanne Jekot, a 51-year-old computer program developer from
] Cumming, said she and a few expert friends could crack Georgia's $54
] million touch-screen voting system in a matter of minutes.
]
] Bring it on, said state election officials.

Amazing... This is silly theatrics however. You don't want the actual voting machines. You want to paper that explains how they work.

ajc.com | Metro | Dare accepted on electronic voting machines

] "While we can't say categorically that the RIAA's legal
] efforts are the sole cause for the reduction in file
] acquisition, it appears to be more than just a natural
] seasonal decline," Russ Crupnick, a vice president at
] NPD, said in a statement. "This decrease is sharper than
] the declines we're seeing in the offline retail world."

Drop in file sharing not seasonal...

] The "translator of a baby's cry" for an elementary mama
] appeared. This equipment that analyzed and made the kind
] of a baby's cry shows a baby's feeling by five, a hungry
] feeling, sleepiness, stress, and inconvenient, and the
] degree of correctness exceeds 90%.

You knew this was coming soon... (Wasn't this a Simpson's episode??)

Japaneese Baby Translator

] Heads up, sharers of music, video and software files: If
] a prominent Michigan lawmaker has his way on Capitol
] Hill, you will soon be a felon.
]
] U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, is the
] sponsor of the Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner
] Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003, which
] declares sharing a single copyrighted file online to be a
] felony.
]
] Because the bill doesn't specifically name the type of
] file, you could theoretically become a felon by copying
] and posting this very column on your Web site. (We frown
] on that sort of thing anyway, but webmasters, be warned.)
]
] Giving fake information to the folks who register domain
] names, the basic Internet Web addresses (such as
] freep.com), would be punishable by up to five years in
] prison and a fine. Using a camcorder to record a movie in
] a theater -- whether you share it or not -- would be a
] federal criminal offense.

HEATHER NEWMAN: 60 million file sharers could face prison, fine

] A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of
] cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday
] afternoon.

CNN.com - Major power outage hits New York, other large cities - Aug. 14, 2003

] If there is a quotation going around and no one knows the
] source, they will probably attribute it to Thomas
] Jefferson. Or so it seems. Experience suggests,
] however, if there is a so-called "Thomas Jefferson Quote"
] and it does not identify the precise source, who it was
] written to and the date, then more than likely it is a
] fake. Below is a summary of some apparently spurious
] quotes that have come to my attention. Some of the
] quotes are discussed more fully in other essays, and the
] indicated link will bring you to the relevant essay.

Jeffersonian Perspective: Spurious Jefferson Quotes