"After you locate the blogs whose readers you want to market to, there are many ways to present your message. You can allow blog readers to participate in private test groups, provide them with samples for testing, and allow more direct communications. This can drive discussions in blogs and is particularly suited to new products and capturing early adopters. "

The value of weblogs in marketing.

The coming of the blogs - Tech News - CNET.com

"Smooth, full-screen video. Sparkling stereo audio. The ability to watch a recorded show while recording another. A real infrared remote. These are the features that separate the serious TV cards from the toys, and you get them all with the Video Blaster® Digital VCR. "

This device has some serious potential if it doesn't get sued out of existance.

Creative Labs : Digital VCR PCI card

An FBI agent who wanted to access the information would obtain a search order that was digitally signed by a judge. The vault would recognize that signature and divulge only the information specified by the court. There would be no chance -- assuming the vault was programmed properly -- for a fishing expedition.

This is a fairly straight forward idea that makes a lot of sense.

Carnivore's New Leash on Life?

The tool, called Fragroute, performs several techniques to fool the signature-based recognition systems used by many intrusion-detection systems and firewalls. Many of these duping techniques were outlined in a research paper published four years ago.

I'm fairly certain that tools like this have been around for a while, they just haven't been very accessable to the "public."

New tool helps hackers evade detection - Tech News - CNET.com

A doctor who has performed head transplants in monkeys wants to do the same experiment in humans. He is interested in seeing how brains work in different bodies. (Photodisc)"

Whacky... I wonder if we can vat grow brainless bodies from stem cells that people can purchase. Of course, your new body won't be in any better shape then your old one if you don't take better care of it.

ABCNEWS.com : Second Opinion: Head Transplants

"Proceedings of CFP2002"

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy is the most important computer conference ever. Unfortunately its sometimes too important to be terribly useful. There are still a few gems in here, however.

Continued questions about the changing nature of copyright. A little bit further out on this subject then other sources, but only by a small step.

Some stuff about CyberSLAPP suits intended to uncover the identity of anonymous posters. California apparently banned these.

A presentation on the importance of reputation systems that offers few conclusions. :)

Proceedings of CFP 2002

"Associated Spread of the Knowledge of Information (1992-1993) "

Now THIS is me being a complete idiot when I was 16. Archived on the net, forever, period. I hate the Internet. BTW, Textfiles.com totally butchered the title. It was the association for the spread of knowledge and information.

ASKInews

"Earlier research has shown that the distribution of links to web sites approximates a "power law" (Science, 286; Nature, 401), where a small number of sites receive the majority of links, and most sites receive very few links. The distribution has been attributed to a process called "preferential attachment", wherein new links on the web are more likely to go to sites that already have many links. "

Winners don't take all: Characterizing the competition for links on the web [David Pennock, Gary Flake, Steve Lawrence, Eric Glover, C. Lee Giles; NEC Research Institute]

A supercolony of ants has been discovered stretching thousands of miles from the Italian Riviera along the coastline to northwest Spain.

While we're on the subject of summer pests... An ant colony has apparently taken over most of western Europe.

CNN.com - Researchers find 3,600-mile ant supercolony - April 16, 2002

"More than six generations of Eastern Virginia families have grown up enjoying the taste and flavor of our famous bread. Mary Jane has always baked its bread the old fashioned way. "

The just started selling this stuff in Tennessee. I wonder if these people get the pun.

Mary Jane Bread