] The dispute over who controls key portions of the
] Internet's address system erupted into open conflict
] today when VeriSign Inc., the world's largest addressing
] company, sued the Internet's most visible regulatory
] body, charging that it has been unfairly prevented from
] developing new services for Internet users.

Verisign Sues ICANN to reinstate Sitefinder!

] How the FBI eavesdrops on Internet phone calls (and why
] it sometimes can't).

Can They Hear You Now? - How the FBI eavesdrops on Internet phone calls (and why it sometimes can't). By David S. Bennahum

] There developers creating "virtual Earth"
]
] The Department of Defense is commissioning a re-creation
] of the entire planet from online-sim maker.
]
] As a rule, the developers of There prefer calling their
] creation a "virtual world" rather than a "game."
]
] Now it looks like that statement will no longer be
] hyperbole.
]
] According to a report on the BBC and HomeLAN Fed, the
] Department of Defense has commissioned the Menlo Park,
] California, company to create a replica of the entire
] planet. According to the report, the Earth sim will be to
] scale, featuring real-world distances--so if a user's
] avatar wanted to spend three months riding a bike around
] the Australian coastline, it could.

There developers creating 'virtual Earth'

"only the Polytron reduces an entire mouse to a soup-like homogenate in 30 seconds."

the Polytron

I want to move the phone line in my apartment to the Black/Yellow pair, leaving all my phones on the Red/Green pair, and then put this in the middle. Then I want to setup a database where all my friends (who do the same thing) can publish their phone numbers along with their IP addresses. When I pick up my phone the dial tone will come from my computer. I dial a number, and it does a lookup on the database, and if the number is in the database it routes my call over the internet, otherwise it uses pots... All the voip, no monthly fee. Hellz Yeah!

Asterisk - The Open Source Linux PBX

]
] VeriSign plans to unveil on Wednesday a digital identity
] program for school-age children, which it says will
] bolster online safety for the growing number of young Web
] surfers.

Odd...

VeriSign works to ID kid surfers

] CrossID, an Israeli startup founded by two engineers
] formerly at the telecommunications equipment provider RAD
] Group, has developed an innovative, chipless RFID system
] that can protect sensitive documents, such as
] intelligence agency reports, financial securities and
] banknotes. The technology could also be used to create a
] "hands-free" bar code.

If I was VC I'd buy. This is a solid idea. It'll get traction.

RFID Journal - Firewall Protection for Paper Documents

] Experimenters burst water balloons in the low-gravity environment
] produced aboard a NASA Glenn DC-9 aircraft.

Videos of What It's Like to Pop a Water Balloon in Space

] Stratton Sclavos, chief executive of VeriSign Inc., told
] investors in a conference call last month that the
] company might relaunch its "Site Finder" service as early
] as April.

washingtonpost.com: VeriSign Reconsiders Search Service

What those blurry/anime/cropped photos *really* mean.

Humor: Interpreting Friendster (Orkut) Photos