Las Vegas
Group Asks Gov't to Crack Down on Product Placement. Infomercial at 10.
Carlos — Open Source Workflow Engines written in Java.
Leigh — FOAF-a-Matic Mark 2 beta-2.
Report: Dell & MS More Innovative that Apple?
Web security exec accused of hacking. It is not a good idea to give classified documents to the press for publicity.
Kazaa: Serve Consumers, Not Subpoenas. P2P exec tells senators the entertainment industry wants control of online distribution for its own profit.
Citigroup closes online payment service. Can't compete with PayPal.
Google buys search engine - PageRank RIP? Got bots?
Prabhu — Read Text From A JAR file and Console View When Typing Password.
Kevin — NewsMonster is Hiring.
Alan — Verizon Wireless.
Keith — joscar 0.9.3 released.
Jay — Jabber-Yahoo transport updated and working.
Prabhu — Perl: How pull lines between two patterns in different lines.
MusicMatch selling song downloads. 99¢ a song, albums start at $9.99, download on up to 3 PCs, etc.
Brent — In case of danger.
SCO slams IBM's GPL Linux defence. "GPL… is a shaky foundation on which to build a legal case."
Lindows: Microsoft settlement site stays. "It is hypocritical for Microsoft to endorse digital transactions to bolster your business but resist them whenever it may negatively impact your bottom line."
Matt — Bluetooth Headsets.
Sun Stock Drops Nearly 14 Percent. Disappointing first quarter results and a massive charge.
dnsjava 1.4.2, an implementation of the DNS protocol in Java.
JavaPerformanceTuning: September newsletter.
Yahoo Restored in Some IM Clients. Trillian and Gaim.
Russ — BuzzTalk: VoIP for your S60 Phone and Tech Update from Spain.
Review: P900 (in French).
Musicmatch download service, not Dell. Dell Inc not Dell Computer Corp.
Jason — A villiage idiot responds….
Cameron — .NET WebLogs.
Cedric — The problem with "Half Beans".
The Guy Responsible For Ctrl-Alt-Del. Three finger salute to David Bradley.
We watched the second episode of Las Vegas yesterday. I'm starting to really enjoy the pace of that show.
WAP simulator in Java for i-Mode. New version of the Wapaka Web micro browser.
Python 2.3.2 (rc1), another bug fix release.
Russ — Nokia 3660: Round Keypad BEGONE!
Bharanidharan — MIT for free!
Rusty — MRJ Adapter 1.0.4 and XSLT stylesheets for DocBook 1.62.4.
Kumar — J2ME: Get Weather Forecasts Free.
Matt — Pro JSP has arrived!
Fred — J2ME sdks-Blackberry RIM.
Simon — TagUnit 1.0 beta 3 available.
Leslie — Quick links.
Darren — Reading material.
Nicola — Jars compressed 8-9 times!
Wi-Fi certifications grow rapidly. 900 products certified.
Opera Announces Strategic Licensing Agreement with Adobe. Adobe to include Opera's rendering engine in future products.
Aaron — More on Google Size Limit.
Stefan — Link Feed launched.
Tom Dyson emailed me about a new Email->RSS gateway that launched today.
On September 30, 1846 — Ether, an experimental anesthetic at the time, was used for the first time by Dr. William Morton at Massachusetts General Hospital.