Halo 2 Hacked
Fans of the year's most anticipated Xbox game, Halo 2, don't have to wait until the November 9 release date to play it. Last night, pirates in the warez scene leaked what they claim to be a complete version of...
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Medical ID Under Your Skin
Applied Digital Solutions, the Florida company that has stirred so much debate over its implantable ID chips, announced yesterday that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the chips as a means to provide...
Great Equations
Physics World magazine presents its candidates for the 20 greatest equations of all time. The equations are divided into two groups--those from pure mathematics, and those from physics (there apparently being no worthwhile candidates in fields like chemistry or engineering).Making...
PayPal is Down
Anybody else notice that PayPal isn't working? The Register says that it is a coding glitch. The article in USA Today is less informative, saying that the company hasn't found the cause. Netcraft says that the problem is PayPal's redesign...
Hydrogen Hype
Hydrogen is not a transportation panacea--that's the conclusion of a new calculation by two British researchers. In order for our fossil fuel vehicles to be replaced by true hydrogen automobiles, the U.S. would have to erect a million wind turbines...
Bush Games
All this talk of whether Bush is wired makes me think about an overlooked part of his past: his penchant for computer gaming. While governor in Texas, Bush was a fan of Freecell, a variation of Solitaire. He made the...
Is Bush Wired?
Salon.com has published a story questioning whether the Bush campaign is using technology to transmit speeches and even debate answers to the president (subscription or ad-driven, free day pass required). Rumors regarding a bulge spotted under Bush's jacket during the...
Wind Power NIMBY-ism
Alternative energies such as wind power are supposed to be good things; so why is Senator John Warner trying to indefinitely block wind energy projects such as that being proposed for Cape Cod? The Republican Senator from Virginia says it's...
Caller-ID Spoofing
Glory be, there is now a commercial Caller-ID spoofing service, as reported by Information Week on September 1 (sorry for the delay). Don't worry--they are only selling it to the good guys....
Verizon's Spring Break-in
Years ago, when I was running my own ISP, I had to visit a rack of equipment we had at a collocation facility in Boston. I went to the front door of the building, knocked, and was shocked to find...
