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'My Kid Could Program
That'
Want to See Some Really Sick Art?
On display at
the Venice Bienale, one of the art world's most prestigious events, is a
computer virus that its creators claim is art. "The virus is a useless but
critical handcraft, similar to classical art," says its creators. Uh huh.
By Reena Jana.
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Culture
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The Shaky State(s) of DWY
New York will
soon became the first state to ban the use of cell phones while driving?
What states are next? By Elisa Batista.
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Unwired News
A Disturbing, Latino View of Tech
"Putografia
Virtual," a new art exhibit in San Francisco, offers a bleak portrait of
the debris of the digital revolution and its unhelpful relationship with
people of color. Angel Gonzalez reports from San Francisco.
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Culture
EBay Fraud Law: Any Takers?
Congress asks
eBay, Yahoo and Amazon to help determine the causes of online fraud, which
presumably means legislation could be on the way. Do we really need it? By
Farhad Manjoo.
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Politics
Med-Tech
From 'Plantibodies' to Profits?
How does a
biotech company cut costs dramatically and continue to produce drugs? One
plan is to forgo the building of plants, and instead use natural crops to
manufacture antibodies (or "plantibodies"). Kristen Philipkoski reports
from the Bio2001 meeting in San Diego, California.
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Technology
Demotion: Better than Delisting
Struggling Net
firms are hoping to avoid the stigma of getting booted from Nasdaq by
moving to its less prominent Small Cap exchange. So far, only a few
companies are making the cut. By Joanna Glasner.
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Where's the Money?
Report: Beware the Eye in ITV
A report paints
a dark picture of interactive television, warning that cable companies
plan to use the new technology to bend spineless couch-potatoes everywhere
to the will of advertisers. By Jeffrey Benner.
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Privacy Matters
Napster Finds Old Space Crowded
File-trading
services continue to spring up, forcing the two original sharing networks
to compete against what they once championed: free downloads. Napster
continues onward, while Scour limps behind. By Brad King.
in MP3
Rocks the Web
Napster Is Alive, Alive
Two major organizations sign
up to allow their music to be swapped online. But Napster has some new
competition from Canada, as the FLIPR network attempts to compete in a
very familiar way: by creating a large, legal file-trading customer base.
By Brad King.
in MP3
Rocks the Web
N.Y. Passes Phone-Driving Bill
All Governor
George Pataki has to do is apply pen to paper -- which he says he'll do --
and New York will become the first state to ban talking on handheld phones
while driving.
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Unwired News
Making the
Grade
A Gadget Festival for Teachers
The National
Educational Computing Conference offers a plethora of bells, whistles and
handhelds. Here's a look at some of the gimmicks that caught the eye of
educators. Katie Dean reports from Chicago.
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Making the Grade
Ever Bought a Fake Picture?
Lawmakers are
worried that you might have, if you bought it in an online auction. So
they're asking the CEOs of the top Internet auction companies to help them
identify how fraud occurs and to propose solutions for stamping it
out.
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Elsewhere Today
Armey
Targets Red-Light Cameras
USA Today
Pentagon Trains Tech for War
ZDNet News
Robot Is to Follow the Sun
New York
Times (Registration Required)
Battlefield Uses of Biotech
SF Gate
Private Rocket Launch Is 'Suicidal'
BBC News
The DVD Wars Have Begun
MSNBC
Lawmakers Peruse Privacy Tools
CNN Interactive
The Outernet Is Coming
Business 2.0
Broadband Blues
The Economist
The Light Brigade
Technology Review
Shrink to Fit
New Scientist
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Diversions
A young lad receives
the gift that keeps on giving, but can he take care of it? Watch Happy Birthday, Young Death by Chris LaBonte (516
KB, Flash)
Quote Marks
"We're against the fervor of the digital revolution."
— One of Los Cybrids, the artists behind "Putografia Virtual," explains the group's critique
of technological cheerleading.
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MEANWHILE...
Taboo
T-Shirt
Tom Sypniewski thought his
"redneck" T-shirt was funny. But Warren Hills Regional High School
officials weren't laughing and ordered him to remove it. So
Sypniewski, 19, decided to sue for violation of his free speech
rights. After refusing to change the shirt -- which listed comic
Jeff Foxworthy's "Top 10 Reasons You Might Be A Redneck Sports Fan"
-- he was suspended for three days. District school officials in
Washington, New Jersey, deemed the shirt inflammatory, given the
school's two-year history of racial tensions. Sypniewski, who
recently graduated, denied he is a racist or that the shirt carried
a racist message. "I consider myself a redneck and I'm absolutely
not a racist. What hurts me is the board accused me of trying to
spread a racist message with the shirt. I think they owe me an
apology."
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