Kill the Pop-Ups
The latest release of the open-source browser Mozilla (0.9.4) allows users to disable javascript's window.open() method used to open new browser windows. This means no more pesky pop-ups.
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Brother, If You Don't Mind...
Sometimes help comes at the worst moments from where you least expect it. A young man who worked at the World Trade Center gives his account of that morning.
The Americans
This editorial, written by a Canadian journalist in 1973, offers a few points about the United States that don't seem to come up very often.
Streamlining Your Computer Use
This article on Wired offers an interesting perspective on updating your computer use for a networked world, discarding some of the old stand-alone computer paradigms.
70's/90's Geek Convergence
Lego hacker starpoint
has built a Lego Mindstorm
robot that solves a Rubik's Cube.
License Your Software, Quick
The Business Software Alliance offers up a hillarious animated short on the dangers of software piracy. The bottom line: unless you want to be transported into your computer and almost eaten by an alligator, you had better stay away from pirated software.
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Copyright Your DNA
Wired News offers up a story about the DNA Copyright Institute, the institute will take a blood sample and give you a nice plaque all for only $1500. The US Copyright Office points out that it has never received a claim for a person's DNA, and that copyright law does not protect a person's DNA.
Publish Your Work and Go to Jail
Cryptographic researcher Niels
Ferguson is afraid to publish his
results (with good
reason) because if he does it'll anger
certain companies and it may get him
thrown in prison the next time he steps
foot in the United States. In this
More Like a Nosy Neighbor
In this short but timely article,
insurance portal insure.com
gives an inside look at what kind of
data auto insurance companies examine
when determining your rates, and where
they get that data. (Your auto insurance
rate may be linked to your credit rating!)
Also included at the bottom of the page
are several links to other stories about
insurance company data usage, including
one about health and life insurance.
Netscape 6.1 Released
Anyone looking for a huge, memory-hungry browser will surely appreciate Netscape's most recent release of its version 6 browser. It is reportedly faster and slightly less buggy than previous Netscape Communicator 6 releases. It also sports a more streamlined interface and is mostly compliant with CSS levels 1 and 2 and HTML 4.