November 2001

Oops. DeCSS lost the case. Welcome to the world of strong copyright protection.

What is .fr08?

A hilarious Flash collection of the tourist guy photos.

Is America over-reacting? That attack on Afghanistan apart, they’ve shut down Somalia’s Internet access, they’re policing posters, introducing the SSSCA…

MIT is doing some interesting research. (The Erotic Computing Group)

The human embryo cloned.

Hello, world.

Electric automobiles are becoming affordable, with Ford’s car leasing at $199 a month, and electric cycles, scooters and skis coming into the market.

A disposable mobile phone is just the sort I want. At $30 for 60 min, and only outbound calls, it’s perfect for my use. So far, it’s not coming to India though.

The 4.1 mega pixel cameras have come in: Olympus’ C4040, Toshiba’s PDR M81, Casio’s QV4000, Sony’s DSC S85 and Canon’s G2. All priced at around $700. (Of course, 5.2 megapixel cameras exist too…)

IDRBDT may be our Controller of Certifying authorities. (ET)

Technology sure does give the US an advantage. US companies don’t have to obey French law, but the US can prosecute the French.

Neat quiz question: Against which company did Anand R Mani win a lawsuit on IPR violation? (Thanks, XS)

The tourist guy has been found. (Or is this another elaborate hoax?)

Opera has security holes as well.

A Mordor site.

Microsoft is discontinuing support for a whole lot of products.

Time: Inventions of the year.

Friedman argues for democracy.

Following SETI, CERN is using distributed computing.