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A (almost) live update on IIM-B’s placements.

Genome browser.

Some interesting electronic toys have come up at ToyFair.

Celera has released the human genome.

Google bought Deja. I don’t know which is better news – that they have money to buy companies, or that I can now search the Usenet.

Napster must pay.

Take two plates. Bring them very close in a vacuum. They will attract. The Casimir Effect (free subscription required).

Today, we will know if Napster will survive or die. We will also know what our genes are made of. Speaking of genes, biotech reports are the hottest selling at MultexInvestor.

Eric has updated The Cathedral & the Bazaar

Yahoo’s auction listings fell 82% when they started charging for auctions. But the sales apparantly is steady, and quality of listings is going up. Amazon may follow suit. Looks like the pay-model is the one that will survive on the Net.

Fantastic images at the Internet Ray Tracing Contest and at POVRay.

NASSCOM 2001 is on.

Typographical errors on San Fransisco sidewalks.

In Delhi & Mumbai, you can send voice messages, and soon (hopefully) use the telephone to access e-mail. Through Indivoice. They have a long way to go, though, to get on par with Yahoo! by Phone.

Fucked company reports that X-Drive.com is likely to lay off people. Given their accuracy, I’d recommend anyone having files on X-Drive make backups in the near future.

The Annals of Improbable Research have sent all kinds of things by post. Almost two-thirds were delivered. I doubt if it would happen in India.

Dream Research and Dream Bank. Lots about the analysis of dreams.

Of the films selected by the National Film Registry for preservation in 2000, I haven’t seen a single one! Not even read the script of any, for that matter.

Kumbha Mela from space. If they can do this for free, I suppose Frederick Forsyth’s and Tom Clancy’s description of satellites catching individual’s faces can’t be far from the truth. They’ve got a pretty good gallery.

Online classics: video-on-demand for operas, plays, and dance. Video is definitely in these days, with NASA, CNN and a whole lot of others.