Category: In the News

There was a very interesting article this morning over at eWeek about Sun Microsystems support for AJAX technologies. Sun is seeking to build into a studio suite a set of core AJAX components that you’ll be able to use over and over to simplify the time it takes to go from the drawing board to…

Mercury News: “Personnel from California make up the highest numbers of those killed, 10.6 percent, according to statistics drawn from Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a Web site that compiles data on U.S. and allied casualties from Pentagon press releases and news reports.” Tags: California

So do you want to know how tall your son or daughter will be when they grow up and if they’ll be able to play professional basketball? Well now a team of Canadian researchers believe they can tell you. Take a look. Medpage today: How tall will your child be? It’s a question that has…

Kermit the Frog, my favorite character from Sesame Street of old, is returning to the spotlight to kick off a tour aimed at reestablishing the Muppets franchise for new owner Disney. Here’ s the scoop. Reuters: “Kermit the Frog, perhaps the world’s most famous amphibian, will embark on a worldwide “tour” next month to celebrate…

NY Times: “With fears mounting that high energy costs will crimp economic growth, President Bush called on Americans yesterday to conserve gasoline by driving less. He also issued a directive for all federal agencies to cut their own energy use and to encourage employees to use public transportation. President Bush said Monday that the government…

Wow! How much more stuff can they dig up? Reuters: “Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said late on Monday that it was tripling the number of Web pages that its system can search, seeking to upstage rival Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in claims to be the world’s widest Web search.” Tags: Google,…

My Motherlode.com: “Homicide detectives have indentified the body found in a shallow grave on Highway 108 near Strawberry last week as that of a missing Modesto man. Police say 37-year-old Robbie Martin was last seen on June 26th. He was reported missing August 3rd by his brother.” Tags: Sierra Nevada, Stanislaus

SMH.com: “For a time Adrian Lamo lived on the road, travelling between cities in the United States, illegally hacking into high-profile computer networks, including the computers of America Online, Excite@Home, Yahoo, MCI-WorldCom, Microsoft and The New York Times newspaper. His nomadic lifestyle earned him the tag of “the homeless hacker”. Now he’s stuck in Sacramento…