Yahoo! News – Monkeys Can Move Robot Arms With Thoughts: “Monkeys with brain implants were trained to move a robot arm with their thoughts, a key advance by researchers who hope one day to allow paralyzed people to perform similar…

Professional update time… So as most of you know, I’m currently consulting with Yahoo! (Overture Services), helping them build a Web Services platform (API) named “AWS” (Advertiser Web Services) or “DTC-XML” (DTC, Direct Traffic Center, is the name of the…

Roland Tanglao’s Weblog: Thursday, September 25, 2003: “QUOTE The Big Blog Company’s product is the establishment of weblogs for businesses, imparting knowledge and on-going mindset needed for a blog to be effective. The weblogs themselves can come in many forms…

“Scientists have been accumulating evidence in lab animals for years that a pill might be able to reduce the damage loud noise does to your hearing. Now they’re sending in the Marines. Starting in a few months, a group of…

Headlines Powered by Business Wire: “The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) today announced the launch of its MovieBeam(SM) on-demand movie rental service. MovieBeam will give consumers instant access in their homes to recent DVD and video releases, as well as a…

Meant to get to this, but life has been busy… Street Scene 2003 rocked, as always. Diana, Kim, Randy and I saw: The Doors (of the 21st Century) REM B-52s 311 Pennywise Cypress Hill Goo Goo Dolls Bad Religion And…

Apple: Reselling iTunes songs ‘impractical’ | CNET News.com: “Apple’s Lowe left unaddressed the question of whether a transfer would violate iTunes’ terms-of-service contract, focusing instead on technical and other barriers to such a sale. ‘They would have to somehow give…

iTunes auction treads murky legal ground | CNET News.com: “Consumers can resell CDs purchased in a record shop, but what about digital music files downloaded from an online store? George Hotelling wants to know. In a move that could spark…

New Office locks down documents | CNET News.com: “Office 2003, the upcoming update of the company’s market-dominating productivity package, for the first time will include tools for restricting access to documents created with the software. Office workers can specify who…

Researcher sees cellophane window to 3D | CNET News.com: “Professor Keigo Iizuka discovered that ordinary cellophane wrap can be used to turn a laptop computer screen into a 3D display. Iizuka was searching for so-called half-wave plates, which rotate the…