From CNN.com: Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass, two young journalists notorious for fabricating stories, have something else in common: Both have written highly publicized books that few people are buying.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/03/19/jaysonblair.booksales.ap/index.html
Finally, the American public does something sensible. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would bother reading a book by an admitted pathological lier, written for the sole purpose of profiting from his pathological lies.
Let the guy get a job he’s qualified for…something that requires weraring a funny hat and asking if we want fries with that. Oops, scratch that…I wouldn’t trust this sleeze to sell me a happy meal.
From Wired: Researchers have built two new systems that use radio frequency identification tags to monitor the elderly in their own homes.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62723,00.html
Yippee. Now we’re tracking humans with the d*mned things.
From Wired: After a recent epidemic of computer viruses that seemed much worse than usual, security experts are questioning whether the antivirus software industry is working hard enough — or has enough incentive — to develop new and better ways of stopping nasty software.
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,62558,00.html
From Wired: The European Commission and Microsoft failed to settle antitrust charges on Thursday, removing the last
obstacle to a landmark ruling next week branding the company an abusive monopolist.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62711,00.html
It’s about time someonesat on this company. They haven’t innovated anything in their entire existance.
From InfoWorld: Because variant doesn’t use file attachments, it can easily slip past security products.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/18/HNBaglehole_1.html
It’s getting so that Windows is becoming so insecure it’s crazy to use it to connect to the Net.
From the New York Times: Robert Pastorelli, who played the screwball house painter Eldin on “Murphy Brown,” was found dead on Monday in his Hollywood Hills home in what the coroner’s office said may have been a drug overdose. He was 49.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/10/arts/television/10PAST.html
Of course, we also remember him as the lead in the U.S. version of Cracker.
From News.com: A free-ranging interview with Vint Cerf, Chairman of ICANN.
http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5174043.html
