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10 computing books that matter
The only one I have read, or read some of, is Nudist on the Late Shift so far it is a inetresting read. Makes me want to move to the Valley.

Internet music downloader found not guilty in piracy case
I was having an argument with a co-worker last week this subject. “The judges also determined that the accused had not profited from the music files…” copyright and IP law is based on making money, traditionally the courts have only cared if an offender made money, seems like they still do.

JenniJournal entry for Christmas is thoughtful. Oh, that is the Jenni of JenniCam.

Dave’s About Weblogs.

Science News of the Year by category.

Mozilla releases preview of Web browser
Well I have been using M12 on and off since it’s release and like it. I waiting for developers, like myself, to start using XUL (eXtensiable Userinterface Language) to customize Mozilla for their sites.

Hey Kids! It’s the Y2Katastrophe Chooser!
A good bit of Y2K humor, enjoy.

Time magazine names Einstein person of the century
Ok Time this choice I can dig, good choice.

Just saw the iBook comment below. Apple needs to suck it up and make a good product. People aren’t going to buy Apple if, by default, they get a system that doesn’t run well: and when the OS and Netscape take up 40+ megs of memory, 32 megs just does not cut it. The default should be awesome, period, else why not get a windows machine <shiver>?

BTW: An arstechnica.com review of Mac OSX dp2.

Ars Technica reviews Microsoft’s IntelliEye Mice
I hate to say it but it looks like Microsoft will be getting some money from me. The second best feature of the mouse, besides no more mouse cleaning, “they both come with a USB to PS/2 converter, so those of us without proper USB can still enjoy the mouse (read NT and Linux)”.