This Pew Internet Report is getting a lot of blogowan atten. According to NetPubs: The Pew Internet & American Life Project today released a report describing how the internet improves Americans' capacity to maintain their social networks and how they gain a big payoff when they use the... View full entry

An excellent column on what the Web 2.0 is: from the web as a ubiquitous computing platform to the notion of an endlessly customizable individual web interface. Well, yeah, maybe it is the second coming of the tech bubble too. via View full entry

Or more accurately: China is beginning testing on "a full superconducting experimental Tokamak fusion device, which aims to generate infinite, clean nuclear-fusion-based energy" in Hefei, capital city of east China's Anhui Province. People's Daily Online View full entry

Today's NYT has a section on tech surveillance with some good reads: A Growing Web of Watchers Builds a Surveillance Society; The New Security: Cameras That Never Forget Your Face; Privacy for People Who Don't Show Their Navels. View full entry

Google is bringing a special version of its powerful search engine to China, leaving behind two of its most popular features in the United States. NYT l BBC View full entry

"Photovoltaic tiles or a small wind turbine on the roofs of houses or apartment blocks are no longer a rarity. If these and similar small-scale generators were installed in large numbers they could have a significant impact on energy policy, helping to slash carbon emissions and taking the strain... View full entry

Google is the only multi-billion-dollar company in the world that is also a spelling mistake. LRB View full entry

John just posted a link to googleearth for mac, so now that you have it, what can you do with it?Mac version of the Sketchup plugin for GE / Receding Arctic icecap / Orbital snapshot of many many satellites / 3D London / Real time flight tracking of planes over major US airports. View full entry

Mac users get Google Earth. Look out world. download l GBlog View full entry

According to CNN Money Autodesk, creator of AutoCAD, is one of the top 100 (ranked 81) companies to work for. Via View full entry

Live coverage of the google keynote. Let's see what Lpage has got to say. @ 7.00pm eastern, oh. that's NOW! Via engadget. View full entry

"A team of Austrian computer activists have demonstrated a method of hijacking police CCTV cameras, in protest over increased surveillance of public areas in their country's capital." New Scientist. View full entry

"Bouncing robots capable of exploring planets, a giant pinhole camera in space, and genetically engineered crops that could grow on other worlds are just three of the ideas proposed by scientists funded by Nasa's forward-thinking Institute for Advanced Concepts." Read even more at The Guardian. View full entry

For those of you who love to hate cad, you can blame Ivan Sutherland. For more abuse, read the exciting History of Cad. View full entry

Wired releases a handful of superlatives for 2005: Most Predictable Stories | Sexiest Geeks | Worst Tech Moments | Best Tech Moments View full entry