The Technology of Me

More Star Trek technology is becoming reality. All that really remains for invention is warp drive and transporters. I say 50 years for both which will revolutionize travel and commuting. That may be unrealistic but better to shoot for the stars and come up short than to not try at all.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Plan for cloaking device unveiled

The MPAA is circling the drain as an organization. They are resorting to illegal hacking of BitTorrent directories according to this lawsuit. They are fighting so hard to keep ther business model intact when they should be working to adapt to the changing technology market.
MPAA accused of hiring a hacker | Tech News on ZDNet

Freedom of speech is an endangered species. If this kid had threatened someone at the school or posted plans to commit violence, that would be one thing, but this kid just wrote about his frustration with the school. He may have used inappropriate language but it is not a criminal offense.
Student faces expulsion for Web post

It sounds like a good idea but I won’t hold my breath. Some Telco or ISP will find a way to block this from happening.
CLEC - Technical - DSL Prime: Free Nationwide Wireless

These are pictures of a working prototype of the $100 laptop. I am impressed.
OLPC - a photoset on Flickr

IBM sells its PC division to a Chinese company. Now the government has ordered and installed computers from Lenovo in classified networks. Did it just dawn on these people that the Chinese could have spy software on these machines? Chinese Intelligence would deny the allegations of course while they are reading our secret government information. I guess it would make too much sense for the government to buy equipment used in a national security environment from American companies.
US fears Chinese PCs may be bugged - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au

So these researchers are saying that humans bred with chimpanzees after the evolutionary split. I don’t know how often I have had to fight the urge to go to the zoo and get some monkey loving. How many times have we heard of theories and “facts” that turned out to be wrong? The “facts” get rewritten, the truth is we won’t ever know for certain just how things happened millions of years ago. We can make guesses but that’s about it.
Humans, chimps may have bred after split - The Boston Globe

Anything that makes photography cheaper and better is a good thing.
Micron unveils 8-megapixel image chip - Innovation - MSNBC.com

Don’t worry so much about Colombian drug smuggling, we need to train dogs to sniff out DVDs in case someone is smuggling pirated movies.
Spacegrinder! - MPAA training police dogs to sniff out DVDs

Finally, a DVD release of the original movies. I guess this means I will have to buy them again.
Star Wars: Episode IV | This September: Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD