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The $19,450 Phone

Begin forwarded message:> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/magazine/ > 01CELLPHONE.html?tntemail0=&pagewanted=print&position=top > > The New York Times > December 1, 2002 > The $19,450 Phone > By MARK LEVINE > > Although the Beverly Hills retail outlet of a...

Gifts For Nerds..

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?&articleID062C10-684A-1DDE- A838809EC588F2D7 November 25, 2002 Top SciTech Gifts 2002 Still haven’t found presents for the science fans on your list? Before you brave the cold and the holiday crowds again, take a look at our...

Repost: Manhattan’s Milosevic

With Henry Kissinger being announced as the new head of the September 11 Investigation this article, forwarded to FOIB last summer, gains new relevance. Given Kissinger’s personal stake and his ties to the REpublican party, is there any hope of an unbiased,...

We Don’t Need Carriers..

What if we had our own spectrum and every new cellular phone added to that network increased its capacity, rather than diminished it? If 802.11 is any benchmark, grass roots decentralized technologies can grow quickly, especially when you take the Service Provider OUT...

Life Inside The Axis of So-And-So…

US Foreign Policy is solidifying the position of conservative regimes in the Middle East by giving the people of these worlds a common enemy. Theocracies and dictatorships form the fulcrum of resistance against perceived (and real) Western Imperialism, and...