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Tuesday, May 20, 2003

The Searchable Life

Posted by michael on Tuesday May 20, @02:11PM
from the select-first_dates-from-life-limit-10; dept.
oni writes "Here's a story on wired about a Pentagon project called LifeLog. It seeks to record every bit of information that can be had, index it by name, or SSN, or even location, and make the database searchable. Furthermore, '[LifeLog adds] physical information (like how we feel) and media data (like what we read) to this transactional data.'" If you think you can build such a system, apply for a grant. There's also a current AP story about Total Information Awareness.

[Slashdot]

3:25:04 PM

Roxio Buys Pressplay, Napster Lives. Software-maker Roxio has acquired pressplay, the online music service. The company plans to join the technology with a brand it has already acquired -- Napster -- to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store and MusicNet for online music customers. [Wired News]
10:44:41 AM

Sun, Red Hat to offer Red Hat Linux on Sun servers - Computerworld - Six weeks after discontinuing its own version of Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc. today said that it will sell and support all three of Red Hat Inc.'s Enterprise Linux operating systems on Sun x86 server hardware.
In an announcement today, the two companies said the global deal will also include plans for Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat to distribute Sun's Java technology.
9:14:25 AM

InformationWeek > Security > Microsoft Launches Antivirus Information Site > May 19, 2003 - The timing couldn't have been better. The very day a new worm that targets Windows users is spreading throughout the Internet, Microsoft launched a new virus information center available at its Web site.

Goodie! Now if it had a newsfeed or at least a mailing list so I could get the latest without having to visit the site several times a day, that would be really useful.

9:09:31 AM