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Europe votes to end data privacy - Critics say this new move amounts to a blanket general surveillance of the whole population.

Friday, May 31, 2002

nyc bloggers - This is a neat idea - A map of New York linking to who is blogging, or writing a web log. This would be a great idea for other cities or countries to follow up on... linking people together to form a community.

Thursday, May 30, 2002

Klez.H becomes biggest virus ever - It's become the biggest computer virus of all time, according to this report.

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Netscape 7 - The Netscape 7 preview release is now available for users to test and provide feedback. The latest version integrates with Netscape Mail, AOL Instant Messenger and One-Click Radio. One interesting feature is Tabbed Browsing, which lets you keep track of multiple web pages within a single browser window. The redesigned browsing menu now includes useful items like a download manager, password manager and forms manager.

Monday, May 27, 2002

Ice reservoirs found on Mars - The BBC reports that vast areas of water-ice have been detected by a Nasa probe, boosting the search for alien life and possibly bringing forward a manned landing.

Sunday, May 26, 2002

Big Brother - Yes Big Brother is back, but looking at the forums on the official site, people are not too happy about paying for the live video coverage.

Friday, May 24, 2002

SETI@home: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home The SETI@home program is a special kind of screensaver. Like other screensavers it starts up when you leave your computer unattended, and it shuts down as soon as you return to work. What it does in the interim is unique. While you are getting coffee, or having lunch or sleeping, your computer will be helping the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by analyzing data specially captured by the world's largest radio telescope.

Thursday, May 23, 2002

HAMTARO - Who or what is Hamtaro? He's a cute Japanese hamster with an insatiable curiosity... the top rated childrens show in Tokyo, and about to take the rest of the world by storm.

Wednesday, May 22, 2002

Google Labs - This is Googles public beta testing area for some cool things they are currently working on: a glossary/dictionary, voice search, sets of words and keyboard navigation of results.

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Google and the Dilbert Doodle - A different Dilbert cartoon is appearing on Google each day this week.

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different, and often spectacular, image of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Warning: do not act on all virus alerts - An email is urging computer users to delete a file named jdbgmgr.exe. Don't do it, says Sarah Left.
Vmyths: jdbgmgr.exe virus

Sunday, May 19, 2002

the5k.org - The competition to design the best web site using less than 5 kilobytes is back. You can also view previous entries from the last two years. One good thing is they download pretty fast!

Thursday, May 16, 2002

100 Greatest Online Games - Yes all the best, most addictive games are here, ready to launch from a handy pop up window, curtesy of FHM.com. Hours of fun, if you've got the time to waste.

Monday, May 13, 2002

UK Security Services Extranet - Sign up online as a new MI5 field agent and you'll get access to the fictional MI5 Extranet, showing the progress of all cases the department is working on. It's based on the new TV series Spooks and you can pick up extra clues by watching the programme.

Monday, May 13, 2002

Web of Distraction - How the computer is wasting your time.

Thursday, May 09, 2002

Alligator Racing - Check out the gator racing videos on this interactive betting site. Very entertaining!

Thursday, May 09, 2002

NASA Earth Observatory - Here you can explore with NASA scientists the causes and effects of global change through the use of real satellite data.

Wednesday, May 08, 2002

Gay or Straight - Are these guys gay or straight? - take the photo quiz.

Tuesday, May 07, 2002

Gagpipe BETA - Constantly updated links to satire headlines from around the world.

Tuesday, May 07, 2002

File Not Found - Very funny Error 404 page. A bored server tells you why he cannot find the page.

Tuesday, May 07, 2002

Create-A-Fart - Select the special qualities for your fart, then email it to a friend.

Sunday, May 05, 2002

I'm a Cow - Moo moo! Funny animation.

Thursday, May 02, 2002

BBC - Search The Web - The BBC have launched their own "family friendly" search engine. Results are clear, uncluttered, relevant, and commercial free. "Our results are the ones that best match your search words - not the ones advertisers want you to see." Google had better beware - this one is excellent!
See my Top 50 Search Engines

Thursday, May 02, 2002

My Trailer Park - Yes it's a fake, but one of the funniest "home pages" I have come across.

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

Hubble's stunning new vision - Astronomers have been bowled over by some spectacular new pictures of the Universe. You can see the stunning press release photos in full detail at the Hubblesite Gallery

Wednesday, May 01, 2002

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