Archive for January 2000

Black Hole

Friday, January 28th, 2000

Chandra, the X-Ray Space Observatory, has been sending back some amazing pictures. Space.com has a great one here of a possible black hole discovered in the Andromeda galaxy.


Europa Rain

Friday, January 28th, 2000

More evidence that the Jovian moon Europa might be a haven for life…life needs heat and charged particles raining down on Europa just might be providing it. Here is another great article [...]


XHTML Arrives

Friday, January 28th, 2000

The W3C has released the recommendation for the Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML 1.0). It was imperative to rewrite HTML so it can work with future devices and browsers [...]


Mars Polar Lander Phone Home

Friday, January 28th, 2000

Only days ago NASA decided to give up on their attempts to contact the Mars Polar Lander, apparently lost during it approach last month. Now comes word that the Mars Polar Lander may [...]


Welcome Back, Hubble!

Tuesday, January 25th, 2000

After some much needed repairs, the Hubble Space Telescope is back at work and as always the results are breathtaking. To the right is an image of the “Eskimo” Planetary Nebula. The NASA announcement is located here.


Crusoe Winners and Losers

Friday, January 21st, 2000

So Transmeta is definitely the big winner with this technology. They have demonstrated something very promising. But I got to thinking about who else out there will benefit from this technology. And who [...]


Crusoe Arrives!

Wednesday, January 19th, 2000

Transmeta’s Mobile Internet Processors under the family name Crusoe were demonstrated today (I caught the video on ZDNet.) Wow. A mobile chip for internet appliances running at 400 mHz. A mobile [...]


Transmeta Announcement Tomorrow

Tuesday, January 18th, 2000

So what is it, alien technology, the fastest microchip ever, nothing at all? We find out tomorrow when Transmeta announces what it is they have been working on all these years. This [...]


Technology and Tears

Tuesday, January 18th, 2000

Sometimes you can go for days when it seems abundant new wonders will continue to delight and awe you. All you see is the potential and opportunity around you. The future beckons and [...]


AOL Time Warner

Wednesday, January 12th, 2000

Let the mega mergers continue…AOL and Time Warner announced the largest merger of all time on Monday, January 10, 2000. The coverage has been extensive. Take a look at all the various news [...]