Google's not-so-very-secret weapon

THE DALLES, Oregon On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. But it is hard to keep a secret when it is as big as two football fields, with twin cooling towers protruding four stories into the sky.

Read the full story by John Markoff and Saul Hansell The New York Times
Published: June 13, 2006

US CERT Alert

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King Arthur's Scottish Camelot

A number of authors down through the ages have suggested that Arthur - this most English of heroes - was in fact from Scotland, a story if true that would stand history on its head.

Read the full article by DIANE MACLEAN

NAV and NIS Update

There was just a large update to Norton, both Anti-Virus and Internet Security. It is one of those "special" updates that doesn't work automagically. For Norton users, simply open the program and run "Live Update." You will have to restart your computer when the installation is complete.

I have no idea what it is for, just that it is rather large.

Let's be careful out there...

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Scan This Book!

May 14, 2006 New York Times

By KEVIN KELLY

Despite the opposition of publishers and their lawyers, the world's texts are being electronically copied, digitized, searched and linked.

This is an excellent ten page article. The first half is very familiar, but the opinions and conclusions in the last half are fascinating.