Friday, March 05, 2004

Companies Facing Ethical Issue as Drugs Are Tested Overseas. Companies are struggling to decide what they owe patients who serve as test subjects, as they increasingly test drugs overseas. By Gina Kolata. [New York Times: Business] 10:18:57 PM    comment []

Doc sez Worth the $29 U.S., I hope. I'm told that Truth in Advertising (which [Doc] wrote about yesterday) is a snippet of a longer piece, produced by Avion Films in Toronto, directed by Tim Hamilton, and available on DVD. 10:12:30 PM    comment []

Furl- File URLs. Furl stands for file URLs. Seems so simple yet is so powerful, now there is a place to file all those URLs as you find them. In a URL file cabinet, that you can load from any browser. So Furl this! Honest, just click on the link to get to Furl. [Ted Ritzer: Free Music] 9:59:37 PM    comment []

For These Men, Lots of Guts but Little Glory. Hundreds of men have become volunteer practice fodder for women's basketball teams at dozens of universities across the country. By Bill Pennington. [New York Times: Education] 9:53:12 PM    comment []

Internet Censorship Law and Censorware Politics. I probably shouldn't waste my time writting these posts, but the recent net censorship Supreme Court argument struck a deep chord with me: Ms. Beeson argued that there were less restrictive alternatives to the pornography law: parents could now take... [Infothought] 9:48:52 PM    comment []

Case Study: Big Media Meets the Bloggers. Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has published a case study (pdf) entitled "Big Media" Meets the "Bloggers" Coverage of Trent Lott's Remarks at Strom Thurmand's Birthday Party. [Smart Mobs] 9:41:51 PM    comment []

HP: Blog Epidemic Analyzer FAQ. [Scripting News] 9:33:27 PM    comment []

SCO: Microsoft played no role in VC fundraising. Denies that leaked e-mail shows Microsoft helped raise tens of millions of dollars for SCO [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:27:53 AM    comment []