Saturday, September 25, 2004

TV channel subs videogame-hockey for the real thing. With the hockey labor dispute leaving an on-air void where televised hockey used to sit, G4TechTV is broadcasting virtual hockey games played using video-game engines All 1,230 regular season games originally slated for the 2004-2005 NHL season will be played, with results of each video game match-up available to fans who tune-in daily to "Sweat." Up-to-the-minute scores, stats, teams and player profiles will be online at www.g4techtv.com. (In related news, CNBC's plans for a similar project in November have been scrapped. That's a joke, ya'll. -kc.) [unmediated] 1:21:26 PM    comment []

Anti-bootlegging booted. A district court in the Southern District of New York has struck down the anti-bootlegging provision of the copyright act. There is a new report here. I should have the opinion up soon. (Disclosure: I did pro bono work on this case.) [Lessig Blog] 1:07:51 PM    comment []

Historian/Sociologist of Science Shapin from UCSD to Harvard. Steven Shapin, one of the most important and provocative historians and sociologists of science at work today, is moving from... [The Leiter Reports: Editorials, News, Updates] 1:06:02 PM    comment []

Transforms Google news into a RSS feed. http://www.voidstar.com/gnews2rss.php - An experimental convertor that takes a Google News search and turns it into RSS. I've been using it all day. Fabulous!. Originally posted by Mac from del.icio.us/tag/rss, ReBlogged by Gavin from Clippings - a favorite bookmark and a goldmine of news items - which he clips into a database as part of the data collection for his PhD study. [Smart Mobs] 1:05:57 PM    comment []