March 27, 2004

Who should govern the Net?. A U.N. summit ends with a consensus that developing countries must have more influence on the way the Internet is run, but conclusions about what should be done are vague. [CNET News.com] 2:01:00 PM

Lost in the new world. Arts: John Glover's cool, meticulous landscapes made him Britain's most successful painter after Turner. Then he moved to Tasmania - and disappeared. [Guardian Unlimited] 12:45:14 PM

Microsoft to Offer Blog Search Tool. Mercury News: Microsoft plans search site for Weblogs. Microsoft became the first big Internet company Friday to say that it would create a special search Web site just for Weblogs. The company said MSN Blogbot will debut in the first half of the year, along with MSN Newsbot, a search site devoted to news. Another Microsoft "innovation" that's already been invented -- see, for example Technorati and Feedster -- but overall I'm glad to see the big guys getting behind blogging as a form ... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 12:41:10 PM

Archos AV500 Nips, Tucks. JOEL JOHNSON -- Archos continues to refine their 'big brick' design, to a point it almost looks ... cool. (I know!) The AV500, another CeBIT showing, is a portable video player as well as a PDA, with a 704 by 480 screen and 20 or 40GB hard drive. Dual USB2.0... [Gizmodo] 8:21:11 AM

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