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  • CBS to offer March Madness online for free

    This year it all just got a little bit easier, especially for diehard fans who inexplicably decide to spend the day at work with NCAAMarch Madness on Demand, a streaming webcast. CBS had been offering the games online as part of a subscription, but this year the NCAA Tournament will be available for free at…

  • Wil Wheaton plug

    I’m not a Star Trek fan but I really like blogger Wil Wheaton. I can’t believe Gordie from Stand By Me is all grown up and hosting a technology/literature/poker blog. Be sure to check him out.

  • Reflections of a carpetbagger on a trip

    I’ve driven across Texas, or at least the bulk of it, at least 15 times. The round trip from Lubbock to Dallas- by both air and highway- is especially familiar to me now. The trip, which takes 55 minutes from gate-to-gate on a 737, takes roughly six hours by car. This calculation, however, is rarely…

  • Evolution in the bible, says Vatican

    The Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally. Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the Genesis description of how God created the universe and Darwin’s theory of evolution…

  • Engadget checks out wooden PCs

    We’ve seen a handful of wood-clad PCs, and they’re virtually all models we wouldn’t even stash in an airless data center, let alone display proudly in a home office, which is where most makers would like us to put them. (more)michael castellon mike castellon

  • Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks, desktops?

    Wal-Mart and Hewlett-Packard will likely celebrate this Thanksgiving season by attempting to crush their competitors with low-price desktops and notebooks, according to a Web site that tracks bargains. Black Friday 2005, which posts information about retail deals, posted scans of what appear to be future Wal-Mart newspaper inserts featuring a $398 laptop and a $398…

  • Apple Computer, 1985