http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ en-us 2003-12-08T16:10:41-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000490.html From Space.com is an interesting article about an alternative energy source of which you may not be aware 490@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-12-08T16:10:41-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000425.html Scientific American is running an article on the best tech prezzies for the holidays 425@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 04-FINAL 2003-11-20T22:19:40-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000411.html ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet, is now thirty years old. Take a moment to close your computer and give thanks to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn for making it happen. 411@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-11-18T22:36:37-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000380.html Tonight (Saturday, 8 Nov.) there was a full lunar eclipse, but only its last phase was visible in the Bay Area. See a photo of the event! 380@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-11-08T11:13:21-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000378.html A recent Washington Post article tells of a report published by the FDA concluding that cloned offspring "pose little scientific risk to the food supply". Wow. Really? Eeeeewwwwwwww! 378@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-11-07T01:47:07-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000240.html If the net is your main source of information but you're tired of scouring your bookmarks every time you're online, RSS feeds can help keep your daily reads organized in an easy to view format. 240@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 04-FINAL 2003-11-04T15:01:02-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000324.html From various sources this news about former SF State Professor Geoff Marcy and his former graduate student Paul Butler winning the 14th annual Discover Magazine Award for Innovation in Space and Technology. 324@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-10-24T16:27:12-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000293.html Based on recent events over there at the Shangri-La Monkey House known as Microsoft (they won't completely support W3C Cascading Style Sheets), it is more important than ever to support open source products. 293@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-10-17T16:14:17-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000289.html The Division of Information Technology posts an "IMPORTANT NOTICE" about file sharing. 289@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-10-16T20:09:34-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000245.html OpenOffice.org has announced that their (free!) bundle of desktop applications known as OpenOffice 1.1 has passed all the beta testing and is ready for the public to enjoy. 245@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 04-FINAL 2003-10-07T08:34:53-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000218.html The Division of Information Technology has (finally!) increased the wireless performance on campus. 218@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-09-26T13:58:46-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000171.html It's difficult to describe the beatuty of Ireland, especially when Internet connectivity is seriously lacking. 171@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-09-18T06:14:44-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000123.html In what had been heralded as a triumph for broadband became a bomb for others 123@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-09-07T16:27:11-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000110.html European military contractor Qinetiq is sponsoring an attempt at the balloon world altitude record. 110@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-09-02T00:43:50-08:00 http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/tech_weblog/000108.html The Computer & Communications Industry Association's President, Ed Black, has sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security urging them to reconsider using Microsoft products. This is huge. 108@http://xpress.sfsu.edu/tech_weblog/ 2003-09-01T09:34:06-08:00