It seems that when John isn't busy making products for ID Software, he is working at Armadillo Aerospace on a project aimed at the X-Prize.

As an odd follow-up to this morning's story about too much salt in children's food comes this story from the BBC News. A woman is accused of attempting to kill an eight-year-old by giving the child solutions laden with large amounts of salt.

As previously reported here, there was a bug in Apple's Safari browser. It has now been remedied (according to Apple) and should be replaced with the new version available at Apple's site.This is a strongly recommended update for anyone running Safari.

An article appearing on the New York Times web site, originating from the International Herald Tribune gives some insight into Microsoft's continuing tactics to try and beat out rivals that use the Linux operating system. Basically, the article states that internal memos from Microsoft executives have authorized discounting the operating …

A letter on the FTC website, which is also being sent to a number of operators of open relays, details the dangers of open relays as a mechanism for propagating spam and the potential results to an organization. An article from CNET details that the letter has been sent by …

The judge in San Francisco who is mulling over the 321 Studios case against the movie industry over their DVD copying software appeared to be trying to see both sides of the argument today. On some issues, such as whether the software is in violation of the DMCA, she seemed …

In the quarter just reported, Yahoo! is stating that 19% of their earnings came from their deal with Overture to provide paid-for search results. An article on CNET provides some further analysis from industry experts.

SCO claims that SuSE isn't immune from prosecution on copyright violations. SuSE claims their existing license agreements with SCO make them immune. However, SCO has yet to make any moves against the German manufacturer of Linux variants. An article from CNET provides some further detail and quotes from both sides …

Technology review site ExtremeTech has an article in which they basically accuse nVidia of inflating their benchmark scores by cheating on the well-known benchmarks.

If you're a Mac person who wants to use AutoCAD, read this article from MacCentral. It tells you how to state your opinion to the folks looking in to the AutoCAD release.

A commentary from CNET looks at two provisions of the new PROTECT act that may raise first amendment challenges. The sections are the "Misleading domain names on the internet" and a section once again attempting to redefine child pornography to include images created virtually that "appear" to be children. Although …

An article from BBC News states that the British Food Standards Agency is suggesting that the salt intake of youngsters be curtailed.

Here are some links to other announcements and stories coming out of E3 about the gaming world. Doom 3 trailer debuts on Gamespot IDSA claims parents actually pay attention to their kids video games and may even play with them. See the press release. Blizzard announces Worlds of Warcraft for …

A good article in The Washington Post about blacklists and their implications. As I've stated before, II think that they're fine, but that the users need to pay attention to who is making them and what their motives are. The alternative is not (as the spammers how) having no blacklists …

An article on MacCentral reports that programmers have "developed a way to let people copy" songs over the internet using iTunes. For those who have used the server inside of iTunes, you probably already know that this can only be used to serve up songs for which your computer already …

The Carmack interview started out well. I've never seen him speak before, so I wasn't about to let the opportunity go by without attending this session. There was a nice demo reel from Doom 3 running and then our interviewer (N'gai Croal from Newsweek) started in with the questions. Thankfully …

The freelancing discussion was more interesting. The panel was a little slow to start, but the moderator engaged them perfectly and within the first ten minutes they were rapidly exchanging opposing views on the subject. Unfortunately, the moderator's otherwise flawless start was marred by switching to audience questions when there …

I decided to split out each of the sessions into a separate article, so you didn't have to dig through one looking for information on the other. Here's the first one about the MMOG Trends session. The MMOG trends discussion was good, but a bit repetitive from similar discussions on …

The second day of E3 also marks the first day of the exhibit floor. Here is a summary of the sessions that I went to and what was on the floor's three concourses along with what I expect to be going back to on the third day. Conference sessions This …

Fizzer, a mass mailing virus that allows control of the recipient's computer over IRC has annoyed IRC operators to the extent that they are creating a more-or-less permanent standby communication mechanism for fighting future threats. The use of IRC by the software has drown some IRC channels and servers in …