Microsoft mockup of a possible 3D successor interface for its OS. The desktop is replaced with “an entire office with an unlimited number of desktops. The screen becomes a long gallery with paintings on the walls that represent different tasks, and the user moves quickly and easily from one to another with a simple series of mouse and keyboard commands. We tried to make the illusion appeal to the lessons in navigating physical space that we learned as children, so that people would “get” the system intuitively without having to learn or adjust to it.”

Deep Linking Returns to Surface:

“Hyperlinks, the little bits of code that quickly whisk Web surfers from one site to another, may soon be forced to detour around legal and technical “No Trespassing” signs.

Most at risk of running headlong into virtual blockades are the “deep links” that bypass another site’s front page, leading users directly to specific content. Legal experts say that deep linking can violate U.S. and European copyright and trademark laws.” Wired

Kazaa Lite: No Spyware Aftertaste: “Kazaa users, angered by the network’s inclusion of secretly embedded spyware, can now connect to the peer-to-peer network using a hacked version of the application called Kazaa Lite.” Wired

Survival’s campaign for the Bushmen of Botswana