SETI Denies Hearing ET's Voice
News Reports that a group set up as part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (SETI) has detected a radio transmission that it suspects could be a signal from an alien civilisation have been dismissed by the organisation.
[September 3, 2004, 17:20]
Paul Allen To Fund Alien Research
News Along with Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's director of research, Allen has donated $12.5m (about £7.75m) to a group of astronomers in the San Francisco region, for the construction of the largest-ever radiotelescope to be used in the search for alien...
[August 9, 2000, 12:04]
Funding Crisis Threatens SETI@home
News The future of SETI@home, an Internet-based distributed computing experiment to find radio signals from intelligent alien life-forms, is in serious danger as academics behind the project face a funding crisis.
[October 15, 2002, 9:07]
The Chris Long Column: Turn That Bloody Noise Down!
News He's just apologised for a loud clanking noise -- "that was me hitting an alien with a crowbar.he says. The problem is he has half a pint of adrenaline flowing around his body and, true to his evolutionary roots, he is 100 percent focused on the...
[December 16, 1998, 6:01]
Chris Long's Column: Cut The Virtual Insanity
News When Jeff Goldblum uploaded the virus to the alien ship, he used what looked very much like an AppleTalk connector. To an alien ship? Were you to watch Star Trek you'd know that communications in the future are made via sub-space and there is no...
[February 9, 1999, 9:29]
World's First All-digital Film Makes Debut
News Vidocq is the work of director Pitof, better-known to English speakers mainly through his work as a special-effects producer in films like Alien 4 and The City of Lost Children. The thriller, starring Gerard Depardieu and Ines Sastre, recreates the...
[September 19, 2001, 17:02]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog the 30-some protesters in front of 24 Hour Fitness at Van Ness Avenue and Post Street chanted as they held an aerobics class and waved signs that read, "Bite My Fat Alien Butt," and "I'm Yummy. The [billboard] ad for 24 Hour Fitness.depicts an...
[February 19, 1999, 19:18]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News the 30-some protesters in front of 24 Hour Fitness at Van Ness Avenue and Post Street chanted as they held an aerobics class and waved signs that read, "Bite My Fat Alien Butt," and "I'm Yummy. The [billboard] ad for 24 Hour Fitness.depicts an...
[February 19, 1999, 19:18]
'Hitchhiker's Guide' Catches Final Ride
News The new story builds on Adams' satirical 1979 "Hitchhiker's Guide", which followed the search by alien Ford Prefect and his human companion Arthur Dent for an answer to life, the universe and everything.
[November 20, 2001, 12:10]
The Day Ahead: Cisco Puts Face On Economic Slowdown
News Commentary: You know Cisco Systems was having a bad earnings day when the company's Web cast for its analyst conference call didn't work and the dial-in number produced sounds that sounded like an alien life form took it over.
[February 7, 2001, 13:01]
Sarbanes-Oxley: What IT Managers Need To Know
News While some of the terms used in this article may seem alien, keep in mind that this is how the auditing world talks in real life. If you work for a public company, chances are there's a Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) project underway.
[January 18, 2005, 10:30]
My Response To Richard Stallman
Talkback If the president was an alien, would it be wise to allow him to continue to lead? Okay, maybe that is too glib, but you're essentially asking that if I start from your foundation beliefs, how would I respond (if god is the angry god of the old...
[January 11, 2004, 19:41]
Is The Move Worthwhile For Dell?
Talkback The biggest question that comes to my mind, is it worthwhile for Dell even considering entry in to an almost alien segment that is relatively saturated and high competitive? If at all Dell start making phones, it is more likely to be defensive...
[March 2, 2007, 8:56]
Sun Funds Seti@home
News Sun Microsystems has agreed to fund the next generation of Seti@home, the University of California's distributed computing project that allows computer users donate unused processor cycles to aid the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
[December 17, 2003, 13:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News My son had a run-in with a leg infection recently: fifty years ago, he'd probably have lost the limb or his life. Despite being a huge fan of the project and a confirmed believer in a galaxy pullulating with life, I doubt they'll find anything.
[December 19, 1999, 21:52]
