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Doctors grow new jaw

This is really amazing. A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years — a bratwurst sandwich — after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle

I’m back

After a few weeks on the road (Aspen, Europe, and Black Rock Desert), I’m back in San Francisco. There’s tons to get caught up on, but some of you might consider buying tix to PRI’s upcoming gala event featuring Pulitzer

On vacation

I’m off to Europe for a much-needed vacation tonight and will be back in about a week. In the meantime, I recommend reading my column on Google, which will appear tomorrow in Tech News World, and also the Tech Liberation

Wiretapping VOIP is easy?

As you know from my previous post (which was the product of various think-tanks folks one night in the sky bar…) I am currently in Aspen at the PFF’s annual tech summit. Today, there was a panel on broadband issues

Sky Bar

In the flickering light of a warm Aspen fire (lit by gas, rather than wood, because this is the yuppie capital of the midwest…er, west, or whatever the the Coloradans would prefer to be called. Mark Blafkin, the CEI and

Telco Craziness in CA

State Public Utilities Commission meetings are usually fairly boring affairs, but at last Thursday’s CPUC meeting, I was surprised to see a packed room and grand theatrics over UNE-P rates in California. I know what you’re thinking — didn’t a

Google song

In case you’re not sick of hearing about Google, here’s a song (and some lyrics) about the search giant by USA Today writer Kevin Maney. Hilarious!

What is the Purpose of E-mail?

A stupid question, perhaps, but the FTC wants to know. Whatever they decide will eventually effect all of us, so if you want to comment, here’s the form.

Jon Johansen hacks iTunes

From Cnet: “Johansen also wrote a program called JustePort, allowing software other than Apple iTunes to stream music to AirPort Express.”

Apple Replays Past Mistakes

Here’s my Tech News World column marveling at how Steve Jobs is making the same mistake he made 20 years ago with the Mac OS by trying to lock other companies out of the iPod. That strategy didn’t work so