Digital film
British director Mike Figgis's latest film, Time code, claims to be the first digital film shot in real time. The website at www.timecode2000.com gives a good demonstration of what downloading short movies is all about.
New sites specialising in downloadable films are being announced almost every month. A new one, eveo.com, plans to prove there is money to be made in digital film: it will pay filmmakers a nickel every time one of their films is shown.
The fourth Onedotzero festival starts in London tomorrow. The festival at the ICA and Lux cinemas has eschewed the web and at onedotzero.com is restricted to showing start times and mission statements. Shame.
Wap emulator
Ericsson unleashes its Wap Smartphone R380 soon. The handset has a larger screen than its Nokia rival and the graphic interface is much crisper. Check it out by downloading the Ericsson emulator at www.symbian.com/epoc/r380wapemulator.html
The Wap portal at www.gelon.net says a web-based Ericsson emulator will be available on its site very soon, and Kannel.org is now offering the first "open source" Wap code.
Money map
US investment portal Smartmoney.com has released a neat web-based tool that lets you see the state of the New York Stock Exchange.Once the Java applet has launched, each sector of the market is colour-coded, bullish stocks turning green, bears turning red. See www.smartmoney.com/marketmap
Babbage
Charles Babbage invented the first computer, the analytical engine, back in 1873, and designed a successor, the difference engine, that wasn't built until the Science Museum completed the job in 1991. A printer was built only last month, and tests indicate that it is an astonishingly advanced machine that can print the results of intricate calculations and be programmed to print documents in different ways. More details at www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/press/babbage.html
Well matched
Saturday sees the official launch of the Lowry Centre in Salford Quays. It has a new website at www.thelowry.org.uk which, though full of beautifully presented information, is almost free of the great man's paintings. However, one aficionado has curated an online gallery at www.btinternet.com/~kevplees/index.html . Also, there is a very good US site selling Lowry prints at www.lslowry.com.
Six of the best GM food
Monsanto's verdict
www.pharmacia.com
Charlie's view
www.princeofwales.gov.uk/forum
Nuffield Foundation
www.nuffield.org/bioethics
Select committee report
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk
Have your say
www.futuradesign.co.uk/gm/
Follow the argument
www.guardianunlimited.co.uk
