@America's first site on the world wide web celebrated its 10th Anniversary. To mark this milestone in the www's relatively short life, a two-day symposium was held at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (Slac), near Palo Alto, where the site's creator, scientist Dr Paul Kunz, still works. The website contained just three lines of text and two links.

@A discovery by a NASA scientist of sugar and several related organic compounds in two carbonaceous meteorites provides the first evidence that another fundamental building block of life on Earth may have come from outer space. 

@Photographic evidence indicates that Callisto, Jupiter's outermost moon, may contain an underground ocean.

@European Union Finance Ministers agree to impose a value added tax on web sales of digitally delivered products to EU citizens by non-EU companies. It is unclear how the tax will be enforced.

@Greek government mulls cybercafe "gambling" tax, then changes its mind after strong protests.

@Inventor Dean Kamen unveils his "Segway Human Transporter", a two wheeled battery powered scooter. He hopes it will one day replace cars within city centres.

@UK's Asda Supermarket chain, will turn 36,500 gallons per year of chicken waste and cooking fat, currently winding up in landfills, into biodiesel to power the company's trucks.

@Luxury holidays personally put together by 270 of the world's top hoteliers are being offered at everyday prices in a two-month web auction to raise money for the International Red Cross.

@On-line Travel wholesaler Orbitz adds a $5 fee to e-tickets, saying it was necessary.

@Unsolicited email, better known as spam, will soon be outlawed by the European Union. Internet-fed identification programs, better known as cookies, will be tolerated if people are informed of them. The Directive still has to be approved by the European Parliament before it becomes EU law

@Scotland has enough potential wind and wave energy to power the entire U.K., according to an independent study.

THE GEORGE ORWELL COLLECTION:
Source: The Ottawa Citizen December 4, 2001:
Monsanto sues local farmers alleging they have harvested and planted genetically modified seeds, apparently without paying for them. / Wired News reports that an FBI official admits that Magic Lantern, a keystroke logging system implanted electronically that can spy on Internet users, is being developed by the U.S. government.