Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 4:09:40 PM CEST
Divorce court becomes new source for company secrets
It goes like this: A high-powered marriage breaks up, and after settlement talks fail, a scorned mate makes public through their divorce proceedings all sorts of company secrets -- from lavish executive pay and perks to corporate dealings.
Forget regulatory filings and annual reports. This is public disclosure of a different kind, with powerful repercussions.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 4:05:49 PM CEST
Rejected Movie-Based Video Game Ideas
know it's hard to believe that video game makers might reject any movie-based video game ideas, but even they have some standards.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 4:02:36 PM CEST
Troops Report Daytime Rocket Attack at U.S. Base in Afghanistan;
Three U.S.-Made Rockets Found
U.S. troops reported an unusual daytime rocket attack on one of their outposts in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Tuesday. The rocket missed the base, and there were no injuries. Special forces at the Chapman Army airfield near Khost spotted the rocket flying toward them at about 10 a.m. Monday, but it landed west of the base, said Col. Roger King. Troops could not pinpoint the launch site.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 1:05:01 PM CEST
Police Probe Another Md. Shooting
A man was shot in the chest in Montgomery County early Tuesday, but authorities said it was too early to tell if it was connected to the serial sniper who has killed nine people and injured three others this month.
¬> <a href="story.news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Associated Press
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 12:48:53 PM CEST
Browser Bitstream ThunderHawk
ThunderHawk brings the desktop Web browsing experience to wireless Web devices. ThunderHawk enables a Pocket PC, which typically has a 320x240 color LCD screen, to display a legible VGA screen (640x480) of a Web page.
¬> <a href="www.bitstream.com"target="_blank">Bitstream
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 12:30:37 PM CEST
Google für Pocket PC
Das macht sinn.
http://www.google.com/ie/
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 12:01:55 PM CEST
Google stoned chicks
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 11:31:15 AM CEST
Pixel the Micro-Helicopter
Flying radio controlled models in a living room, who has never been dreaming of it? What about a looping above the kitchen table, or a touch-and-go on the carpet, wanna drop some sugar in your coffee with a switch on your transmitter...?
During autumn season in 1996, some European modeler magazines started reporting about a new wave in our hobby: slow-flight. Slow-flight was another substantial shift in what could be expected as possible, much alike when quarter scale hit our existence some 15 years ago. Some very inventive people had broken all 'standard' rules, and made planes fly that weigh no more than 100 grams or so, batteries included. They called it 'slow fly', because those planes flew slower than walking speed. On a calm evening, one could now expect to go out walking with his micro Blériot, rather than just letting the dog out. I learned about the new technologies used, and found out about what I thought to be impossible till then: 3.7 gram proportional servo's, 10 gram propulsion motors, 2 gram speed regulators, 4 gram receivers, 30 gram battery packs and so on.
¬> <a href="www.planetinternet.be"target="_blank">Pixel
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
New Micro Air Vehicle Endurance Record
A new Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) flight endurance record of one hour and 47 minutes was set recently according to a DARPA press release. The WASP uses electric propulsion, has a 13 inch wingspan and weighs in at just 170 grams. AeroVironment makes a variety of robotic planes and other electrically powered vehicles.
is darpa.mil blocking everyone?
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 11:14:40 AM CEST
Mystery Thai fireballs a damp squib
Almost half a million people have flocked to witness the annual rising of fireballs from the Mekong where the river snakes between Thailand and Laos, but the phenomenon turned out to be a damp squib. A four-hour downpour from twilight on Monday put the dampers on the show for most of the crowd camped out along a 10-km (six-mile) stretch of river bank opposite the Laotian capital of Vientiane.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 10:37:58 AM CEST
Happy Birthday, Mad!
What, Me 50? Mad's Half-Century Of Poking Society in the Eye
Does this mean that Alfred E. Neuman is now eligible for membership in AARP?
Like many 50-year-olds -- and I speak from personal experience here -- Mad is a bit creaky, a tad cranky, a little set in its ways. But at its best it can still lampoon the ludicrous with a hilarious, dead-on parody.
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Topic: - on October 22, 2002 at 10:32:30 AM CEST
e-bay COLO ROCKIES SPACE SHIP
FLYING SAUCER HOME
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COLO ROCKIES SPACE SHIP/FLYING SAUCER HOME Item # 1777823444 Opening bid: US $112,000.00 Buy It Now for US $117,000.00
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