Topic: SCIENCE - on November 4, 2002 at 1:01:03 AM CET
Killer flu 'on the way'
Experts say governments across Europe need to plan for a virulent flu outbreak that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives. Although the last two winters have brought only mild strains of flu to the UK, the viruses are constantly mutating and scientists say it is only a matter of time before a powerful strain emerges.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 12:53:34 AM CET
Suspects billed for having their phones tapped
A German intelligence-gathering operation went spectacularly wrong after bills for phone tapping services were sent to the people being bugged.
About 50 people received the demands in mobile phone invoices. Many of them established that their phones were being tapped because the bills listed calls made to a number which was a recording device used by the intelligence service to monitor conversations.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 12:21:49 AM CET
Cordless keyboard wrote on neighbor's computer
While a Stavanger man typed away at his desktop computer his text was also streaming in on his neighbor's machine in a building 150 meters away. Hewlett-Packard have never received a complaint like it. About 10 pm I was sitting and watching TV when the computer, which was in sleep mode, suddenly began to buzz. I looked over and noticed it was waking up. I also saw a red light on the keyboard's receiver box blinking as if I was writing something," Helle said.
¬> <a href="www.aftenposten.no"target="_blank">Aftenposten
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