Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 10:40:22 PM CEST
Microsoft's Ballmer fights Linux in Munich
Munich , which is widely viewed as the IT capital of Germany , is considering a switch from Microsoft to Linux following a study that claims the city will save money and increase security with open-source software, the newspaper reported Friday.
Microsoft is worried that if a big German city like Munich falls into the Linux camp, others will follow, according to the report.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 8, 2003 at 10:29:47 PM CEST
Pulitzer Prize 2003
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 8, 2003 at 10:11:41 PM CEST
Blue Ketchup
Nicole Seese squeezes the new 'Stellar Blue' ketchup by Heinz, over her onion rings before trying the condiment from an advance release bottle while at the Quaker Steak and Lube restaurant in Cranberry.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 10:04:20 PM CEST
Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
With modern-day computer users struggling under a deluge of e-mail, instant messages and phone calls, researchers from the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Ontario have decided to ease the burden.
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Topic: - on April 8, 2003 at 9:55:07 PM CEST
Man Gets Company's Logo Tattooed On Head
James Nelson auctioned off the back of his head for $7,000. Now, he's got the tattoo to prove it.
A Texas Internet company won the eBay auction, in which Nelson promised to use his head as advertisement space for the highest bidder.
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Topic: War and Peace - on April 8, 2003 at 9:50:00 PM CEST
Nuns Found Guilty of Sabotage
Three Catholic nuns have been found guilty of sabotage and malicious destruction of property for breaking into a missile silo last year in a peace protest.
One of the sisters, Carolyn Gilbert, turned to the jury as the guilty verdict was read Monday and said: "We are not guilty under God's law and international law." Another sister, Ardeth Platte, remained silent but made the sign of the cross as she looked at the jury of six men and six women.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 9:34:51 PM CEST
Computer games now playing in theaters
On the second floor of San Diego's Pacific Theaters Gaslamp 15, in Room 10, there's no movie playing.
But there are 100 computer stations on which patrons can choose from 200 PC games or the latest offerings on PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube.
This upscale PC arcade lets you play alone, compete with a friend or a team of buddies nearby, or against online competitors. You also can watch your action displayed digitally on the big screen.
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Topic: TV - on April 8, 2003 at 7:33:30 PM CEST
Der Geist von Ally McBeal
Kunst gibt es noch. Und unvermutet trieb sie ihr Unwesen in einer amerikanischen Fernsehserie über eine Anwältin in einer Kanzlei aus Boston. Heute Abend sendet Vox die letzte Folge der fünften Staffel der Serie Ally McBeal
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 7:28:54 PM CEST
Microsofts Leitfaden gegen Linux
Einige Unternehmen haben von Microsoft eine Broschüre zum Thema "Windows versus Linux" zugeschickt bekommen. Es handelt sich um einen Argumentationsleitfaden für Verkäufer, damit diese "das Gespräch steuern können und es zu einem erfolgreichen Verkaufsabschluss bringen". Als Hauptargumente für die Vorteile von Windows werden unter anderem angeführt, dass es bei Linux keine klare Roadmap gebe, die Produktweiterentwicklung nicht sichergestellt sei und Linux-Lösungen meist schlecht skalierbar seien.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on April 8, 2003 at 6:58:49 PM CEST
MATRIX2
Bullet Time was just the beginning. F/x guru John Gaeta reinvents cinematography with The Matrix Reloaded. I'm sitting in a former naval barracks in Alameda, California, watching the digital assembly of a human face. Bones, teeth, glistening eyes. Layer upon layer. Finally the hair and skin, the creases and tiny scars that make us who we are. The face blinks and breathes. Then it snarls, and my skin crawls.
Agent Smith is back, and he's pissed.
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Topic: NASA - on April 8, 2003 at 6:53:03 PM CEST
Air Force Launches Military Communications Satellite
The U.S. Air Force launched a military satellite Tuesday that will join a space-based network which provides secure, jam-resistant communications between the president, the Department of Defense and U.S. military forces around the world.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 8, 2003 at 6:51:03 PM CEST
InterVideo Tabbed by Microsoft to Port Windows Media to Linux
InterVideo, Inc. announced today that Microsoft has chosen the company as a provider of its Windows Media Technology for Linux-based consumer electronics. Under the agreement InterVideo is licensed to take the components of the Windows Media Format, port them over to Linux and provide them to manufacturers who are interested in running Windows Media Technology on Linux-based consumer devices such as set-top boxes, personal video recorders and other hybrid multimedia devices.
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