Topic: ROBOT - on April 8, 2003 at 5:20:53 PM CEST
Robot Bird of Prey ‘Will Give Pigeons A Fright’
wo inventors have developed a flying robotic bird of prey designed to scare off pigeons and seagulls by swooping in on their territory. Bob McIntyre, 59, and Allan Davie, 60, developed the fibreglass peregrine falcon, which can move its head and call like a real bird, to work alongside an earlier, non-flying model. The first bird, Robop, was launched last year and the inventors hope its sibling will work alongside it to scare more birds away from farmland and fish ponds.
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Topic: SEX - on April 8, 2003 at 5:18:26 PM CEST
Holland opens "Hanky Panky" sex school
The former madam of a Dutch escort agency has opened a "Hanky Panky School" for prostitutes to teach the world's oldest profession how to make more money.
Elene Vis -- whose frank autobiography "Escort Queen with Turbopower" made her a Dutch tabloid darling -- opened the school last week in a luxury Amsterdam canal house to offer prostitutes "exclusive sales training" to boost their business.
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Topic: NETZ Tools - on April 8, 2003 at 5:13:11 PM CEST
Yahoo redesigns search engine
Yahoo today is unveiling the most extensive redesign of its search engine features yet as it steps up competition with Internet search leader Google.
At the core of the redesign, which includes more streamlined results and text-based advertising, is a desire to build search traffic and draw greater revenue from paid search, which Yahoo estimates could account for nearly 20 percent of its 2003 revenue.
``Paid search is the new gold,'' said Gary Stein, a marketing and advertising analyst for Jupiter Resesarch.
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