Another E-Commerce Site Suffers Hack Attack

Undaunted by U.S.?government vows to crack down on those who pilfer credit card numbers from Web sites, a man going by the name of "Curador" breached SalesGate.com in the latest of a rash of cracks made by the...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:49 AM

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Census First: Answering Surveys on the Net

(AP)-The Census Bureau is launching a new cyberspace option this year, trying to get more Americans to respond to their questionnaires by letting anybody who wishes to answer them over the net. Instead of the traditional method of filling...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:25 AM

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WWF fans finally get some

(SB) - Audiences at 17 movie theaters across Canada Sunday night got more than they paid for when the scene of a woman performing oral sex on a man appeared on screen following the live WWF No Way Out...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:23 AM

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Intel Opens Wireless Center in Japan

(IDG)-Intel has opened a new wireless application development center in Japan.?The center, Intel's second worldwide, is in Tsukuba, and will focus on development of technologies for next generation cellular telephones.?Cell phone-based Internet access is already popular in Japan,...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:17 AM

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Campuses Seek Compromise Over Bandwidth Hog

(CNN)-As students and administrators square off over whether colleges should ban a popular music download program choking campus Internet networks, some have suggested a middle path: monitoring the bandwidth use of individual students.?University students across North America have...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:15 AM

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15 Indie Films to go on the Block

(SB) - Marking the latest ploy in the curious mating ritual in which film buyers are brought together with independent film producers, an auction of 15 movies is set to take place in West Hollywood on Friday.?Today's...

2 Mar, 2000 - 10:04 AM

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AOL blocks iCaster from AIM

The instant messaging battle has begun again.?AOL has blocked the instant messaging program iCaster from interacting with AIM.?iCaster combines a mulitmedia player with a messaging service that lets a person on one end send MP3s, videos, CD tracks,...

2 Mar, 2000 - 7:49 AM

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New Internet explorer interface?

(PC Magazine) Microsoft has a new web interface called "mars" in it's current form. It has a very "colorful" look, and doesn't seem to be any easier to use than the traditional web interface. If microsoft goes this direction...

1 Mar, 2000 - 12:17 PM

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Tech Stocks Lift Nasdaq to New High

(CNNfn)-Technology stocks soared at midday Wednesday, pushing the Nasdaq composite index into record territory, as money chased the chip makers, online brokers and computer manufactures expected to grow revenue and earnings at a fast clip. But the Dow Jones...

1 Mar, 2000 - 12:03 PM

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The 5k Web design contest

Can YOU Build a Truly Cool Web site with pages under 5k? sylloge.com is offering a 5120 (5k) US cents prize (about Fifty bucks.) for anyone who can, and do it better than everyone else who can.?The rules...

1 Mar, 2000 - 10:44 AM

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ABC Takes Ratings Sweeps with Millionaire Again

(AP)-ABC claimed its second straight ratings "sweeps" month victory, and you won't need a lifeline to figure out why. The network won its first February ratings sweep period since 1988 behind the indomitable "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,"...

1 Mar, 2000 - 10:34 AM

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Microsoft's Expedia Hit by Web Fraud

(Reuters)-Expedia Inc., the online travel affiliate of Microsoft Corp., said on Wednesday it will record a fiscal third quarter charge of $4 million to $6 million to cover the cost of fraudulent transactions on its Web site.?The Bellevue,...

1 Mar, 2000 - 10:21 AM

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Kevin Spacey and the Awards

"American Beauty," has already dominated the Hollywood Oscar nominations, and on Wednesday took over the British Academy Film Awards. The film, a triumph for first-time British director Sam Mendes, attracted 14 nominations, including best actress for Annette Bening and...

1 Mar, 2000 - 10:19 AM

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Bono's Jubilee 2000 Aims to Cancel Unpayable Debt

(VH1)-Following a meeting with Bono and a Jubilee 2000 delegation in Rome, Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema agreed to put Third World debt cancellation back on his country's agenda. The Jubilee 2000 group is aiming for the cancellation of...

29 Feb, 2000 - 5:49 PM

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Princeton offers hdtv/monitor hybrid

(MacCentral) Okay, so you're lusting after one of Apple's high-end and high-priced Cinema Displays, but can't afford it.?Check out two new multimedia displays from Princeton Graphic Systems, a manufacturer of multiple award-winning HDTV monitors, computer and...

29 Feb, 2000 - 4:28 PM

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Princess Mononoke DVD

(Stay Tooned) Image Entertainment, whose name you've most likely seen before if you have a decent DVD collection, has included "Princess Mononoke" on their list of Summer/Spring 2000 releases with a tentative release date of June 13.?From...

29 Feb, 2000 - 12:24 PM

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