There's a most interesting article over at Sharky Extreme on the new x86 processor from Transmeta.?It covers the features that you may already know as well as some of the drawbacks that haven't been thoroughly published, such as...
2 Feb, 2000 - 11:28 PM read story |
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America Online Inc. has been hit with class-action lawsuit on behalf of subscribers who installed AOL version 5.0 and subsequently lost their ability to connect to other Internet service providers.?The lawsuit, filed Jan.?31 in the U.S.?District Court for...
2 Feb, 2000 - 11:32 AM read story |
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(ZDNet)-Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux, roundly criticized the companies that have sued websites and programmers - one as young as 16 years old - to keep the secrets of DVDs under wraps.?"This is a perfect case...
2 Feb, 2000 - 11:19 AM read story |
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NEW YORK?Oxygen, Geraldine Laybourne?s femme-oriented cable network, launches today, but fewer than 10 million households can tune in to see the net?s programming, which features shows from Oprah Winfrey and Candice Bergen.?While carriage agreements have been struck in...
2 Feb, 2000 - 11:14 AM read story |
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LOS ANGELES--Coming off a high from the Golden Globe Awards, American Beauty is being recognized by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) with four award nominations.?It got nods for best actor for Kevin Spacey, best actress for Annette Bening,...
2 Feb, 2000 - 11:07 AM read story |
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Sunday afternoon some people I know only turned on the Super Bowl to catch the million-dollar TV commercials.?Now you can see how 3900 people voted for spots like EDS' "Cat Herders", eTrade's "Monkey Dances", Nuveen's "Christopher Reeve...
2 Feb, 2000 - 10:20 AM read story |
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In a heated round of Q3 Arena, Linus Torvalds and Dave Taylor showed off Transmeta's new Crusoe chip.?Moments later, Linus had his ass kicked.?One guy was quoted as saying, "I blinked, he was fragged,...
2 Feb, 2000 - 12:38 AM read story |
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At 9 PM ET tonight VH1 will host what's being billed as a fictional reunion of two of the 20th century's greatest makers.?Jared Harris and Aidan Quinn play John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who meet at the Dakota...
1 Feb, 2000 - 12:33 PM read story |
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The Web Standards Project endorsed the W3C's Recommendation for XHTML, sending a message to browser makers that standards should remain a priority.?XHTML, Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, combines the best features of HTML with the flexibility and database-oriented functionality...
1 Feb, 2000 - 10:43 AM read story |
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BARCELONA, Spain -- Pedro Almodovar's latest film, All About My Mother, won seven Goyas at the Spanish Film Academy Awards.?The director walked off with two prizes for himself -- best film and best director -- on Saturday.?Mother was...
1 Feb, 2000 - 10:10 AM read story |
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(AP)--Standard pencil-and-paper college admissions exams don't reveal talents like initiative, teamwork and leadership, so teenagers are going to get an alternative test - which includes making a robot out of Legos.?Colorado College is joining with eight other schools...
1 Feb, 2000 - 10:02 AM read story |
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In his State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton raised the ugly specter of the PMRC days when he suggested that the entertainment industry impose a voluntary rating system upon itself.?Clinton cited that current voluntary rating methods...
31 Jan, 2000 - 12:24 PM read story |
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Washington (CNN)--US government sources say there is no indication that the crash of an important spy computer operated by the super-secret National Security Agency was caused by sabotage or a Y2K glitch.?An NSA spokesperson confirmed Saturday that computer...
31 Jan, 2000 - 11:23 AM read story |
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The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1.?Eye of the Beholder, $6.2 million;
2.?(tie) Next Friday, $6 million;
2.?(tie) The Hurricane, $6 million;
4.?Stuart Little, $4.8...
31 Jan, 2000 - 10:31 AM read story |
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(IDG)--On Monday, January 24, authorities in Norway searched the home of Jon Johansen, a 16-year-old Norwegian member of the Masters of Reverse Engineering (MoRE) -- the group which created the DeCSS DVD playback utility for Linux.?Jon and his...
31 Jan, 2000 - 10:24 AM read story |
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(AP)--Eye of the Beholder opened atop the box office, but competition from the Super Bowl, icy weather across much of the country and a lack of attention-grabbing premieres made for a lackluster weekend, according to industry estimates Sunday.?Eye...
31 Jan, 2000 - 10:17 AM read story |
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