] (AP) When you look at your greenbacks in the future, you
] might see red. Or blue, or any number of colors as the
] nation's money makers mull another makeover to thwart
] high-tech counterfeiters.

CBS News | Are You Ready For Beige Greenbacks? | May 13, 2003 09:38:42

] Seattle, Washington - Microsoft admitted on Tuesday last
] week's unveiling of a toilet with high-speed Internet
] access was a hoax concocted by its British division.

IOL : Microsoft admits iLoo was a load of crap

] WASHINGTON, May 1 — The Bush administration and leading Senate
] Republicans sought today to give the Central Intelligence Agency
] and the Pentagon far-reaching new powers to demand personal and
] financial records on people in the United States as part of
] foreign intelligence and terrorism operations, officials said.

Umm ... how about "no" ...

Broad Domestic Role Asked for C.I.A. and the Pentagon

] The 2004 meters high Mega-City-Pyramid TRY 2004, is a
] partial answer to two important problems : with cities
] becoming more and more crowded and the environment
] suffering progressive damage, the time has come for the
] development of a megacity that functions in harmony with
] nature. So, the city proposed by the Shimizu Corp.'s
] engineers represents the ideal form of living for man in
] harmony with the earth

Saw something about this on the Discovery channel last night. This isn't a great link but gives the basic idea.

Japan building an arcology in Tokyo bay?!

] To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs
] that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents to read
] this list carefully and if their son matches the profile,
] they should take action. A smart parent will first try to
] reason with their son, before resorting to groundings, or
] even spanking. I pride myself that I have never had to
] spank a child, and I hope this guide will help other
] parents to put a halt to their son's misbehaviour before
] a spanking becomes necessary.

Before reacting to this piece, I advise reading all of it very carefully and thoroughly. And especially check the embedded hyperlinks. My own reaction is that it's very clever satire, since it's far too well-researched to be as ignorant as it sounds (grin). But many of the people who replied to it seem to have very different opinions . . .

Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

] TOKYO, April 17 — A new bidder emerged today for the Sega
] Corporation, Japan's biggest maker of arcade games,
] prompting investors to drive Sega's share price up
] sharply.
]
] Namco, a direct competitor, said today that it was in
] talks with Sega over a merger that would bring two of
] Japan's best-known arcade characters, Pac-Man and Sonic
] the Hedgehog, under one roof. Sega had been in talks with
] the Sammy Corporation, a leading maker of machines for
] playing pachinko, a popular Japanese form of pinball.

Not sure I knew Sega was up on the block. When Dreamcast went
away, I thought they were in deep shit but then I stepped into
a Dave and Busters one day and discovered that they made most of the machines there.

Rival Game Maker Decides to Join the Bidding for Sega

] cientists who study AIDS and other sexually transmitted
] diseases say they have been warned by federal health
] officials that their research may come under unusual
] scrutiny by the Department of Health and Human Services
] or by members of Congress, because the topics are
] politically controversial.

Yuck!

Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say

] bill that Congress recently passed setting up a national
] alert system for child abductions includes provisions
] that have created an uproar among federal judges and
] legal scholars because they limit judicial discretion in
] sentencing criminals.

This is seriously bad news!

Crime Bill Would Curb Judges' Powers

I really don't know how to describe this. It's just really strange. Strange flash entertainment.

Warning: very psychedelic!

flashback

Linked from Penny Arcade. Not sure if this is real or not...
I could almost imagine it is...

Spiele: Steelhead Battalion