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3:44 am EST, Feb 18, 2002 |
If you want to be in the right place at the right time you need to figure out where things are going... BT's future timeline |
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Fed approves new wireless technology - Tech News - CNET.com |
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2:39 pm EST, Feb 16, 2002 |
"The Federal Communications Commission in a controversial decision on Thursday approved the commercial use of "ultrawideband" technology. " Fed approves new wireless technology - Tech News - CNET.com |
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BBC News | BOSTON 2002 | The rockin' robot |
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2:36 pm EST, Feb 16, 2002 |
""We're trying to make human DJs obsolete as far as possible," he chuckles. "They're expensive, they're unreliable. If we can make this machine work we'll give club owners an easy time." " BBC News | BOSTON 2002 | The rockin' robot |
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Privacy Foundation: Privacy Watch |
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10:59 am EST, Feb 14, 2002 |
"We are blinded by an American character trait, which is to feel contempt. College sophomores are regularly asked every year, "To what do you attribute your beliefs? Almost universally, they say, "I believe what I believe because I've evaluated the evidence. My idiot opponent got their evidence because of flaws in their character. " Privacy Foundation: Privacy Watch |
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Study: Tech job-hoppers more likely to be laid off |
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12:16 am EST, Feb 13, 2002 |
"Those who took advantage of the hot economy of the 1990s to job-hop may now find themselves first on the layoff list and with fewer prospects for future employment as long as the current economic downturn lasts." ... Robert Klehm, research director at Cambridge, Mass.-based Giga Information Group: "I agree with the basic statement that the people who have jumped around have a stigma attached to them. What is the risk of laying them off, because they will probably just leave anyway?" Study: Tech job-hoppers more likely to be laid off |
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ZDNet: Printer Friendly - The world of the laid-off techie |
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12:16 am EST, Feb 13, 2002 |
"A year ago, Jose Carlos Cavazos was enthusiastic about his new career in telecommunications and his position with Nortel Networks. Now he's throwing mail on the night shift at a U.S. Postal Service distribution center for $13 an hour. Cavazos didn't plan to go from high-tech to blue collar. But after eight months without a job, the 37-year-old Raleigh, N.C., resident had burned through his 401(k) savings and was nearing the end of unemployment insurance. He took the postal job to pay the mortgage--even though it leaves him wanting professionally. ..." ZDNet: Printer Friendly - The world of the laid-off techie |
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CNN.com - Teacher resigns over plagiarism fight - February 7, 2002 |
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5:28 pm EST, Feb 7, 2002 |
"Pelton resigned in protest in an episode that some say reflects a national decline in integrity. "This kind of thing is happening every day around the country, where people with integrity are not being backed by their organization," said Michael Josephson, founder and president of the Josephson Institute of Ethics in Marina del Rey, Calif. " CNN.com - Teacher resigns over plagiarism fight - February 7, 2002 |
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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robot wars for real |
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3:16 pm EST, Feb 6, 2002 |
"Robots are being let loose in a colony of machines in an attempt to find out whether they can learn from their experiences.
The scientists behind this unusual experiment describe it as an evolutionary arms race for robots, with the machines struggling to collect energy. " Life starts to resemble a Rudy Rucker novel. BBC News | SCI/TECH | Robot wars for real |
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