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Napster’s Toast!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cn/20020515/tc_cn/napster_ceo _quits_as_sale_rejected Napster CEO quits as sale rejected Wed May 15, 1:14 AM ET John Borland CNET News.com Napster (news – web sites) Chief Executive Konrad Hilbers is stepping...

Robin Hoods of the Internet

——— http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s 1&a$437,00.asp March 21, 2002 Robin Hoods of the Net By Charles C. Mann Vigilantes or heroes? These guys target spam, pop-up ads, copyrights, and other ‘evils’ of the net...

Ex Cisco Exec Attempts Suicide

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131649 Ex-Cisco executive in federal custody By John Geralds in Silicon Valley [10-05-2002] Suicide attempt followed alleged $20m fraud Missing since early April, the ex-Cisco vice president fired for allegedly defrauding the company of as...

FW: Leasing Rules for Phone Start-Ups Are Upheld (NY Times)

I was on a conference call yesterday where someone said that if you could call the Telecommunications Act of 1996 a stimulant to competition, then Hitler’s “Mein kampf” should be renamed the “Human Rights Charter of 1924.” -Ian....

FW: New Strategy for AOL..

—— Forwarded Message From: Wilson Zehr Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 15:34:57 -0700 To: ‘Ian Andrew Bell’ Subject: RE: New Strategy for AOL.. The guys at Qwest pretty much did the same thing. Sold “the promise” of their OC 148 fiber...

New Strategy for AOL..

Essentially, if AOL had not purchased Time Warner at the height of the bubble, ask yourself what AOL’s value would be today? Probably not much. So, like others of their ilk, the smart guys at AOL saw their precarious position and bought an established, credible...

2.4GHz is Gonna Get Noisy!

> —–Forwarded Message—– > > From: Andrew Hakman > Subject: FWD: Good News about EIRP for 2.4GHz > Date: 13 May 2002 04:36:39 -0500 > > This is the post I was referring to. > > >I talked to the Elisabeth Landry at Industry Canada > >about the...

Canada’s Snowbirds..

No, I’m not talking about fat French-Canadians fleeing to Florida during the wintertime. Air Show season is upon us! http://www.snowbirds.dnd.ca/ct114_e.asp Canada’s Snowbirds are a shining symbol of Canada’s practised affinity for doing “more...

Putting the Happy on the Face of Terrorism..

Okay, so some punk sending mail bombs isn’t terrorism, but it’s FUNNY! Violence tinged with a sense of humour forces us to confront how we come to understand both. Was this kid inspired by Chuck Palahniuk, do you think? -Ian. ——...