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News Flash: War in Iraq Is About Oil?

Okay, I’ll admit to skimming this, however this might explain why EU resistance to this action in Iraq was so fierce.. and is yet another perspective on the overly-simplistic “War is about oil” mantra. -Ian. —-

Chaos is Bush’s Plan…

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html Practice to Deceive Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks’ nightmare scenario–it’s their plan. By Joshua Micah Marshall Imagine it’s six months from now. The Iraq war is...

Intel Makes a Play for 802.11

Intel embeds 802.11 support right into the CPU. Once again it’s clear that the Bazaar (unlicensed spectrum) will outpace the Cathedral (licensed spectrum) every time. When these Pentium M chips sink below $100, I think we can expect to see some amazing products....

2002: The Year In Technology

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993215 * 2002: The year in technology* 09:00 25 December 02 Will Knight The entertainment industry upped its attack on the internet file-sharing in 2002 by introducing new and controversial “copy protection”...

Hikikomori: Japan’s Missing Million

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm Sunday, 20 October, 2002, 19:50 GMT 20:50 UK Japan: The Missing Million By Phil Rees Reporting from Japan for Correspondent Teenage boys in Japan’s cities are turning into modern hermits –...