http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id16184 NP or not NP? Oct 31st 2002 From The Economist print edition Tetris, a popular computer game, turns out to be hard for a reason TETRIS, a computer game invented in 1984, has sold over 60m copies. It is...
Milwaukee’s 500 Miles Of Buried Treasure The city is creating a broadband network using infrastructure built in the 1800s. By Robin Gareiss, InformationWeek Nov 4, 2002 (12:00 AM) URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021101S0032 Talk about a long-term...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,830137,00.html Handy Andy When Enron needed cash, the company’s chief financial officer had just the answer: a web of companies that would keep the firm’s liabilities off its books – and make him rich. In the...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,834484,00.html Friends in high places When George W Bush arrived in the White House, it was hardly surprising that he looked after Enron – the company had been looking after him for years. In the final extract of his...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,825401,00.html Bad company Its testosterone-fuelled traders were fixtures in Houston’s strip clubs. One division of the company spent $2m a year on flowers alone. And its executives used the firm’s corporate...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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