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 -> We weren't kidding about Hello Kitty
Cats in Japan, like many other things, have idiosynchratic luxuries they dont quite enjoy in other places. Who said pets couldn't go to the prom?
5,621 views | 12 Jun 2003
 -> Genetically modified potatoes for India
A genetically modified potato containing extra nutrients is expected to be approved for sale in India within six months.
1,895 views | 11 Jun 2003
 -> "High" hopes
In the race to get ahead some Chinese women are going to drastic lengths -- having their feet operated to add 8-10 inches!
1,963 views | 11 Jun 2003
 -> HP Dreamworks
An interesting book metaphor in Macromedia Flash.
6,263 views | 10 Jun 2003
 -> North Korea's threats increase..
..and Japan/S-Korea are still quibbling about how to handle them.
501 views | 09 Jun 2003
 -> Supermarket traps shopper
A man who walked into a German supermarket had to call police when he realised it was closed.
1,957 views | 09 Jun 2003
 -> A security vulnerability in browsers
BUT Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) is unaffected. How ironical is that?
2,448 views | 09 Jun 2003
 -> A theme park for poverty?
"Now we're entering our slum village" -- a theme park with a twist!
2,428 views | 09 Jun 2003
 -> Kiwi creates home-made cruise missile
In a New Zealand garage, Do-it-yourself handyman Bruce Simpson says he's constructing a missile in his shed near Auckland with parts bought over the Internet and shipped through New Zealand. He says anyone with half a brain could do the same.
731 views | 09 Jun 2003
 -> Oracle may gobble up Peoplesoft
Oracle Corp., the world's No. 2 software maker, on Friday launched a $5.1 billion hostile takeover bid for arch-rival PeopleSoft Inc. in a pitched battle for dominance among struggling software makers. Scary view of the consolidation still to come?
2,236 views | 07 Jun 2003
 -> Tony Blair's bookmarks
Nineteen labels visible in Tony Blair's portfolio yesterday provided a tantalising glimpse into the topics his staff expected would be asked at question time.
2,613 views | 05 Jun 2003
 -> A whole new reason NOT to go to war!
Protests of war in Iraq cost S.F. $3.5 million. Police overtime takes biggest chunk
2,674 views | 02 Jun 2003
 -> A second Honda ad
As fabulous as the first version.
6,211 views | 02 Jun 2003
 -> For sale: a cell phone plus wrist watch
Visions of the comic strip detective Dick Tracy talking into his wristwatch phone have titillated imaginations for decades. But now, Japanese phone giant NTT DoCoMo is selling the real thing.
2,555 views | 01 Jun 2003
 -> Astronomers discover color of universe
What is the color of the Universe? This seemingly simple question has never really been answered by astronomers. It is difficult to take an accurate and complete census of all the light in the Universe.
2,411 views | 01 Jun 2003
 -> Changes in Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003
Rob Franco and Brian Countryman (Microsoft)discuss changes in Internet Explorer for Windows Server 2003.
2,151 views | 01 Jun 2003
 -> Forget Earthquake, Let's Gamble
A Vice Governor resigned Friday following revelations that he had continued to play pachinko even after a major quake struck his prefecture and other parts of northeastern Japan on Monday. (Typical "mature man" from Japan)
2,642 views | 31 May 2003
 -> Ebay to pay 35 million US$ in settlement
Will they be sending the money through PayPal?
733 views | 29 May 2003
 -> Want to write a virus?
Another Canadian quirk! While many students would be expelled from their computer science programs for writing a virus, the University of Calgary plans to make writing such malicious programs a part of the curriculum.
566 views | 29 May 2003
 -> Frog's Leap
Well done site from a Winery.
997 views | 29 May 2003
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