Monday, December 17, 2001

Tech: PayPal to go public - Tech News - CNET.com. 09:42 ET - cnet [NewsBlip.com] 5:53:48 PM    Discuss

One in four Britons has had sex in the car park after the office Christmas party, according to a survey, which said more than 80 percent of British people admitted to enjoying saucy in-car activity." 5:01:54 PM    Discuss

Endemol claims victory over SBT. (C21 Media, (17/12/2001 15:00)) Endemol Entertainment, the Dutch outfit behind global gameshow phenomenon Big Brother, has won its battle to prevent Brazilian network SBT broadcasting a clone of the series. A Dutch high court has ruled that the television programme Casa dos Artiste, broadcast on SBT, is an illicit copy of the Big Brother format and infringes Endemol's copyrights. The court has ordered the network to pull the show or face a penalty of NLG250k (US$100k) for each day that it is aired. [Media] 4:59:18 PM    Discuss

1 GB drive that'll fit on your key chain. Slick! Fomed with a USB plug on one end and key chain ring on the other. This is getting interesting, and will be once it's firewire :) 3:39:58 PM    Discuss

Not just people who have to adjust to the Euro, machine do too. 3:32:46 PM    Discuss

Fatter geese prompt plane engine redesign. Research shows current design specifications for aircraft are inadequate. 3:23:58 PM    Discuss

New use for chicken shit: A West Virginia University chemical engineering professor says a blend of 65% diesel and 35% chicken waste would cut fuel use and solve the poultry industry's environmental problems. 3:11:32 PM    Discuss

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