03 July 2002

The original pick-up artist. At 57, James Toback is clean, sober and married. But the legendary Hollywood womanizer and gambler still bets his life on every new movie (and talks to strangers in Central Park). [Salon: Arts & Entertainment] 9:33:15 AM
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Vivendi shares plummet New allegations about accounting practices cause a sharp drop in shares of the French media giant Vivendi Universal. and Messier quit on Monday. Still amazing to think they were a French utitlity  few years ago though. 7:41:40 AM
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Sugar and spice? Of course not, says Carol Tavris. Women are mean, scream around, spread ugly rumors, lie on résumés. After all, women are people... [more] 7:23:44 AM
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The Strange Case of the Disappearing Open Source Vendors "Each year, in preparation for the Open Source Convention, I try to wrap my head around the current state of open source. What's the big story?" 7:19:50 AM
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2.4 billion vibrations per second for 1 billion people: the world's second most populous country, India, is removing the licensing requirement for indoor use of 802.11b. Outdoor access restrictions will hopefully follow.[80211b News] Seems crazy 7:03:08 AM
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