21 June 2002

Collapse into cool indeed.  New Starbucks Ads Leave a Bitter Aftertaste, Just Like Their Over-Brewed Over-Here Cheaply-Blended False-Friendly Too-Hot Lousy-Catered Coffee Shops   (http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,41589,FF.html?nl=mf) 9:48:40 PM

Asteroid's near-miss with Earth. On New Scientist [News Is Free: Popular Items] 8:40:54 PM

Germany beat US at own game. On EuroSport: World Cup 2002 [News Is Free: Popular Items] 8:40:47 PM

Eriksson: "It was a great pity". On EuroSport: World Cup 2002 [News Is Free: Popular Items] 8:40:40 PM

Anti-spam service battles bugs. A new, much-hyped service has been flooded with questions, frustrations and suggestions for improvement from the community it relies on to fight junk mail. [CNET News.com] 8:40:33 PM

Handheld PCs on parade. roundup Dell may get into the business at last, HP brings out its first iPaqs, and Toshiba offers a handheld computer and an iPod-like device. Also: Microsoft and Fujitsu make the case for tablet PCs. [CNET News.com] 8:40:25 PM

ICANN Updates [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters] 8:40:18 PM

Harry S Truman. "I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell." [Motivational Quotes of the Day] 8:40:11 PM

Epson PIM II - another standard. Epson, the creators of PIM (Print Image Matching) has today announced yet another standard. This time it's called PIM II (this could turn into a Rocky series) in addition to the original set of parameters PIM... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] 8:39:57 PM

Animating a Dance From Real Life. Creating a dance piece using motion capture software is a painstaking and arduous process. But for the experimental group Capacitor, the results were worth it. By Lisa Delgado. [Wired News] 8:39:40 PM

It Takes a Village to Save a Site. Community tech site Kuro5hin was about to vaporize because of lack of funds, so its webmaster makes a plea for bucks. Users respond with alacrity, and the site will go on. By Paul Boutin. [Wired News] 8:39:32 PM

Tibco Loss Triples, Sees Flat Third Quarter. Tibco Software said on Thursday its quarterly net loss tripled from a year earlier on a 23 percent drop in revenues and said the current quarter could be just as bad. [New York Times: Technology] 8:39:23 PM

20th TechXNY Stresses IT 'Needs'. PREVIEW: The biggest tech trade show in the east still celebrates innovation at the cutting edge of the enterprise, but attendees and exhibitors are also going with a focus on ROI. [internetnews.com: Top News] 8:39:14 PM

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