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- Buffett Says Berkshire to Post Record Profit in First Quarter
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Warren E. Buffett told shareholders Saturday that the company would have first-quarter operating earnings of about $1.7 billion, which he described as "the best operating earnings we've ever had."
- 12,026 views | 05 May 2003 |
- The debacle of Pan Pharmaceuticals
- The Australian company PAN PHARMACEUTICALS is being investigated by Australian regulators found serious manufacturing breaches. Among others, they advertised a medicine for SARS. Now over 200 of their pills have been taken off shelves.
- 14,325 views | 05 May 2003 |
- Secrets of 9/11 will be, well, secrets..
- Even as White House political aides plot a 2004 campaign plan designed to capitalize on the emotions and issues raised by the September 11 terror attacks, administration officials are waging a behind-the-scenes battle to restrict public disclosure.
- 131 views | 02 May 2003 |
- Lonely socks collection
- The largest collection of lonely socks online!
- 415 views | 01 May 2003 |
- Google Hacks!
- A long list of google hacks from the upcoming O'Reilly book.
- 429 views | 01 May 2003 |
- Tackle some of Windows' annoyances
- An award-winning article by Steve Bass. Some good housekeeping tips in here.
- 1,288 views | 01 May 2003 |
- The museum of unworkable devices
- A celebration of fascinating devices that don't work, sporting diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who didn't fear failure and refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature.
- 376 views | 30 Apr 2003 |
- The future of mobile phones
- An interesting Flash-based prediction from BBC about the mobile phones in the near future.
- 8,236 views | 29 Apr 2003 |
- Can men be invisible?
- Professor Susumu Tachi of Tokyo University has made a coat that you can see through just like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak.
- 374,280 views | 29 Apr 2003 |
- Why the war?
- The case for invading Iraq to remove its weapons of mass destruction was based on selective use of intelligence, exaggeration, use of sources known to be discredited, and outright fabrication, says The Independent.
- 385 views | 29 Apr 2003 |
- Dogs may sniff out some cancers
- Researchers at Cambridge University have applied for funding to test their theory that a dog's sense of smell could provide a better early warning system for some cancers than modern science.
- 14,495 views | 28 Apr 2003 |
- American soldiers stole $13.1-million from Iraq
- Apart from the Fox News reporter who was detained at the US customs in possession of an Iraqi historical property, American/British soldiers have been having a good time stealing cash too. Here too. Sad.
- 8,364 views | 27 Apr 2003 | Here too. Sad.') +'&w=y');">
- Small but important victory for online music swapping
- In a 34-page decision that stunned the record labels and Hollywood studios, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson held that the Morpheus and Grokster file-sharing networks are legal -- even though they are commonly used to illegally distribute files.
- 8,641 views | 26 Apr 2003 |
- Why doesn't GM sell crack?
- Somewhat dated, but an excerpt inspired by Moore's Downsize This!
- 475 views | 26 Apr 2003 |
- DVD-copying nears legal showdown
- 21 Studios' DVD Copy Plus allows a DVD to be copied onto CDs and its newest product, DVD X Copy, allows a DVD to be copied onto a DVD. Each costs $99.99, and DVD X Copy has sold 100,000 units since its release. Hollywood has sued. Interesting!
- 390 views | 25 Apr 2003 |
- As though SARS itself were not enough..
- Now we have a computer version of it, a worm much like Klez.
- 358 views | 24 Apr 2003 |
- Thank you Saddam. Oil is cheaper
- Atlanta motorists pay the least at $1.34 per gallon. San Francisco pay the most at $2.07. Per barrel prices have fallen from US$ 34.93 a barrel on March 17 to almost 30 now.
- 377 views | 23 Apr 2003 |
- Next president of Iraq
- Fox executives Monday unveiled their latest reality-TV venture, Appointed By America, a new series in which contestants vie for the top spot in Iraq's post-war government.
- 9,419 views | 23 Apr 2003 |
- $10,000 reward to anyone who can get me a job!
- A sign of our times? A real message on the wildly popular Craigslist.
- 388 views | 23 Apr 2003 |
- Germans to write and publish a book in 12 hours!
- Forty German authors are hoping to set a new world record by conceiving, writing and printing a book in 12 hours.
- 11,543 views | 23 Apr 2003 |

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