December 19, 2000 - Study:
Shoppers prefer malls over the Internet - Long lines, traffic jams and overflowing parking
lots can be irritating, but like most other Americans this
holiday season, most people are not quite ready to trade
that annual ritual for the promised comfort and
convenience of online shopping..." - By Anick
Jesdanun,
Salon.com
December 18, 2000 -
The
next level of rich media on the web… The Mad
Scientist welcomes visitors to the Discreet site thanks to
Pulse Entertainment - Ever since it formed in 1996, San
Francisco-based Pulse Entertainment has sought to breathe
life into the Internet by making the Web a medium that is as
entertaining as it is informative. The fruits of its efforts
are the Pulse Creator web authoring tool and Pulse Player
plug-in...
December 14, 2000 - Armchair
gunslingers - Computer gaming tournaments offer fame
(sort of) and fortune (more than you think). There may be an
elite 'athlete' in the cube next to you. Chances are, you're
headed to another holiday party this weekend. But a talented
few are forsaking the buffet dinners and drunk coworkers for
a weekend of adrenaline-wracked fragging in Dallas. The
Babbage's/Cyberathlete Professional League Tournament began
there yesterday and runs through Sunday, drawing 512 of the
world's top gamers, including a handful from
Massachusetts...
December 15, 2000 - Bill
Gates Personal Wealth Clock - The Clock attempts to
accurately display Bill Gates's wealth, not the value of his
current holdings of Microsoft stock. We take as a baseline
of his wealth the shares of Microsoft that he held in 1995.
This is an understatement because it doesn't include the
multi-million dollar trust funds he received at birth from
his grandparents, houses, stock, and other gifts from his
wealthy parents, or investments he purchased with sales of
Microsoft shares sold prior to 1995...
October 26, 2000 - Lauren Hutton in stable condition
- LAS VEGAS (AP) - Lauren Hutton was listed in serious but
stable condition Wednesday after more than seven hours of
surgery on a leg she injured in a weekend motorcycle
accident. "She still has a lot of recovery ahead of
her," said Rick Plummer, a spokesman for University
Medical Center, where the model-actress is recuperating.
Hutton, 55, suffered multiple fractures in the leg, head
injuries and a broken wrist in Saturday's accident in the
Lake Mead National Recreation Area. She was riding with
actors Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons and about 50 other
celebrity members of the Guggenheim Motorcycle Club. Hutton,
a longtime motorcycle rider, was dubbed the first supermodel
by some after appearing on the cover of Vogue a record 25
times in the 1960s and 1970s. She has appeared in more than
50 films.
October 26, 2000 - Bruce Willis, Demi Moore divorce - HAILEY, Idaho (AP) - The 13-year marriage of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore is officially over. Citing irreconcilable differences, the actors' divorce was filed last week at a courthouse near Sun Valley. The two separated in 1998. Willis and Moore lived on a $6 million estate in Hailey with their three young daughters. The children still attend school there. Willis, 45, has appeared in nearly 50 movies, including "Die Hard," "Sixth Sense" and "Pulp Fiction." He also starred in TV's "Moonlighting." Moore, 37, has appeared in such movies as "Ghost," "Indecent Proposal" and "A Few Good Men."
October 25, 2000 - Industry backed Hotwire takes off - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An Internet startup backed by six major airlines launched a cheap-seat service Tuesday that promises to undercut the prices of other online discounters who helped put the concept on the map. San Francisco-based
Hotwire.com believes it will be able to beat the airline ticket prices of other popular online services such as
Priceline.com and Expedia.com
by tapping into a vast reservoir of unsold seats. An estimated 3.5 million airline seats are unoccupied each week. With Hotwire, the airlines hope to generate some revenue from those previously empty seats without diminishing the sales of their full-fare tickets. Six airlines that contributed part of Hotwire's venture capital of $75 million are also supplying the service with an unspecified number of hard-to-sell seats on hundreds of domestic flights.
August 04, 2000
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