November 22, 2002 -
Efforts to stop music piracy 'pointless' - BBC, History
will defeat attempts to stop CD piracy. Record industry attempts to stop
the swapping of pop music on online networks such as Kazaa will never
work. So says a research paper prepared by computer scientists working
for software giant Microsoft...
November
18, 2002 -
Bond gadgets: fact, fiction,
fun... - Recent Bond films have lost touch with
techno-reality - From exploding attache cases to cars that maneuver
under the seas, James Bond movies have dazzled audiences with techno
gadgetry for four decades. By Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, The girls, you
could argue, are just a distraction in James Bond films. The gadgets are
the real stars, and time and time again, they save Bond’s skin. Now if
you’re the type who can’t help un-suspending your disbelief, then you
can’t help wondering just how realistic Bond gadgets are. CIA-types and
geeks love to bicker over that one. But the question is really
irrelevant, according to Bond techno-watchers. What’s important is that
007’s gadgets have worked at all, helping shape a generation of Baby
Boomers who — far from fearing technology, like their parents — embraced
gadgetry as a potential electronic panacea for the world’s ills...
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