Daily Archives: September 8, 2003

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Lund University, one of the oldest seats of learning in Scandinavia, will take a leap into the unknown by appointing northern Europe’s first professor of parapsychology, hypnology and clairvoyance. Almost 30 candidates, including a self-professed Indian … Continue reading →

A federal judge said adware maker WhenU.com’s pop-up advertising does not infringe on the trademarks and copyrights of Web site publishers, in the first legal ruling favoring desktop advertising companies in their fight with Web site operators. U.S. District Court … Continue reading →

These guys are probably goosestepping all the way to the bank, judging by the press they are getting. Alert reader Dennis Moser, following up on a challenge in my previous post on the topic, has uncoverred the on-line ordering information … Continue reading →

No, not really. But I wish MY neighborhood firemen wore flashy tin-foil uniforms like these.Actually, it is probably a high-tech flame resistent, heat deflective self-cleaning micro-fiber making them look like basting turkeys. What they are actually doing is battling to … Continue reading →

width=”329″ height=”500″> The wife of Lord Lucan has dismissed a claim in a new book her husband fled to India in 1974 and lived out the rest of his life posing as a hippy known as "Jungly Barry" In the … Continue reading →

A librarian action figure based on actual Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl demonstrates her ‘amazing push-button shushing action!’ Librarians are on front lines against easier government access to records BOULDER, Colo. — Librarians are not keeping quiet about the USA Patriot … Continue reading →

The palpable dishonesty of all parties in the file-swapping wars is more entertaining than any disk ever cut by Madonna. A particularly contemptible example came to light last week. One popular music swapping product, Kazaa, has earned a bad reputation … Continue reading →