5-13-98 Massachusetts — Over 160,000 Engineers and Scientists have left the research and development industry to become stock brokers and private investors since last Tuesday, and this is just the beginning says economic analyst Jay Schutter. “There is a major shift in the technology sector that isn’t going to end any time soon” said Jay…
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Thai Astronomer Predicts Doom
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov. 13 (UPI) A Thai astronomer has calculated that the Tempel-Tuttle comet, which is the cause of an expected spectacular meteor shower next week, will collide with Earth, causing planet-wide devastation. The Nation newspaper (Friday) quotes Khao Muanwong (“KAO MUAN-w wong”), who holds a doctorate in astronomy and is the former dean of…
Writer’s Strike Ends Maybe Today
Los Angeles (Hollywood reporter) Today may be the last day of the writer’s strike that has gone on since November 5 of 2007. This is good news for people who like to watch tv, and like to see new shows because their shows will have new episodes for them. Also, it is good because writers…
Two Sides of the Story
I found this to be quite enlightening. Local Man Persecuted Naperville, IL In a case of severe racism and human rights violation Mbando Ngipbtu was fined $600 yesterday and told he could no longer practice his deeply religious and culturally significant rituals. This outrageous act of hypocrisy has brought together several civil rights…
Microsoft Expands Windows 98 Package
May 1, 1998 A smiling Bill Gates addressed reporters over 6 huge HDTV screens today after Microsoft lawyers won their appeal of Judge Johnson’s ruling of last year. Judge Johnson ruled that it was unlawful for Microsoft to tie other products into the purchase of the operating system. With that ruling out of the way,…
Intel Closes Its Doors
March 30, 1998 Intel Corporation announced today that it is closing down its operations for good, including its production and research facilities. Market researchers said, “This is in response to the Power Mac G3 from Apple. The entire Intel business is shutting down.”Intel’s chairman confirmed the news. “The Power Mac G3 is so much faster…
Goundbreaking Unveiling Ends in Tragedy
November 26, 1998: RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.,/PRNewswire/ — Samsung Electronics America continued to break new ground in the HDTV marketplace by unveiling the first fully integrated high definition television last week, the HCH551W, a 55-inch widescreen model. The unveiling took place at a DOW Stereo/Video Store in San Diego, attracting over 5,000 people.”The HCH551W received an…
How’s This For a Millenium Bug?
BackgroundApril 24, 1998: Y2K problems arise from computer programs (hardware and/or software) using two digits to represent the year instead of four or more. Thus, when going from the year 1999 to the year 2000, the computer is actually going from 99 to 00. Comparisons then made between the dates, which expect the date value…
Walking Cuts Walter’s Heart Disease 40%
August 26, 1999 BOSTON – Walking briskly for three hours each week reduces Walter Levernier’s risk of heart disease by 30 to 40 percent, according to the New England Journal of Medicine out Thursday. “Increasing walking time, or combining walking with moderate exercise, appears to be associated with even greater risk reductions,” according to the…
Microsoft Closes its Doors
March 30, 1998 Microsoft Corporation announced today that it is closing down its operations permanently, including all of its operating system and application groups, support, and development. Bill Gates issued the following statement through his lawyers: “With the introduction of the Power Mac G3 from Apple, We simply don’t see a requirement in the market…