Year: 2002

Bill Gates assassination movie unites Web and silver screen

Nothing So Strange, a film that debuted Sunday at the Slamdance festival, portrays the assassination of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. In order to further story development, Director Brian Flemming and Producer Brian Clark constructed a number of Web sites that detail the crime and its aftermath — á la Blair Witch Project — noting that Hollywood sees the Web only as a marketing tool, explains a Wired article.

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Sony announces new Clié handhelds

Sony today announced two new Clié handhelds: the color PEG-T615C and monocrhome PEG-S360. Both handhelds feature 16MB of internal memory, a USB cradle, infrared ports, and Lithium-ion batteries. The PEG-T615C also features an embedded speaker and will sell for US$400, while the entry-level PEG-S360 will sell for $200.

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Palm set to debut new wireless handheld

Palm is poised to unveil its new wireless handheld “very soon,” according to emails sent to some of its customers. “Dear Valued Customer. All we can say is that the newest Palm handheld is coming. Very soon. Stay tuned for more details,” reads the email. Interested individuals can sign up to receive notification when the product is announced.

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Gefen Announces 330′ Extension for Apple Flat Panel Displays

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GEFEN’S EX-TEND-IT ADC REPEATER ACTUALLY REPEATS THE ADC SIGNAL THEN
TRANSMITS IT A DISTANCE OF UP TO 330-FEET FROM THE COMPUTER

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. [January 15, 2002] For Macintosh users who need to
relocate an Apple Cinema Display or Studio Display away from the computer,
Gefen’s ex-tend-it ADC Repeater is a stable and effective solution.

The ADC Repeater is an external box that acts as the link between the Apple
flat panel display and the computer.

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Automated People Tracker

Having trouble keeping track of staff? Given up on in/out boards?
Then you might want to try APT (Automated People Tracker), a
lightweight client/server application for Macs and PCs featuring a
unique call-back facility written in REALbasic.

Available from http://homepage.mac.com/robinmh

Clients are available for both the Mac and PC with the server
component having been tested on the Mac. It features an easy set up
process (local customisation is in a file that accompanies the
client).

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