Think twice before downloading the latest Internet Explorer security fix. It causes a Javascript error in the Windows Media Player plugin that makes the service inaccessible. Pressplay tech support just confirmed that it's "working with Microsoft" on the issue. Amazingly, Microsoft is a Pressplay affiliate.
After another Windows hotfix slowed mine and everyone else's PC, I'm starting to wonder whether the "auto update" feature of Windows XP is such a good idea.
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AP Wire | 04/23/2003 | Media, military investigated for taking art, artifacts, cash from Iraq
So far, only Benjamin James Johnson, who worked as an engineer for Fox News Channel, has been charged.
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And perhaps, another indictment of health care system that doesn't give consumers incentives to cut costs.
CNN.com - The Claritin over-the-counter dilemma - Apr. 23, 2003
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New SARS travel warning issued
Responding to the global spread of the deadly SARS virus, the World Health Organization on Wednesday urged against travel to Beijing, China’s Shanxi province and Toronto, Canada’s business capital.
For the record, I've always urged against travel to Toronto.
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"Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are."
- Augustine of Hippo