Web and game items from 2001 era sports and tech media
Listings include Jeff Kent chat with Giants second baseman about 2001 season and 2002 outlook on Yahoo Chat AOL Live featuring Mattie Stepanek the 11 year old poet. Also covers Cook's Thesaurus substitutions site. AquaNox undersea game review notes visuals and gameplay pros and cons. Matt Slagle AP report.
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Jeff Kent
San Francisco Giants
Yahoo
Mattie Stepanek
America
Stepanek
AOL
Motorola V200 merges pager phone and PDA in single device
The Motorola V200 aims to combine two way paging, keyboard input, cell phone and PDA functions in one compact unit. It offers a thumb keyboard but keys feel small and the screen, while large for a phone, is not significantly bigger than rivals. Voice quality is solid with built in speakerphone or headset.
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Motorola
Vikas Bajaj
Dallas Morning News
Gazette
Mr. C
Rob Smith
Ameritech.net
Mr. S
Two-Way Radios Boom as Low-Cost Options Rise
The market for FRS and GMRS radios expands with prices from 15 to 50 dollars for FRS and under 100 for GMRS. The FCC set aside FRS in 1996 with no license required though range is limited to about two miles under ideal conditions. GMRS prices drop from 200 plus to around 49 with up to two watts power and five mile range, and many buyers skip the 85 license fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Langberg
Knight Ridder
FRS
GMRS
Federal Communications Commission
All Things Electronic
Motorola
Audiovox
Cobra Electronics
FCC
Debbie
Uncle Sam
Virus hoax tricks victims into bad fix
A Tribune user warns readers about a malware hoax centered on sulfabk.exe that would supposedly erase hard drives. The piece explains how the scam spreads through trusted emails and emphasizes not deleting or altering Windows components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coates
Chicago Tribune
Paul Devlin
AOL .Com
Mr. D
Walt Kelly
Symantec
Norton
Symantec.com
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Cook’s
Thesaurus
Foodsubs.com
AquaNox
Aquanox.de
Earth
Emerald
Dead-Eye
Flint
Dell
Nvidia Corp
ATI Technologies Inc
Matt Slagle
Associated Press
Verizon Wireless
Y.com
Rm Chivol
Bill Cannon
Msn.com
Microsoft Word
Jim Coates
Jcoates
Tribune.com
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