High tech world life with intrigue in silicon spy games
In Silicon Valley a culture of corporate espionage grows as Transmeta and others guard top secret chip plans. Dumpster diving and detectives are used to obtain trade secrets amid rising losses. Oracle Microsoft and Cyras Systems report covert actions as firms race for the next breakthrough.
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Santa Clara
Calif
David Ditzel
Ditzel
Transmeta
Oracle
Microsoft
Silicon Valley
Fortune
American Society For Industrial Security
PricewaterhouseCoopers
America Online
Larry Ellison
Eric Dezenhall
Washington
Nichols
Amit Yoran
Riptech
Yoran
Cyras Systems Inc
Fremont
Cyras
Gary Clemenceau
Clemenceau
Internal tobacco feud as sides rest in Florida punitive damages case
Miami AP reports dissension within the tobacco industry as both sides rest in the Florida punitive damages trial for 300,000 to 700,000 sick smokers. Lawyers reveal internal feuding, with companies claiming altered policy on disease links and addiction. The six jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments starting July 10, potentially a four day presentation.
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Miami
Florida
Fraud protection chief resigns over false past reveal
Tony Mazzamuto, president of Cyberbuck Corp, resigned after admitting a checkered past that included prison time for a cocaine conviction. He had claimed no such record while co-founding the firm that protects Internet shoppers from fraud.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Tony Mazzamuto
Orange County Register
Mazzamuto
Southwest Airlines
The
Register
Orange County
Cyberbuck Corp
University to test vital signs of hundreds of national parks
Denver AP report says 378 parks monuments and historic sites will undergo a large diagnostic study to locate needed repairs and set a checklist for future wear. CSU ecologists and USGS scientists will work independently of the National Park Service amid backlogged repairs estimated at up to 6 billion dollars.
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University
Denver
Colorado State University
U.S. Geological Survey
National Park Service
Parks Canada
Canada
Mark Peterson
Peterson
National Parks Conservation Association
CSU
Park Service
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