2000-02-08

In the cheesy but you knew it had to happen eventually category, the army has developed a very primitive holodeck.

Corel is merging with the company formerly known as Borland. This strengthens Corel’s position in the Linux market, with products including WordPerfect and Interbase. Other products in the stable: Corel Draw and a range of development tools. Additional Coverage: ZDNet.

Christie’s Auction House has gone state’s evidence and admitted to the US Department of Justice that they’ve worked with rival Sotheby’s to fix commissions and limit competition.

Scientists are working on an antibody that eats cocaine in the bloodstream. Now if we could just reform our laws to encourage alternative sentencing so that something like this gets put to use where it’s needed.