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...Amount of "critical" federal computer systems that were declared Y2K-bug free in August...
WILD CARD: The Insectarium--part of the lovely Montreal Botanical Gardens--is home to many living and dead ones. And if the sangria, french fries and cheesecake haven't warmed you yet, be sure to participate in an old-fashioned Montreal bug tasting...
...capitalist bosses. Increasingly, U.S. firms are turning to Dumpster divers or computer hackers to stay ahead of the competition, and disgruntled workers are walking off with classified material. One worrisome ploy, the FBI says, is to send in spies posing as tech consultants on the Y2K computer bug...
...necessarily need James Bond to pilfer corporate secrets. Amateur actors will do fine. Over the past few years, textile manufacturer Milliken & Co. allegedly stole information from a host of rivals without so much as a bug or a mole. Instead, according to a lawsuit filed last October by Johnston Industries, based in Columbus, Ga., one Milliken employee posed as a business-school student researching a paper, and another played a Swiss banker seeking investment opportunities. One alleged target, NRB Industries, has reportedly settled its case against Milliken. The $2 billion-a-year titan has denied the charges, but Johnston...
PLAYING CHICKEN It's bad enough that chickens harbor harmful campylobacter bacteria that can sicken humans. Now a soon-to-be-released study shows that the bug is increasingly resistant to quinolines, the main class of antibiotics used to treat the infection. One reason may be the routine use of quinolines in chicken feed. The percentage of quinoline-resistant campylobacter infections has risen to 10.3% today from 5% in 1995--the year quinolines were approved for use in chicken chow. For antibiotic-free birds, try organic...