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...mode days, he would deliver a load of pipes from Tokyo to Nagoya and then return empty. But a year ago, his boss launched a site for i-mode that brokers deals between drivers and cargo companies. One night, Hakuta logged on and found a client needing pipes trucked the other way, back to Tokyo. That load earned Hakuta an extra $230. "It's changed the way I work," Hakuta says. The only problem is, he's so hooked on i-mode, browsing sites and e-mailing friends that his boss complains his phone is busy all the time...
...There are still moments when even hard-core addicts like Jacky can recapture the shiny, bright exuberance of the first few times she tried speed. Even tonight, as she dances with a potential Belgian client at Angel's, and it looks like the customer is about to take her back to his hotel room, and she's thinking that she'll soon have enough money to visit her children, it doesn't seem so bad. It seems life is almost manageable. A few more customers and who knows, maybe one will really fall for her and pay to move...
...Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had already sent more than 60 letters to ISPs of servers running OpenNap, an open-source program that uses the Napster protocol to provide similar peer-to-peer indexing. A user of OpenNap first employs any of a number of client programs (like Napster's MusicShare) to open up a hard drive for outside access; a list of contents are then uploaded to the OpenNap server, which does nothing but publish a directory of connected clients and offer a means of searching them. Any downloads are conducted between users, and the files--any file...
...mails made public at the hearings show Marc Rich's lawyers energetically sought a pardon for their client, even going so far as to discuss approaching Senator Hillary Clinton for help. There is no evidence she responded to any request they may have made...
...might be eligible for civil charges as specified by federal law. After all, as a supporter of two pardon seekers, Rodham fits the official criteria (the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 defines lobbyists as individuals who (1) spend at least 20 percent of their time for a particular client on lobbying activities; (2) have multiple contacts with legislative staff, members of Congress, or high-level executive branch officials; and (3) work for a client paying more than $5,000 over six months for that service). This means he can officially be called a "lobbyist." It also means he's subject...