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Norwegians say they are born with skis on their feet. No wonder the rest of the world has a hard time catching them. Without fuss and fanfare, the sparsely populated Scandinavian country has won more Winter Olympic medals - 240 before arriving at Salt Lake City - than any other competitor, and that includes the Alpine powerhouses of Austria and Switzerland, and the huge teams from the U.S. and Germany...
...biggest threat to Hollywood may not come from the geeks but from so-called personal video recorders. Like its competitor TiVo, which has sold some 400,000 units to date, the newer Replay which has sold only 5,000, gives owners an easy, menu-driven way to search for shows to record onto its hard drive. The reason Sonicblue got sued is that the new Replay 4000, which hit the market in late November and sold out before Christmas, automatically fast-forwards shows past commercials and lets broadband users send them to friends over the Internet. (TiVos do not offer...
Homeless people who scavenge garbage bins for food have for years been said to be "Dumpster diving." But now the term has morphed to describe an unscrupulous business practice: rummaging through a competitor's trash for inside information. It's a low-tech form of corporate espionage that has increased since 1988, when the Supreme Court ruled that once it leaves private property, trash is fair game. Last year Procter & Gamble, whose products include Pantene and Head & Shoulders shampoos, admitted Dumpster diving for information about Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, makers of Finesse and Helene Curtis. Dumpster diving is also practiced...
...competitor Entertainment Tours is not surrendering its claim on the market...
...claiming Aaliyah after a mere 22 years on earth, death may have won a small victory. Ironically, though, by asserting itself overzealously and taking Aaliyah when her talent and popularity were at a zenith, it may very well have surrendered her to its archenemy and eternal competitor immortality...