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...porn. There are files that appear to contain secret "OT" documents of the Church of Scientology. If they're real, they illustrate Freenet's power: the Scientologists have obtained court orders in the past to yank such documents off the Net. Another file purports to be secret coding from Microsoft, also a vigilant defender of its copyrights. Clarke says he's never been contacted by Microsoft or any of the other entities whose content has been posted, and he doesn't expect to be. After all, he doesn't control what gets posted on Freenet. "There's nothing...
...Located at the foot of that beloved American knickknack, the Seattle Space Needle, the EMP is an "interactive" rock museum costing $240 million (more than $100 million for Gehry's building, the rest for the museum installed within it). The money comes by way of Paul Allen, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder, who has his own rock band, a lifelong thing for Seattle native Jimi Hendrix and enough cash to indulge his pleasures in a big way. There may be no bigger way to do that than to hand yourself over to Gehry, whose work is the pleasure principle engraved...
...options? Say you're going to buy a house in October and will need to sell stock to raise the down payment. You could sell now and put the cash in the bank. Nothing wrong with that. But if you're banking on a depressed stock like Microsoft and think it will rebound, options can protect you against further erosion while giving you much of the potential gain...
Here's how: an October put option giving you the right to sell at $70--about where Microsoft currently trades--costs $5 a share. If the stock swoons, you still get to sell at $70. For that right you give up the next 5 points of gain but capture everything beyond that. A similar strategy can bridge you to the point at which you've held a high-flyer 12 months, qualifying for favorable capital-gains-tax treatment. "It puts a floor under your wealth," says Lee Reid, head of retail options at A.G. Edwards...
...this sounds familiar, that's because Microsoft's WebTV has been offering a similar service for more than three years. So far, however, only a disappointing 1 million people have signed up for it. I didn't have to use the WebTV Plus service for very long last week to see the shortcomings: set-up instructions are confusing; surfing the Web without a mouse is a drag; and if you only have one phone line in the house, you can't take phone calls when you're online. Unlike AOLTV, WebTV doesn't let you instant-message friends while watching...