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...without a doubt, the Internet technology that permits the average computer user to swap files online--all types of files--is here to stay. The Wall Street Journal turned Napster into a verb this summer when it ran the headline, the "Napsterization of Movies," referring to the web site Scour, a site whose users swap compressed movie files. Music files, movies video games and even needlepoint patterns are being shared online...
...Camp David, the Israelis presented compromises. They want to keep those parts of the West Bank, perhaps 5% to 10% of the area, where most Jewish settlers live and might offer the Palestinians, as a swap, a portion of uninhabited land within Israel proper. Israel is open to allowing limited numbers of refugees to return, under cover of an existing family-reunification program, with the rest compensated for their property out of an international fund and permanently resettled in their current host countries, in Palestine or elsewhere...
Hollywood fat cats, be warned. If you've been relishing the sight of record executives squirming in the grip of Napster, enjoy it while you can; you may soon be squirming yourselves. Using a new technology called DivX, video buffs can now swap copies of The Matrix online the same way audiophiles trade Metallica singles...
...interesting sidelights of the TV press tour is the nuanced, and often puzzling, tinkering with the names of new series. Every year, through some alchemy, network execs swap one misguided name for an equally misguided one or, more puzzlingly, one bland name for an equally bland, and in fact almost identical, one. Last year, one quickly canceled Fox cop show - "Ryan Caulfield," a.k.a. "The Badland," a.k.a. "Ryan Caulfield: Year One" - had almost as many names as it did airings. And already this year, a good half-dozen new network series have undergone title surgery...
...employee of Kitchen's Cabinet reported to CPD that a white female entered the store and returned two items. As the suspect exited the store, she picked up a cookware set valued at $500. When stopped and questioned by the clerk, the suspect stated that it was an even swap for the defective items she had returned and then continued to walk out of the store...