Word: techs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There exists only the slightest semblance of plot, and the actors do nothing but speak in front of a basically immobile camera, a tech nique Rohmer learned from working in television. However, in spite of this, Rohmer succeeds in drawing the audience in, little by little, just as Jeanne is drawn into Natacha's family problems. The director presents four charismatic and eloquent characters, and by the middle of the film the audience feels as if it were watching an episode from real life...
When executives at Science Applications International Corp., a California- based high-tech company, learned that a former employee had been stealing the codes to their computer programs, they brought charges against the man. But when they later found out that he had given those secrets to a spy ring that included Japanese corporate giants Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toshiba, there was little they could do to recoup the competitive advantage they had lost. The man was sentenced to six years in jail, but no action was ever brought against the Japanese companies, which claimed they did not know the information...
While industrial espionage may be a sticky subject for Americans, it's common in most other countries. Stealing U.S. industrial secrets was a cottage industry for the former Soviet KGB. Its infamous "Department X" routinely targeted American high-tech secrets. Although the unit was disbanded, the practice continues under the Russian government. The Chinese also regularly eavesdrop on U.S. firms. But the most active spying on U.S. companies lately has not been by agents from old cold-war adversaries. Instead, the spies are employed by allies, including Germany, South Korea and even Canada. Among the most relentless -- and efficient -- have...
...advantage of all the high-tech gimmickry, though, is that it will attract young people. "If you can communicate to a bright 17-year-old, you have communicated to everyone," says director Gerald Margolis. Without question, the museum's overall message comes through clearly. At the end of the tolerance exhibits, the host provocateur appears one last time. "That's it," he says, peering from behind a mask out of a big bank of monitors. "I am giving up all responsibility." The screens then dissolve into the words WHO IS RESPONSIBLE...
...young man had reason to be wary. He had been busted several months earlier by the feds and was awaiting his sentence, having already pleaded guilty to a crime that was just as high-tech as his favorite nightclub: stealing credit reports from TRW Inc.'s computer system. Four months after that encounter at the Limelight, he moved into a Michigan jail cell, where he is serving an eight-month term...