Giant Killing: The 64-bit Desktop

By Roland Piquepaille

On the 64-bit processor roadmap, The Inquirer thinks that Intel is in danger. AMD soon will  introduce its "Hammer" series of x86-64 chips. And they will offer far more versatility than Intel's Itanium family -- and will surely be cheaper.

So watch out if you need a commodity 64-bit processor. Rumours say that even Sun Microsystems is interested. But I insist: it's a *rumour*:!

Source: Arron Rouse, The Inquirer, Apr. 9, 2002

Sabine et les haricots sauteurs

Here is another article in french, about a young arts teacher in Paris. She's 25 and can be credited for a short movie "La Révolte des haricots rouges".

A rough translation would be "The Revolt of kidney beans."

You can watch the video here, but be warned: depending on the version you choose, you'll have to download between 9 and 32 megabytes...

Source: Marie Bél

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