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The California power crisis is not due to computers. So distributed projects like Seti@home and RC5 are not to blame.

The greatest hacks ever. And now, credit cards stolen from Bill Gates, George Soros and Yoshiro Mori.

Forbes: Best of the Web

A sneak preview of MS IE6. What is worrying is that Microsoft may not release IE6 as a standalone application. They’re planning to bundle it with their next OS: Whister.

BountyQuest is a place where companies post rewards for documents — and anyone who comes up with such documents gets a prize. Many requests are for patent debunks.

Now you can talk to websites like TellMe or BeVocal.

A new look for News.com. It’s supposed to make ads more clickable. Personally, I don’t think so.

I did some quick layoff calculations. It appears that

• Layoffs have been increasing over time
• The dominant reason for layoffs is cost-cutting
• E-Commerce companies have laid off the most
• If the NASDAQ or S&P 500 fall, layoffs increase
• If the Dow Jones falls, layoffs fall !

With all these people getting fired, TheStandard has come out with an ex-Exec tracker. Brilliant!

Tools for testing web sites.