15 December 2003  
 
 

15 December 2003

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  Black Widows Come in Bunches   (The [Toronto] Globe and Mail)
  • If recent news reports are to be believed, Canada has come under attack by poisonous invaders sneaking across the border inside innocent-looking fruit shipments.


  •   Football Player's Use of Cell Phone During Game Draws Penalty   (Associated Press)
  • Joe Horn really did phone it in. The New Orleans pro football receiver couldn't wait to talk about his touchdown, so he pulled out a cell phone and made a call — from the end zone.


  •   Taking Passwords to the Grave   (The Dallas Morning News)
  • When a person dies, his logons live on, stymieing survivors when they try to access accounts.


  •   PowerPoint Makes You Dumb*   (The New York Times)
  • PowerPoint is the world's most popular tool for presenting information. There are 400 million copies in circulation, and almost no corporate decision takes place without it. But what if PowerPoint is actually making us stupider?
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