The past couple years have been brutal to the business community. Several companies on this survey are either dead or breathing their last breaths. Let us know which one you will miss the most.
Currently browsing posts found in January2002
Business Failure Survey
Wanna Buy a New Identity?
The FTC said a massive 42 per cent of its 204,000 complaints for 2001 involved stolen identities, placing the problem at the top of the list.
The FTC said up to 750,000 other US citizens will have their identities stolen this year for the purposes of accessing credit card accounts, securing loans and cashing cheques.
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Wacky Technology of the Week Award – Robotic Slug Sucker
A team at the University of the West of England has created a slug-sucking robot, powered by methane.
“Slugbot” trundles around picking up slugs. The robot arm then dumps the creatures into an internal compartment.
“Further research is being continued by the team based on Slugbot’s self sustaining energy autonomy, this time using plant material rather than [...]
Pub Finding Watch
Scientists have finally found a worthwhile use for technology and placed a pub-detecting global positioning system inside a wristwatch.
The watch provides the wearer with the location of the nearest four pubs and his/her distance from each one. Finally, a really good technology centered around beer.
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