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i2 may have to delist. And delisting may be good for them.

Vote swapping site declared legal via slashdot

A Nike ID story. An e-mail correspondence between Jonah and Nike about creating a personalised ID called “sweatshop”.

Salomon Smith Barney sold the CEO of WorldCom lots of IPO shares at a low price. The CEO made lots of money. Technically, that’s a bribe to your customer. But then, so is every free offer, or cross-sale. What makes the SSB-WorldCom deals illegal, this article argues, is that they’re so BIG, and they’re made of OTHER people’s money.

A non-verbal dictionary.

740 digits of pi in a poem.

Having seen a bit of it from the inside, I agree with Consulting Central’s ranking of consulting companies.

Spielberg’s next movie, A.I., has sparked a weird game. I read the article on it at ZDNet and searched for Jeanine Salla, listed as the movie’s sentient machine therapist, which lead me to her site, (at the so called “Bangalore World University”!!) and from there to others… it really is a wierd game. Those with enthu, do try it and let me know your progress.

Some sites with good cracks, thanks to Alok: astalavista.box.sk, wtcracks.com, kickme.to/FOSI, bannerkillers.cjb.net, and start.at/these.urls.first

Agentland is a portal for online agents – somewhat like Apps.com

Yahoo! Internet Life surveys the year that was.

Krislyn’s Strictly Business sites is a portal for business sites. It’s appeal is in its flat structure and small list of good sites.

Internet Indicators has a report on how the 4 layers of the Internet economy have been progressing.

India’s truly on the Net. With a slew of localized sites – Yahoo! India, CNet India, India.internet.com, and ZDNet India. – we’ve arrived! Don’t underestimate any of them, especially Yahoo! and its finance, news (with full coverage) and movie sites.

A neat joke on Amazon.com.