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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:14:53 -0700
From: "NewsScan"
Subject: U.S. IT job vacancies approach 1 million mark
U.S. technology companies could be left with more than 800,000 unfilled IT
job vacancies this year, according to a study by the Information Technology
Association of America, which predicts 843,000 slots for database
administrators, programmers, software developers, Web designers, and other
IT personnel will go begging due to lack of qualified applicants. The ITAA
results mirror those announced by Silicon.com's Skills Survey 2000, which
found that 47% of European companies have open IT positions they cannot
fill. Research by IDC indicates that the European labor shortage is about
20% less severe than that of the U.S., but that could change as foreign
workers flock to fill U.S. jobs, encouraged by more lenient immigration
rules. [Silicon.com 11 Apr 2000 http://www.silicon.com/ ;
NewsScan Daily, 11 April 2000]
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:14:53 -0700
From: "NewsScan"
Subject: Iridium flames out, literally
Iridium, the bankrupt global satellite telephone corporation that spent $5
billion on the creation of a communications system for "anyone, anytime,
virtually anywhere in the world," will soon start sending 88 giant
satellites hurtling from the skies and burning up before they reach Earth.
Noting that the expensive Iridium phones could not even be used indoors,
industry-watcher and financial analyst James Grant says, "It was a
technology that didn't live up to its hype or its billing. People chose to
overlook the risks because they were bedazzled by the technology and the
promoters or sponsors." [*The New York Times*, 11 Apr 2000
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/biztech/articles/11iridium.html;
NewsScan Daily, 11 April 2000]
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:16:07 -0400
From: ZellwegA@cts.db.erau.edu (Andres Zellweger)
Subject: Power failure disrupts National Airport
At 7:50pm on the evening of 10 Apr 2000, a power failure shut down radar at
Washington DC's Reagan National Airport after the backup generator failed at
8:41pm. Traffic was obviously affected. Hotels were full, trying to take
care of stranded passengers. [Source: Article by Phuong Ly, *The Washington
Post*, 11 Apr 2000, B02]
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 18:04:18 +1000
From: "John Kerr"
Subject: Software fault stops 76,000 customers receiving phone calls
At 1615 on 6 April 2000 local time, a Telstra spokesman on ABC Public Radio
advised that 76,000 telephone customers in the Toowong area of Brisbane,
Australia had been affected by a software fault which prevented them
receiving incoming calls although he indicated they seemed to be able to
ring out. He stated the problem had occurred two hours previously and
expected that service would be restored within half an hour but otherwise
gave no details. The radio and station [and I] were in the affected area.
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 06:57:15 -0700
From: Dave Stringer-Calvert
Subject: Squirrelcide at San Jose Airport
Squirrel cuts power to airport [From www.newschannel11.com]
A spokesman for Pacific Gas & Electric said power was restored to Santa
Clara County office buildings and the San Jose International Airport and all
other customers around 2:30pm. ... 1,300 customers lost power around noon
when a squirrel touched a conductor and blew a circuit breaker. As power
failed, back-up generators kept the airport running and planes continued to
take off and land on time. ... No flight delays ... No traffic lights
around the airport... luggage handled by hand ... Terminal C only. [PGN-ed]
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:26:39 -0700
From: "Martin Minow"
Subject: Best new Microsoft bug yet
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q131/1/09.asp
Explorapedia Nature: Earth Rotates in Wrong Direction
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Explorapedia series: World of Nature for Windows, version 1.0
SUMMARY
When you run Explorapedia and use the Exploratron to look at the Earth
spinning, the Earth rotates in the wrong direction.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Explorapedia, World of
Nature, version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
FC
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