Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. -- John Kenneth Galbraith HP Launches Athlon 64 PCs, Compaq "X" Gaming Brand Hewlett-Packard Co. has rolled out its first PC to use the AMD Athlon 64 microprocessor, while launching a separate effort to attack the gaming market. AMD: Days are numbered for 32-bit chips Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will probably stop producing 32-bit processors by the end of 2005, a senior AMD executive predicted during a Monday panel discussion on AMD's 64-bit processors at Comdex. SCO admits: Linux jihad is destroying our business By law, companies must provide apocalyptic forward-looking scenarios in their SEC filings. They need to show they've thought of everything, to fend off potential class action suits just in case the sky really does fall in. But in a filing yesterday the SCO Group gave a strong hint that while it anticipates riches from IP licenses, its current business is falling apart. SCO CEO: Novell-SuSE breaks SCO contract Novell Inc.'s $210 million planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG will put it in violation of a non-compete agreement the networking vendor has with The SCO Group Inc., and could possibly lead to legal action, SCO CEO Darl McBride said Monday in an interview. Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way South Africa seems an unlikely place for the launch of a global revolution in nuclear energy technology. Nomad MuVo NX It's an easy USB drive that requires no drivers but plays MP3 and WMA files well, and records, too. And has a neat little LCD screen. Clocked by Two Smoking Barrels The world's only double-barreled cannon is now proudly displayed on the lawn of the Athens City Hall, about a hundred miles off Route 1. It is a monument to every geek who ever had what seemed to be a really good idea at the time. Nanotube Cable Can Connect The Earth And The Moon Researchers from the Institute of Problems of Microelectronics Technology and Extra Pure Materials (Russian Academy of Sciences) have designed and tested a new device for production of a new promising material -- nanotubes. The researchers believe that it is exactly the material a transport cable can be produced of to connect the Moon and the Earth. (C) Shouting Red Goanna Inc. A wholly subsidiary of Screaming Blue Wombat Inc. / Avenging Green Seahorse Industries