Thursday, February 28, 2002

Frontier 8.0 Userland: This page lists Frontier changes since the release of Frontier 7.0.1 in June 2001. Frontier for OS X Frontier for OS X is much improved, with bug fixes and support for OS X only features. ... The Services menu is now supported: text-based services can get text and paste text into Frontier. ... The popup dock icon menu can now be extended via a script. (See Menus link.) An important TCP bug was fixed: when opening outbound TCP connections a new stream is always used, which fixes some timeout issues, particularly with large requests and machines running on the same LAN. " 9:48:17 PM    comment CNN.com A historic Spanish debate in Texas govenor's race February 28, 2002 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- On the eve of their historic Spanish-language debate, the two Democratic candidates for governor of Texas continued to bicker about the format Thursday. Dan Morales and Tony Sanchez have agreed to take part in a one-hour English debate in Dallas on Friday, and a one-hour Spanish debate later in the evening. Both will be televised. 4:21:32 PM    comment CNN.com Superman star hails cloning move February 28, 2002 Reeve applauded the UK decision LONDON, England -- Former Superman actor Christopher Reeve has welcomed the UK's decision to allow continued research on cloned human embryos. Britain's scientists were given permission on Wednesday to pioneer the cloning of human embryos for research, and set up the world's first embryo cell bank. 10:29:15 AM    comment New Scientist NewScientist.com Science & Technology News Service Endangered whale in Japan's sights 15:10 28 February 02 Environmentalists reacted with outrage on Thursday to news that Japan plans to hunt another whale species. The country wants to kill 50 Sei whales in the North Pacific as part of its controversial scientific whaling programme. 9:49:03 AM    comment CNN.com Karadzic evades NATO arrest February 28, 2002 Karadzic was indicted twice by the war crimes tribunal. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNN) -- Wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has evaded a massive NATO operation to track him down in a remote Bosnian village. 9:21:06 AM    comment Reuters Breaking News from Around the Globe Global Alarm Bells Ring as Signs of El Nino Mount By Sharman Esarey LONDON (Reuters) - Nations worldwide are bracing for climatic havoc again in 2002 just five years after a devastating El Nino weather pattern engulfed the globe, killing more than 20,000 people and wreaking some $34 billion in damage. 8:20:27 AM    comment

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