Tourists Flock to Massive Vulture Roost (AP)

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The Tech Vulture

The Tech Vulture 01/08/2004 08:21 PM

Liquidator: 6,500 tech firms among 'walking dead': Interesting story about a guy with a sobering job. Doesn't bode well for the tech firms.

Amid rising hopes for a high-tech turnaround, there's this sobering sign: Martin Pichinson — a man who has buried nearly 150 failed startups since 1999 — has swooped into Silicon Valley like a vulture lurking over a pack of wounded animals.

Pichinson, a self-described "doctor of reality" who helps liquidate companies, says he wouldn't have moved from Los Angeles to Palo Alto a few months ago had he not smelled more high-tech trouble looming.

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Vulture Droid Update

Vulture Droid Update 06/05/2005 11:51 PM
Factory error or army building variant, the Action Assortment Vulture Droid has been showing up in two very distinct decos.

Vulture fan spotted in Aberystwyth

Vulture fan spotted in Aberystwyth 07/02/2004 06:24 AM
Cash'n'Carrion Do you know this woman?

C# will rule the .NET roost

C# will rule the .NET roost 11/26/2002 02:10 AM
CNET Nov 26 2002 1:03AM ET

Shorts Roost at Children's Place

Shorts Roost at Children's Place 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
The company projects good earnings, so why is it being sold short?

E-scams rule the roost in 2003

E-scams rule the roost in 2003 12/30/2003 11:09 PM
ZDNet Australia Dec 30 2003 9:39PM ET

The chickens come home to roost from the
neoconning of America

The chickens come home to roost from the
neoconning of America 05/12/2004 04:02 AM
Ever wonder why the Bush administration couldn't find an Arabic speaker to be Viceroy of Baghdad, but instead was stuck with monologuists like Garner and Bremer? You would think that it would make sense for the American ruler of Iraq to be able to speak to the Iraqis in their own language. While they may not be plentiful in the United States, there are over 400 Arabic speakers in the State Department, plus a number at the Pentagon and the CIA, as well as former officials from the Reagan and Bush administrators. Maybe because they all thought occupying Iraq was nuts? Certainly the best known ones, like Ambassador Chas Freeman, did. Look at what they were getting into: Has any official United States policy in recent memory been as feckless as the Bush administration's for postwar Iraq? Can we, for a moment, recall just some of the assumptions that the administration announced or embraced? That Americans would be welcomed as liberators? That we could secure the nation with a force of a little more than 100,000 troops? That Iraqi oil revenue would be such that the occupation would pay for itself? That, in accord with our assumptions on troop requirements and postwar financing, we didn't really need the kind of international cooperation that the nation had historically sought for this kind of venture? That, in accord with the same assumptions, there was no reason not to enact more massive tax cuts for the rich? With the revelations that have emerged of the degradation and torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, it's become particularly clear that the administration gave no real thought to the challenges at the very heart of occupying another country. Put it all the assumptions together, as Harold Meyerson did in his brilliant editorial and the neocon fantasy does seem nuts, doesn't it? The sad thing is, there aren't any real surprises here. Almost everyone of the people who knew anything about the Arab world said these assumptions were nuts before Bush started his war on Iraq. But that wasn't the answer that Bush wanted. Instead, he turned to people like Prince of Darkness Richard Perle and Douglas Feith (former registered lobbyists for Israel and Turkey), who gave him the answers he wanted to hear. What is the end result? I turn to Meyerson again: the United States, and the entire Western world, are engaged in a...

Will India's outsourcers rule China's
roost?

Will India's outsourcers rule China's
roost? 02/05/2005 09:57 PM
New report hints that India's tech services firms could play a role in consolidating China's software-outsourcing industry.

Florence Nightingale's pet owl comes
home to roost (Reuters)

Florence Nightingale's pet owl comes
home to roost (Reuters) 07/29/2004 08:24 AM
Reuters - Florence Nightingale, the crusading saviour of wounded soldiers who almost single-handedly turned nursing into a respected profession, had a soft side too.

In India, the WTO's TRIPS chickens come
home to roost

In India, the WTO's TRIPS chickens come
home to roost 03/24/2005 05:21 AM
India to their own citizens and to the rest of the developing world: "If you want to make a WTO omlette, you gotta break a few poor, sick people eggs."

IO-File-flock-0.10

IO-File-flock-0.10 04/26/2004 10:12 AM

Fewer tourists going to Scotland

Fewer tourists going to Scotland 08/08/2004 03:34 AM
Visitor numbers to Scotland show a surprise fall for the first three months of 2004.

For Wandering Tourists, Help From On
High

For Wandering Tourists, Help From On
High 06/09/2004 10:24 PM
Satellite-guided carts let visitors to San Francisco find their own way around the citys sights.

British tourists die in US crash

British tourists die in US crash 12/19/2004 03:03 PM
Three tourists are killed and four children badly hurt as their people carrier crashes into a fuel tanker in Florida.

Two New Space Tourists Announced

Two New Space Tourists Announced 12/18/2003 04:38 AM

Colombia tourists taken hostage

Colombia tourists taken hostage 12/25/2004 11:27 PM
Colombian guerrillas kidnap up to 40 tourists enjoying a Christmas break in northern Antioquia province.

Middlemen flock to eBay

Middlemen flock to eBay 06/28/2004 09:56 AM
globetechnology.com Jun 28 2004 2:36PM GMT

Flock of Birds Library 1.0.2

Flock of Birds Library 1.0.2 12/16/2003 04:06 PM
An interface to the Flock of Birds position and orientation measurement system.

Fans flock to FA Cup final

Fans flock to FA Cup final 05/22/2004 05:26 AM
Security is tight as 100,000 fans arrive in Cardiff for the Manchester United versus Millwall FA Cup final.

Study: More teens flock to the Web

Study: More teens flock to the Web 05/06/2004 02:41 PM
JupiterResearch predicts that the number of teenagers who go online in the United States will jump to 22 million in 2008.

Americans Flock to Get on NRA Blacklist

Americans Flock to Get on NRA Blacklist 10/29/2003 05:01 PM
Getchya Blacklist on "Actor Dustin Hoffman was so dismayed to find his name missing from the NRA's shadowy 19-page list of U.S. companies, celebrities, and news organizations seen as lending support to anti-gun policies that he wrote to the powerful pro-gun lobby group begging to be included. " You can join too!!

Satellite GPS guides tourists around
Appleby

Satellite GPS guides tourists around
Appleby 07/02/2004 01:24 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jul 2 2004 6:05AM GMT

Wireless Internet attracts tourists

Wireless Internet attracts tourists 06/12/2004 04:37 AM
Borneo Bulletin Jun 12 2004 8:32AM GMT

Tourists face compensation wait

Tourists face compensation wait 12/27/2004 10:54 AM
Many of the holidaymakers caught in the aftermath of the massive Asian earthquake are unlikely to get their money back.

Offspring of Krakatoa draws tourists

Offspring of Krakatoa draws tourists 05/15/2004 11:15 PM
AP via New Jersey Online May 16 2004 3:06AM GMT

UK tourists flee hurricane's path

UK tourists flee hurricane's path 09/09/2004 02:17 PM
Emergency evacuation is under way for British tourists on Caribbean islands threatened by Hurricane Ivan.

Welsh tourists in quake horror

Welsh tourists in quake horror 12/26/2004 12:50 PM
Holidaymakers caught up in the south east Asian disaster speak of their terror, while relatives at home wait for news.

India Woos Medical Tourists

India Woos Medical Tourists 02/15/2004 09:09 AM

Plan to protect stranded tourists

Plan to protect stranded tourists 07/20/2004 06:02 AM
The Civil Aviation Authority wants the government to introduce legislation that helps holidaymakers who are stranded if an airline folds.

Draft Guidelines for Space Tourists

Draft Guidelines for Space Tourists 03/28/2005 07:57 AM

Tourists talk of wave disaster

Tourists talk of wave disaster 12/29/2004 11:56 AM
Families holidaying in Asia describe the effect of the worst earthquake in the region for 40 years.

Workers Flock to Web to Say 'I Love
You!' (Reuters)

Workers Flock to Web to Say 'I Love
You!' (Reuters) 02/13/2004 04:00 PM
Reuters - U.S. workers this year are rushing to the Internet in droves, looking for the perfect Valentine gift to say "I love you," an online tracking firm said on Friday.

U.S. workers flock to Web to say "I love
you!" (Reuters)

U.S. workers flock to Web to say "I love
you!" (Reuters) 02/13/2004 04:06 PM
Reuters - U.S. workers this year are rushing to the Internet in droves, looking for the perfect Valentine gift to say "I love you," an online tracking firm has said.

Mobile giants flock to new 3G standard

Mobile giants flock to new 3G standard 01/05/2005 03:12 AM
Silicon Republic Jan 5 2005 6:13AM GMT

Wireline operators flock to WiMAX

Wireline operators flock to WiMAX 04/30/2004 07:49 AM
Major step forward

Users flock to satellite radio

Users flock to satellite radio 12/27/2004 03:53 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 27 2004 8:18PM GMT

Germans flock to see Hitler film

Germans flock to see Hitler film 09/17/2004 08:15 AM
More than 100,000 German filmgoers see a controversial movie about Adolf Hitler on its opening night.

Crowds flock to National Eisteddfod

Crowds flock to National Eisteddfod 07/31/2004 05:44 AM
Thousands of visitors are travelling to the opening day of this year's National Eisteddfod at Tredegar House in Newport.

Customers flock to cheap hotspots

Customers flock to cheap hotspots 05/07/2004 05:00 AM
ZDNet Australia May 7 2004 8:53AM GMT
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