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Last week my wife bought a house, the former home of a vintner, in the village of Autignac, at the foothills of the southern Cevennes in Languedoc-Roussillon. The area is part of the Faugeres wine region. There she hopes to run a small bed and breakf...

I used to be fairly skeptical about claims cell phone towers might be a health hazard. I'm still skeptical, but in a different way. I am now shocked to discover that there really hasn't been any scientific studies done on the long term health effects...

In a new book aimed at the executive and budding entrepreneur, Bermuda Stock Exchange cohorts Arthur Sculley and William Woods have tackled the timely subject of business-to-business exchanges on the Internet. B2B Exchanges: The Killer Application in...

On the cusp of the changeover to 2000, there's uncertainty, unease, fear and even a certain thrill about whether the Year 2000 bug, known as Y2K, is going to cause technological disaster and destruction. I've checked out my computer for Y2K problems ...

As IBM's Fastgate airport clearance system wasn't a hit in Bermuda because of problems with the electronics, the Department of Immigration could be checking out a new hands-on method of clearing frequent flyers through the gate quickly. The new syste...

This column continues with its quick round up of gifts for geeks. Remember, you can go to many Internet sites that review some of the choices, or which offer more suggestions. A good start is www.zdnet.com for independent reviews of computers, softwa...

What to give your local geek for Christmas is always a gamble in a world where new gadgets are being rolled out of the factory at an alarming and confusing rate. Here are some of the suggestions from the many toys on offer, none of which anyone reall...

I subjected myself to three exhibitions/conferences in London last week, two of stunning eye-glazing intensity and one of more interest. The first was the WorkPlace '99 exhibition which promised to bring visitors a vision of the workplace of the futu...

Bermuda's answer to online company registration is due to be unleashed "hopefully in the new year'' according to Registrar of Companies Jeremy Cox. This project has been in the works for about two years with Paragon Bermuda which is involved in creat...

Congratulations to Bermuda-based Terra Nova Holdings for winning the Financial Times International Business Web Site of 1999 award for best financial services company on the Internet. The competition, in its third year, is sponsored by UUNET, the Int...