Headlines from December 14, 2000

FTC approves AOL/TW merger.
Change that password! Companies are frequently hacked by former or current employees.
How X will work with W: the new President's initiatives for online smut (he favors library filtering).
Organic (270), RealNames (1/3), and Bigstep (34) pass out pink slips.
MarchFirst finds $150M to stay alive (looks like they're moving into Union Square after all).
Sony wants to have 1.3M PS2s in stores by Jan. 1. [wsj]
Why language advocacy is bad for the Perl community.
Sonic360 offers all the sushi you can handle.
Whiskey, cigarettes, and Chopin: the Polish government wants to rein in Chopin's brand.
PixelIndustries is yet another online design company.
Some nice photography at blurred Berlin.