The flamboyant Republican George Bush Jr trashed him in every one of their TV debates, yet Al Gore never lost his nerve. He knew then what we all know now: it's not your TV image that counts, it's how good you are on the Net. The millions of 'wired workers' who visited his Internet Caucus web site in the run-up to the election are the voters who made Gore America's first IT president. MF
Thomas Bolts, a German computer whiz, cracked the communication network that links Ferrari team bosses to their drivers and effectively determined the result of the Austrian Grand Prix. Bolts was able to give false information to Ferrari's Marco Bortolami that led to the Italian making an unscheduled pit stop causing him to lose the race. DW
Richard Seed Jr, born on March 6, looks just like his daddy which isn't surprising, since he is his clone. In 1998, Richard Seed Sr, a Chicago physicist, declared his intention to create a human clone using his own DNA. The first product of his $10m complex in Tijuana, Mexico, is thus himself. JB
Microsoft has agreed to settle its long-running anti-trust case by divesting itself into four separate companies. Shareholders will receive one-for-one shares in the new companies. JM
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