Headlines from December 22, 2000

A well-condensed history of the year as a tale of young vs. old.
Lucent lowers expectations for the 3rd time.
Game Boy sales clobber every other console.
iXL will raise cash by selling one million shares.
Bush names a senator who lost to a dead man as Att. General.
'N Sync's slaves may mine gold for Microsoft with new partnership (real question: Ballmer singing backup?).
Butterflies & Rainbows: new monitors harness optical interference.
After 500K years of processing time, SETI is showing a bell curve of signals.
Interview with Arnaud Mercier from Elixir Studios @ RadioFreeTokyo.
Juxt launches Billabong.
The Ninja Tune assassin strikes again with XenCuts.
Why has Plutarch moved from center stage to the wings? Can fashion be so cruel?
True environmentalists eat their own wrapping paper.