Author: Michael Vox
Date: 15:48:26 03/18/02
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_500300.html?menu=news.technology Chess player banned for hiding mini-computer in his mac A chess player has been banned from a tournament in Italy for using a mini computer hidden in his mac. The credit card-sized computer is used to train chess players with impaired sight. Renato Scarenzio concealed the computer in his raincoat pocket, but was spotted by judges. The 64-year-old has been banned from the 17th Open International Tournament in Nice, The Times reports. Eric Mouret was the judge who spotted the battery-powered device, believed to be a Novag Sapphire. He said: "I saw him playing with his mac on, and he kept putting his hand in his pocket." The Novag Sapphire is made in Hong Kong. A spokesman for British distributor, Swallowtail Ltd, said: "It is the smallest on the market for that type of covert operation. But that is not what it is designed for." Story filed: 08:44 Monday 21st January 2002
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