RS-232 devices may be classified as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) or Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE); this defines at each device which wires will be sending and receiving each signal. According to the standard, male connectors have DTE pin functions, and female connectors have DCE pin functions.
Macaulay Culkin is NOT dead: Rumors about the former child star revealed to be false. A story that child star Macaulay Culkin had been found dead has proven to be false. Just seven months after a similar rumor found its way on the Internet, some outlets reported that the body of the Home Alone star was discovered in his New York City Apartment on Friday.
Bang Showbiz. Brittany Murphy's death certificate has been released. The 'Clueless' actress-who was married to screenwriter Simon Monjack-was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles when she passed away aged 32 on December 20. However, the official document lists the cause of her death as deferred and the manner of death as pending investigation. Her father Angelo Bertolotti, with whom she was estranged, is also not listed on the certificate instead it claims he is unknown.