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...fact, the wired home doesn't really exist. Not yet anyway. There are "smart" houses, to be sure, equipped with sensors that can tell when people are inside and can be programmed to adjust heat and lighting accordingly. There are also Internet-ready homes with network cabling, where you can simply plug in your computer in any room and be online. But these only tantalize us with hints of what technology...
...Smart textbooks that adjust their material to always make the reader feel very intelligent, or very patriotic, will be used with great caution until further research is done...
...through until the interest-rate cuts - which are all still in the pipeline - make their way into the economy. With the Fed acting aggressively and the stock market having stabilized to some degree, there's a good chance that consumers will keep spending. Americans are notoriously slow to adjust their lifestyles when the economy slows - they'd rather borrow more to keep living the good life they've been living. So we could see the small falloff in spending reverse itself without too much prodding...
...drive, the culprit may be a medicine that you're taking. Various blood-pressure medications, antidepressants, antihistamines, heart drugs and some antibiotics have been implicated in interfering with sex drive or performance. If there's a problem, check with your physician to see if it makes medical sense to adjust the dosage of your prescription...
...cost and little niceties. The Samsung came in first for its low $499 price, uncluttered controls and tall, sturdy stand. The $599 models from Philips and IBM tied for second. IBM's setup program produced the best picture quality without manual tweaking, while the Philips made it easy to adjust settings. NEC's MultiSync1530V ($549) looked sharp, but its controls were a little less intuitive. And while the $499 Viewsonic was the sveltest of all (just 5 in. deep) and the only model with built-in speakers, its flimsy stand and tinny sound turned...