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...predicts. "It will all be happening in the next nine months." A former venture capitalist, Mao engineered Sina's creation by arranging a merger between a U.S. Internet start-up and a Chinese software company. Soon he may preside over its resale. Mao contemplates the latest street buzz: AOL is rumored to be trying to acquire community portal Netease, while Microsoft is said to be eyeing Sina. Across town, Charles Zhang, the founder of rival Sohu, is fighting to prevent a humiliating ejection from NASDAQ after Sohu's share price sank below $1 recently...
...better, an Internet connection and a free, downloadable player for streaming audio - I use RealPlayer because it's compatible with my iMac and most radio sites - and you can wander the world as you wander the Web. I have a DSL connection, but sometimes I log on via AOL through my telephone line, a route I especially recommend during the dinner hour. You can eat along with, say, the moody jazz and classical music of The Blue of the Night, which airs from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dublin time on Ireland's Lyric FM, and thwart pesky telemarketers...
Chat with Dan Kadlec about the future of the economy on AOL at 7 p.m. E.T. on 3/21. Keyword: Live
...wireless, voice-prompted phone service and Internet access to a customized menu of news, sports and stock portfolios. Just say the word stocks, news or weather--or the word dial when you want to place a call--and the onboard computer fetches. Access is limited (you can't get AOL, for example), and there's a lag in news and sports scores, because they are first read into the system by real people. E-mail, on the other hand, is instantly "verbalized" using text-to-speech software that recites your mail in that eerie, intonation-free televoice. Phone charges range...
...Thomas L. Friedman expounded upon the dangers of the "globalization of technology." He warned of the "super-empowered angry men," such as the terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center, who had capitalized on the proliferation of technology to orchestrate the devastating bombing. "Now, you don't just have AOL-America Online, but you also have JOL-Jihad Online!" The class erupted with laughter...