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...Early evaluations of Microsoft's Pocket PC say it's good but not likely to be the "Palm killer" some were expecting. There's also a joint venture of the software firm Psion, Nokia, Ericsson, Japan's Matsushita and Motorola called Symbian that was designed to keep Microsoft at bay. Although there have been some cracks in the alliance--Ericsson has said it will put a Microsoft browser in its phones--Symbian will probably remain a counterweight to Gates & Co. Also crimping Microsoft's plans: AOL, whose newly released Netscape 6.0 browser may be adapted for wireless handhelds...
...Smith recommends taking steps such as checking the ventilation in apartments to reduce the amount of outside air coming in, avoiding busy traffic areas late in the day (when pollution tends to be at its worst), and investing in air filters to keep the bulk of airborne aggravators at bay...
...among the heretics. So it was that Wall Street continued to rally as the Fed voted to raise short-term rates not just 25 but 50 basis points at its meeting Tuesday, the latest attempt to hamstring the swaggering U.S. economy just enough to keep inflation at bay. Businesses, especially capital-intensive ones like the dot-coms, have no love of more expensive money. But Father Greenback has sold the markets on his firm hand, says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl, and a full half-point hike was the only way for Greenspan to reward that confidence...
...government and its Nigerian allies. The only way in was through a single Nigerian ECOMOG helicopter that was still flying in. I had to bribe my way onto the last flight of the day. As we flew over the sea, you could see dozens of corpses floating in the bay, and the city burning in the distance...
Intrigued by this tale, Erik's eldest son Leif, sometime between 997 and 1003, decided to sail westward to find the new land. First, say the sagas, the crew came to a forbidding land of rocks and glaciers. Then they sailed on to a wooded bay, where they dropped anchor for a while. Eventually they continued south to a place he called Vinland ("wineland," probably for the wild grapes that grew there). Leif and his party made camp for the winter, then sailed home. Members of his family returned in later years, but Leif never did. Erik died shortly after...