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...Instead of choosing something like my cable box or DVD player, I simply press "Watch" then decide on a DVD or cable TV. The remote turns on all necessary devices, including the TV and the audio receiver. And because of a detailed Q&A process I went through during setup, it knows that when I press Volume Up, I want it to turn up the volume on the receiver, not the TV or cable box...
...remote's internal Wi-Fi will go download a schedule of upcoming shows. Also, the Wi-Fi can be used to stream music from a computer on your home network. The remote's dock can be connected to a stereo input of your audio receiver or boom box. If you install the included Media Manager software on a PC that has a lot of MP3s, you can dock the remote, pull up songs and play them. When used in conjunction with a product like the D-Link MediaLounge or Philips' own Wireless Media Adapter, you can conduct music through your...
Price-savvy shoppers look to big-box stores for bargains on everything from T-bones to tires. Will health insurance be next? Since 2003, Sam's Club has offered a free brokerage service to consumers in 48 states who are shopping for a health-insurance plan. Now Costco Wholesale Corp. is joining the market with a pilot program to sell medical coverage directly to consumers. In 34 Southern California stores this month, Costco will begin selling individual and family health insurance to its executive members--those who pay a $100 annual fee. The policies, in partnership with PacifiCare Health Systems...
...rejected for showings in China. Hollywood executives saw that as retaliation for the political incorrectness of Kundun, but an anonymous Chinese official quoted by the country's Xinhua news agency blandly attributed it to "a complicated issue." When Mulan finally hit Chinese theaters in 1999, it flopped at the box office, reportedly in part because the story was too Westernized. Although Disney doesn't reveal specific figures on its China business, a former executive who wished to remain anonymous says, "They're not doing any meaningful business at this point...
...really expected to believe that treating a detainee like a dog, depriving him of sleep and making him dance with a box over his head are going to lead to credible intelligence? I bet that most people, if treated in such a perverse manner for a prolonged period of time, would tell their interrogators what they wanted to hear. I find it significant that when Detainee 063 finally confessed to al-Qaeda involvement, he stated he was doing it "to get out of here." The interrogation techniques currently used by the U.S. on suspected terrorists appear unethical and outrageous...