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...Mighty Mouse-whose packaging contains an acknowledgement to the Viacom-copyrighted super-rodent of the same name -is Apple's first two-button, scrolling mouse. For Mac users, this whole thing probably seems confusing-clicking and dragging seems to have gotten them far enough. For those reared on Windows, the absence of a right-click option and an inability to roll pages up and down are probably just as dumbfounding...
...family members and friends. The basic service is free, or $100 annually for heavy usage. Short Takes Cheap And Compact At less than half a kilogram, the JVC GR-D250 is 30% smaller than previous models. It has a handy digital battery monitor and is just $300 The Magic Button On top of its Super NightShot feature for low light, Sony's DCR-HC32 (about $400) has an "easy" button that switches the cam into automatic mode Looking Sharp For about $300, Canon's ZR100 includes a wide-screen recording mode and an advanced optical zoom for effective close...
KIDS CAN FISH TOO Concerned that angling might seem drab to the Xbox generation, manufacturers are designing snazzy stuff that is child friendly. The $30 JetCast 3.0, a plastic intro pole, lets even the smallest novices push a button to eject a line 30 ft. out over the water, then reel in a wriggling prize. A safety feature ensures that it doesn't launch inadvertently. This toylike tool suits tykes, not teens...
Ridley's version (Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T.) retains many of the characters, like shop owner Calvin, who is played by Omar Gooding rather than Ice Cube, a producer of the series. But the stories rely much more on the social-button-pushing aspects of the movie. In the second episode, the shop's gentrifying Chicago neighborhood gets a franchise of a black rap star's clothing chain called Niggaz. (The chain, the narration explains, is "the value-priced version of his high-end store, Uppity Niggaz, in Beverly Hills.") One character argues that the store empowers black people by taking...
Within minutes of his conversation with former Miami Commissioner Arthur Teele Jr., Miami Herald columnist Jim DeFede realized his friend, who was deep in the middle of legal problems and a criminal probe, was in great distress. DeFede instinctively pressed the record button on the tape recorder by his home phone...