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...Harvard Rugby Football Club launched itself into the national spotlight this weekend in Stanford, Calif. as it upset two higher-seeded teams at USA Rugby’s Sweet 16 Tournament, the equivalent of an NCAA championship tournament...
...dollars to deliver fancy 3G data services over your cell phone or laptop at slower rates and steeper fees. Yet there's no proof consumers will pay. "No wireless data-only network in the world has ever made money," warns Andrew Seybold, a wireless analyst based in Los Gatos, Calif. That so many have rushed to invest in Wi-Fi is, he predicts, "the next dotcom disaster...
...sidewalk for all to see. "The beauty of Wi-Fi is that it is so decentralized," says Anthony Townsend, an N.Y.U. professor who runs a network of 141 free access points called NYCwireless. Even Brilliant keeps his home Wi-Fi network open, and is happy for his Mill Valley, Calif., neighbors...
...biggest media mogul you've never heard of. Born in Egypt and reared in Israel, Haim Saban is the self-made billionaire who turned an offbeat Japanese kids' TV show into a global franchise: the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He lives on a six-acre estate in Beverly Hills, Calif., and keeps a fairly low profile. So why is he buying a group of major German TV networks and a film library...
Biotech firm Chiron has grown briskly in recent years, with last year's revenue up 14% over 2001's, to $1.3 billion. Yet its future looks uncertain; few of its new drugs are close to reaching market. So the firm, based in Emeryville, Calif., has made Pien, 45, its new CEO. Born in China and reared in the Bronx, Pien has run GlaxoSmithKline's international operations for two years and is expected to help Chiron extend its global reach. Analysts say his toughest task will be building up the product pipeline...