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...hard lines. In developing countries, where it's usually easier to install wireless connections than to lay cables, the number of new cell-phone customers has been soaring for years. "They skipped a whole stage of evolution," says Michael Erbschloe of Computer Economics, a technology-research company in Carlsbad, Calif. That's good news for companies like Verizon, which is part-owned by Vodafone, the world's most popular wireless provider and a dominant player in Africa, where cell-phone subscriptions more than doubled...
...privacy advocates who placed the U.S. in the vulnerable position it was in on that fateful day. Is there risk of potential abuse? Possibly, but it's a small price to pay for the increased effectiveness of those burdened with the responsibility of our nation's security. TOM TUCKER Carlsbad, Calif...
...will be a lot safer when it forgoes the rule of "might makes right" in its international affairs and supports the United Nations in its efforts to resolve international disputes fairly. The world is too interconnected to solve international problems while peering through the lens of nationalism. NEIL BEZAIRE Carlsbad, Calif...
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, a leading golf-equipment company based in Carlsbad, Calif., found that when its traveling sales reps showed up at local pro shops, they spent an inordinate amount of time on their visit just checking on inventory and handling paperwork. The main reason TaylorMade wanted them in the field, though, was to talk to the pros and sell new merchandise...
FASTPACK As if undergoing treatment for prostate cancer weren't bad enough, men usually have to wait up to a week for results of tests to determine whether or not their tumor has returned. In June the FDA approved FastPack, an automated blood analyzer designed by Qualigen of Carlsbad, Calif., that measures in as little as 15 minutes the level of prostate-specific antigen found in a blood sample. The FDA concluded, however, that there weren't enough data to approve FastPack as a screening tool for the general population...