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...would-be four-star palaces, places where morsels of fennel confit repose in their pools of lemon jus, where there's almost as much Prada on the clientele as there is at most Prada stores and where the wine list has bottles that cost more than a six-disc CD player. At these prices, it's not enough to sell just food. Atmosphere, cachet, sex appeal, status--all those are on the menu too, and it's largely the job of the decor to provide them. (Or to lure the crowd that completes the picture.) This is why restaurants...
...homework and can safely surf the Net, thanks to the ContentProtect Internet filtering program. Built by the European PC maker Medion, the $599 PC (plus $299 for the 14.1-in. monitor) features a 2.66 GHz Intel Celeron processor, a 40-GB hard drive, 256 MB of memory and a CD burner. And there's an array of matching accessories, including a 1.3-megapixel digital camera ($79) and a game controller...
...FitzGerald) and percussion (Schutzinger) defy description. But over the course of three years, one album and legions of live shows, the Sydney band has created countless sounds tracks in search of a movie. Then last year, while watching the rushes of Somersault in Jindabyne, director Shortland was handed their CD by music supervisor Norman Parkhill, and the sound chimed with her vision. "Do you know that Icelandic band Mumm?" Shortland says. "We were listening to them as well, and Bj?rk, and Goldfrapp, so there's a lot of sampling of that Austrian mountain music...
Here's how it works: first you load your CDs, one at a time, into the CD player. It takes about five minutes to rip each disc and convert tracks into MP3s. Then each time you play a song, you can either mark it as a favorite (using the "+" button on the remote) or give it a thumbs-down (with the "--" button). The uMusic system stores your preferences, then creates customized presets that play songs you have indicated you like, as well as tunes from your collection that have a similar mood, melody or genre. It makes these calculations using...
...bikes. Data from JD Powers show that the median age for sports-bike owners is 30, but for cruisers and touring bikes, which offer more comfort and luxury, it is 45 and 50, respectively. Older riders opt for add-ons besides a comfy seat and a windshield, like a CD player with wraparound stereo and an intercom to keep the couple connected on the bike...