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...2hr.46min. film Ratnam lays out the story with cool assurance, making room for five Rahman songs, all worth further hearings. (I can't stop humming the wedding song, and don't want to.) Dance numbers aren't crucial to a Ratnam movie, but there are a few here anyway. Ash's big number is a compendium of Bollywood visual tropes (no, let's be honest and say cliches): she dances in the rain, through a temple, by a waterfall, moving with more energy than rhythm and getting whiplashed by her pigtail. Much more satisfying is an early turn...
...After six hours in the air, the pilots changed course several times on approach-a necessity in a war zone where C17s have been shot at. But pilots are by nature a cool lot: when one of the Air Force's highest-ranking generals, Lt. Gen. Gene Renuart, popped up to the cockpit, they spent a more than an hour shooting the breeze with him. Then the pilots armed the countermeasures to defend the aircraft in case it was attacked, the interior lights were dimmed, and only the green glow of military lights shined on the Silver Bullet...
...iPhone started out the way a lot of cool things do: as something completely different. A few years ago, Steve Jobs noticed how many development dollars were being spent--particularly in the greater Seattle metropolitan area--on what are called tablet PCs: flat portable computers that work with a touch screen instead of a mouse and keyboard. Jobs, being Jobs, was curious. He had some Apple engineers noodle around with a touch screen. When they showed him what they came up with, he got excited...
...iPhone developed the way a lot of cool things do: with a notion. A few years ago Jobs noticed how many development dollars were being spent-particularly in the greater Seattle metropolitan area-on what are called tablet PCs: flat, portable computers that work with a touchscreen instead of a mouse and keyboard. Jobs, being Jobs, figured he could do better, so he had Apple engineers noodle around with a better touchscreen. When they showed him the screen they came up with, he got excited. So excited that he thought he had the beginnings of a new product...
...just that it understands its limits. Data mining works well if Osama bin Laden decides to renew his Visa card or cash in his frequent flier miles. But bin Laden, like most terrorists, has dropped off the digital grid. To find him you need a warm body, not just cool gear...