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...Internet appliance" is a buzz word that's been in bad odor since the demise of 3Com's ill-fated Audrey counter-top device. But the idea of a thin little computer that's good only for surfing the Web refuses to die. Now there's a new, low-cost surfing machine on the block, the Prismiq MediaPlayer ($250). More than just a Web browser that grabs news and weather reports from the Internet, this book-size gadget can also pull any songs, photos or videos that you've got stored on your PC's hard drive and play them...
...believes that al-Qaeda recruiters are aggressively enrolling youths like the Jabarahs, with U.S., Canadian or Western European passports and good command of the English language and the North American interior. While the network had always tried to recruit people with U.S. and other Western passports, FBI counter-terrorism chief Larry Mefford recently revealed that al-Qaeda was "refocusing its efforts" to sign on disaffected Americans, green-card holders and Muslims who had spent time in the U.S. as students or visitors who had a good command of English and a working knowledge of American society and culture. This effort...
Administration officials have a further concern about where all these questions are leading. They fear that any problem with the prewar intelligence could undermine Bush's ability to continue his muscular campaign against terrorism overseas. The Administration has argued that to counter new kinds of threats posed by terrorists, rogue states and WMD, it has to be able to act pre-emptively. But pre-emption requires excellent intelligence, and the whole doctrine is undermined if the intelligence is wrong--or confected. "Intelligence takes on an even more important role than in the past because you can't wait until...
...July 22, 10 p.m. E.T.), about two plastic surgeons, one cynical and one idealistic, includes one of the most gruesome scenes outside pay cable: a tour-de-force facial reconstruction that includes a doctor whacking a chisel into a patient's nose. In part, Murphy sees Nip/Tuck as a counter to the bust-boosting boosterism of Extreme...
...with the medical crisis caused by soaring malpractice-insurance premiums. A Massachusetts man offered this do-it-yourself solution: "Why can't patients purchase malpractice insurance when they walk into a hospital, just as people buy flight insurance before they take a flight? Maybe the sight of an insurance counter in the lobby of a hospital wouldn't be too reassuring, but neither is a doctor shortage." A Michigan reader echoed the idea: "I'm all for taking the lawyers out of the equation. In advance of nonemergency, non-life-threatening surgeries, let patients insure themselves. Those who choose...