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...largest Internet provider is also the No. 1 conduit for spam, which may explain why each new version boasts ever more powerful spam protection. New mail controls let you set up custom filters, but they leave a lot of room for improvement. For example, you can create "allow" and "block" lists on AOL, but there's no shortcut for uploading an entire address book. You have to type or paste them in one by one. Nor can you autopopulate your allow list with each new person you e-mail. Your best bet may be to simply reshuffle your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Kick Out the Trash | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...that are smart enough to intercept a fair percentage of incoming junk mail before it lands in your In box. The junk is deposited into a separate folder from which you can retrieve messages that shouldn't have been blocked. True to its geeky heritage, Microsoft provides tools for custom filtering that offer users more flexibility than AOL's mail controls, though AOL is busy playing catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Kick Out the Trash | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

...Cadillac Escalade. Five of these luxury SUVs were stolen in March from a dealer's lot in Laguna Niguel, Calif.; four were found the next day missing only their wheels and tires. The thieves had cherry-picked the Escalades that were decked out with 22-in. custom rims, including some chrome Momos that retail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Parts: Hot Wheels | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Toyota is taking a different approach to the customization craze. Its new line of Gen Y-oriented Scions will hit dealer lots in June with a standard package that lets buyers choose from three wheel-cover designs--or pay $665 to upgrade to ritzier alloy rims. "A lot of people go right out and buy custom wheels," says spokeswoman Ming-Jou Chen. "We want to give them a choice from the factory." A choice, mind you, that is no bigger than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Parts: Hot Wheels | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

Meanwhile, American Racing, the country's biggest custom-wheel maker, has seen sales of its big wheels grow 40% over the past year and is preparing to launch a second plus-size line called Twenty Inches Strong. Like several of its competitors, the company, based in Rancho Dominguez, Calif., debuted a 26-in. wheel long before there was a "street-legal" tire to go with it. (South Korea's Kumho Industrial started shipping a 26-in. tire last month, the first to meet federal testing requirements.) The good news for Detroit is that big rims are finally maxing out. Bazo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Parts: Hot Wheels | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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