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...engaged in unlawful belligerency against the U.S.," a White House official told TIME. "As soon as people understand the military commissions are going to be for really bad people, they'll be more comfortable." Among the venues reportedly being considered for the trials: Guam, Midway or the deck of U.S. warships in international waters--which would provide security and convenience...
...want to take a cell phone on vacation or stash one with their emergency flashlight. One of the first to market will be the Hop-On Wireless (shown here) priced at $30 for 30 min. of talk time. To keep costs down, the device (about the size of a deck of cards) contains only a quarter of the components found in a typical cell phone. It doesn't take incoming calls, and there's no keypad or display. Instead, users plug in an earpiece (included) and speak the number aloud; voice-recognition technology converts the sounds into digits and places...
...S40CP BOOMBOX Home audio may be exploring new dimensions with six-speaker DVD surround sound, but there's still no substitute for a good, solid boom box. Sony's latest can even play MP3s on CD, and it hasn't forgotten the value of a good old-fashioned tape deck. www.sonystyle.com...
EXPENSIVE $399 APPLE IPOD Once again, the folks who brought us the iMac have seized the design-and-engineering high ground. The elegant, stunningly easy-to-use iPod is the size of a deck of cards yet can hold 1,000 songs. Apple can't say if or when it will let Windows users join the fun. www.apple.com/ipod...
...Once on board, travelers should feel safer. The measure mandates that flight deck doors must be strengthened and kept locked during flights. More air marshals will travel on planes; their presence will be required on certain flights deemed "high risk." Pilots and crew will attend training courses on how to deal with hijackers, and the Transportation Department can authorize the use of weapons in cockpits. (United Airlines is ahead of the curve on that count; this week the company made stun guns available to its pilots...