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...Berners-Lee took his invention to the people. He posted a message to a newsgroup--a kind of electronic public-access bulletin board--announcing the existence of the "WorldWideWeb (WWW) project." The message included instructions on how to download the very first Web browser from the very first website, http://info.cern.ch. Berners-Lee's computer faithfully logged the exact second the site was launched...
...this thin, trim handheld is a well-focused success. You won't find any multimedia extras, not even an MP3 player, but you will get an unheard-of 10 hours of talk time, a sturdy metal stylus and a crisp 320x320-pixel display. The AT&T service lets you download data at a reasonable 40 kbps. My only quibble: at $549, plus at least $30 a month for Web and e-mail access, plus the cost of a voice plan, the W is no bargain...
...idiot factor derives most of its oomph from the fact that I have no MP3s. Really! Wait, no, I have five songs that friends sent over Instant Messenger, all of which I couldn’t find after they were sent. I don’t know how to download a song. In this day and age, this disability seems to be the equivalent of not being able to feed myself. I have no problem keeping up with musical trends. It’s musical formats that get me in trouble. In my salad days, I had a cassette-tape...
...somewhere nearby. And a cat, I think. But other than that, it was just us.” The result of the group’s self-isolation is a 10-song self-produced demo, mixed by Boch on his own computer. The demo (available for download on www.loveromp.com) is an intriguing amalgam of styles—what Boch calls “a document of where we are right...
...Concept: When closed, the kiosk is a sort of electronic bulletin board that displays information about events in the neighborhood, e-mailed in by local businesses. When someone approaches, the kiosk opens up so the user can recharge a mobile phone, download information from the Internet or, yes, even make a telephone call. The flowerlike structure also provides shelter and light (from the tips of its petals) while monitoring pollution. Says SHoP's Gregg Pasquarelli:"We see it as halfway between a tree and a piece of sculpture...