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...Mitchell decided to turn his tractor into a rolling office. In 2002, he established a wireless network for the farm using specialized 2.4-GHz NavCom Safari Network radios for high-speed Internet access. As a result, Mitchell can surf the Web for weather conditions and stock prices and download aerial images from anywhere on the farm. Because the network also provides a mechanism for remote machine monitoring and controlling, he can check on his grain bins to see how the product is drying and even make transfers from miles away. "Last fall, someone came with a load of grain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change Agent: Farm Of the Future | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...looks like a checkbook. But you'll want to open the Pocket Surfer, a new 6in. by 3in. portable Internet device from DataWind, a small tech shop based in Montreal. On most pdas and cell phones, Web pages are crunched and reformatted and take too long to download. On the Pocket Surfer, however, pages look just like those on your laptop: pictures, links, even pop-up ads (fortunately, the Pocket Surfer lets you quash those nuisances with a single button). And it's easy to set up. DataWind gives you an adapter to plug into your cell phone, which connects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Briefs: Web on the Run | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...Know It's Christmas?, and Geldof's resurrection of the song--featuring contemporary stars like Robbie Williams and Chris Martin from Coldplay--came out in Europe last week and is a hit again (it's available in the U.S. as an import at music chain stores and as a download from bandaid20.com) Proceeds will again help starving Africans, especially those in Sudan's Darfur region, where fighting between rebels and government-backed militias has left 70,000 dead and more than 2 million homeless in what Washington calls genocide. The new version of the song is mellower than the original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do They Know It's Simplistic | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...good Rasterbation of your favorite celebrity, athlete or Harvard President. In place of the conventional adoration we give President Summers, the Rasterbator offers a whole new way to glorify Larry: digitally, and on your wall. And it’s easier than getting any other face-time with Summers. Download his mug from his official website and Rasterbate at will. It will come out something like the image to the right...

Author: By Aviva J. Gilbert, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rasterbate More | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

During this semester, the Ivory Towers website has received 14, 269 hits, a surprisingly high level, considering the program has never been broadcast, and is available only by downloading from the internet. Although there are only three downloadable episodes of between twenty and thirty minutes long on the program’s website, two more episodes currently in the works should be available for download by the start of Christmas break...

Author: By Mary CATHERINE Brouder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivory Towers Ups Presence | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

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