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...just ogling the cool blue taskbar and gorgeous 3D icons the afternoon Microsoft announced - very, very quietly - that there would be no Java support built into XP. When the final version is launched, if you really truly want to use Java you'll have to go to Microsoft.com, download a patch and alter the security settings of Explorer. Not too difficult for true believers, but way too much effort for the average user who thinks more about java at Starbucks than when he's sitting in front...
...quickly ditch the jewel in Sun's crown and start using XML, which forms the basis of Microsoft's .Net software. Much the same thing is happening with the XP version of Windows Media Player, which Microsoft has just announced will support the MP3 format - as long as you download a plug-in and pay an extra $15 for the privilege, that is. Otherwise, all your WMP digital music will be in Microsoft's proprietary format...
...Caprio, he is busy filming Gangs of New York and hasn't okayed Kim's idea. But the Korean promoter thinks he'll come through. After all, millions of teenagers are on hold for download...
...craze. Like Pokémon, the animated TV show brings the characters and plot twists to life. Like Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh demands careful strategy to decide which cards to pit against one another. Because you need 40 cards to play the game (players download characters into a Game Boy by inserting the codes printed on real cards), it also plays to kids' penchant for collecting. And though the Game Boy version can be played alone, it's more fun to challenge someone else. "Japan used to be a place where all the neighborhood kids played together," says...
...When someone tells me that they stayed up reading one of my books till two in the morning or finished it walking along the street on the way to work or went to a lot of trouble to download it and print it out because they wanted to know what happened next, that's when I really think I've achieved something...