Word: flash
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...design drama is the possibility that Apple may jump in, which could both legitimize the category and add a killer competitor. Now that CEO Steve Jobs has modified the Mac operating system for the iPhone, he could use that slimmed-down version for other mobile devices. Apple could employ flash memory instead of a standard hard disc, extending a mini Mac's battery life and allowing it to start up quickly, like a phone. A Jobs subnotebook would likely be bigger than FlipStart's but smaller than a laptop. Apple would have a distinct software advantage, given its focus...
...February. In Dakar's popular Sicap Baobab district, the normally packed Toucan restaurant was empty and quiet, save for the voice of local pop star Cheikh Lô coming from speakers above the bar. In 1996 Lô hit international fame with Né La Thiass (Gone in a Flash), which warned about sudden changes of destiny. With Senegal emerging from a tumultuous election, the most keenly contested in its history, that lyric is timely again, echoing sentiment about the country's tippy democratic traditions and life under newly re-elected 80-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade...
Gibson's success has been seen as a vindication of old-fashioned gravitas over flash. Which is fair enough; Gibson is a trustworthy anchor heading a good, consistent newscast--Sanka to Couric's espresso. But while he may have struck a blow for TV's past, his success and Couric's struggle may not be the best sign for the evening news' future...
Nipples are so three years ago. Janet Jackson's 2004 flash at the Super Bowl reawoke the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to decency issues and left producers scouring TV footage for too droopy bathing suits. A few fines and a lot of blurred-out prime-time flesh later, the bare-breast buzz has faded from the headlines...
...subsidies - because most of its nations refused to back his Iraq invasion. Since then, much of the region has turned leftward and anti-U.S. Bush was reminded about this at each stop of his five-nation tour - and each time his initial reaction was to hunch his shoulders, flash that exasperated look and angrily deny...