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From the outside it looks like an ordinary wristwatch. But tucked inside Edge Memory's DiskGO! Watch Flash Drive are 256 MB of memory that you can use to store digital pictures, school reports or any other files to take on the go. To copy them to or from a computer, just pluck the neatly hidden USB cable out of the wristband and plug it into any Mac or PC. The watch shows up as another storage device on your computer. Even better, no driver or software is needed unless you want to password-protect your data...
NOKIA N-GAGE GAME DECK If you're hooked on video games but don't ever want to be out of reach, this is your phone. The N-Gage ($299) combines crisp color graphics with a GSM mobile phone for worldwide reception. Game titles are stored on MMC flash-memory cards, which can also be used to load MP3 tracks into the onboard RealOne player. The first games to hit the market will include Tony Hawk (Activision), Lara Croft (Eidos) and lots of furry critters from Sega...
Though iPods are still the gold standard for MP3 players, at nearly 6 oz. they can be a chore to jog with. Flash memory players are often smaller, but they can hold only a fraction of the 10-GB iPod's 2,500 song capacity. Enter the Rio Nitrus Mini Jukebox ($299), a 1.5-GB MP3 player with a slim profile that can still hold 400 titles. Nitrus gets 16 hours of battery life--twice the iPod's--and the included Sennheiser earbuds give great sound...
...tensions between India's Hindus and Muslims [Aug. 11]: I would note that India's majority Hindus and the government are not entirely responsible for the Muslims' troubles. Various Muslim organizations receive funding from abroad to promote segregation, fundamentalism and terrorist activities. The Muslim hinterlands have been flash points for communal clashes. In Bangladesh and Pakistan, unpublicized atrocities are meted out by Muslims on minority Hindus. And there is always the example of Kashmir to heighten the ire of those who are predisposed to zealotry. Ever since the creation of an independent India and separate Pakistan, lives have been lost...
...star in the fall campaign for Zegna after seasons of using "the model of the moment," she says. "Teenagers, anorexic men, very fragile human beings, all aesthetics that were more fashion victim than the reality of the brand, which is about authenticity." Brody, she says, brought "not only flash and muscles but a more intimate and strong personality...