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...three times the storage space. It can read older discs and is a cinch to use. Since Zips first appeared, though, the rewritable CD (CDRW) and external hard drive have moved into Zip's territory. Do you need the 750? Depends on how much you love the format. CDRW drives can be bought for half the price, and the discs offer nearly as much storage space (up to 700 MB) for a fraction of the cost (80[cents] vs. $12.49). Moreover, Panasonic is slated to release a memory card by year's end that will hold as much...
...Yorque. In print he might have signed himself Fred Nash, except that it lacks class, rhythm, torque. And if, like his mother and aunts, he had initialized his first name, Nash's literary rise might have been imperiled Since the F. Middle-name Last-name format had been copyrighted by Scott Fitzgeriled. When he was a lad he suffered a severe eye infection that required him to be in the dark for a year, So his mother schooled him in the classics, which helped him develop an imposing memory, not to mention the ability to read by ear. Being...
...single drove the chevy to the levee, and the levee is now officially dry. Following a 40% drop in 2001, sales of singles on CD and tape are down 67% so far in 2002, putting the format on the fast track to extinction. It's not just consumer apathy; many major labels have simply stopped manufacturing singles, which retail for about $4, figuring that if consumers really want to hear a song and have no other choice, they will just fork over $18.99 for an entire album. Some consumers have even resorted to downloading the songs they want for free...
...Swiss facing a rough ride? "In its present format, yes," Moser says. "This airline was created on a purely emotional wave of nationalism, with no sound business plan. One key shortcoming is that with 41 long-haul destinations, Swiss is too big for a small country." But Garelli says Swiss chose the right strategy. "There is no future for a small country if it cannot guarantee a certain number of international point-to-point routes," he says...
...Meyer: an inspired huckster with a gift for literary bombast. His memoir "A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King" is a marvel of evocative high-comic writing. And stay tuned for the sequel!) So Meyer, deciding it was "time to bust out of the industrial film format," concocted a black-and-white Bible-bustin' tract called "Lorna...