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...Cooper is one of the World Economic Forum's 2005 Technology Pioneers who are helping the next generation of broadband and portable communications conquer the world. Along with other upstarts like Britain's Frontier Silicon, Israel's Wisair and Cornice from the U.S., ArrayComm is working to improve technologies already in use - like wi-fi and 3G - in order to give people wire-free access to e-mail and the Internet, and to provide them with cheap phone calls in the U.S., Europe, China and Korea, among other places. Between the four of them, they're pretty much covering...
...original settlers on the frontier (read: 1700’s frontier frontier, not Prada and Paltrow fashion frontier) wore moccasins for which they had bartered with the Indians, knowing that the shoes had been designed for comfort and wear. These moccasins were made from real buffalo-hide. Today, those practical measures for wear are certainly obsolete, as most moccasins are made with low-grade suede and can be obtained for around...
...President Pervez Musharraf's government has done little to capture the many Taliban commanders who have fled into hiding in the country, according to Afghan officials and Taliban fighters and sympathizers in the frontier Pakistani cities of Quetta and Peshawar. Those exiles include Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed mullah who formerly led the Taliban. Pakistan's reluctance, according to a senior Kabul official, stems from its "nostalgia" for when Afghanistan was firmly within its orbit of influence. Letting the Taliban remain free gives Pakistan a card to play if or when the U.S. decides to vacate Afghanistan. "If money...
What's left to conquer when you've created a multibillion-dollar, universally recognized fashion empire? For designer Ralph Lauren, the final frontier of branding may just be found at the post office--in Jamaica, that is. This week the government of Jamaica will issue a commemorative stamp, above, featuring Lauren, the first American to be so honored. A visitor to the island for more than 20 years, Lauren is a recognized supporter of several local causes. But this is the real stamp of approval...
...Mexico as a staging area "to acquire end- stage chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material." U.S. officials have begun to keep a closer eye on heavy-truck traffic across the border. The Mexicans will also focus on flight schools and aviation facilities on their side of the frontier. And another episode has some senior U.S. officials worried: the theft of a crop-duster aircraft south of San Diego, apparently by three men from southern Mexico who assaulted a watchman and then flew off in a southerly direction. Though the theft's connection to terrorism remains unclear, a senior...