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...Carly Fiorina wants a $25 billion marriage with Compaq--the largest tech merger ever--to avoid being squeezed between Dell (the personal-computer giant) and IBM (a leader in tech services and server computers). But certain key shareholders--including the children of HP's garage-dwelling founders and geek-world deities Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard--think the proposed merger is the equivalent of two stumbling drunks trying to prop each other...
...Britney, she is certainly comfortable on camera, and her Stepford radiance is easy on the eyes. But Tamra Davis' movie stinks. It's about three Louisiana teens--the geek, the freak and the princess--and Britney plays the geek. Escorted by a dude with 'tude (Anson Mount), they go West in search of stardom, performing their sassy act in bars and discovering that sisterhood is booty-full...
...average age was probably 13 and there were more pairs of square, black-rimmed glasses than a Buddy Holly look-alike contest, one wouldn’t expect a band to rock, but that’s exactly what it did. Playing their unique brand of “Geek Rock” made popular in the early ’90s, Weezer swept the adoring fans off their feet and bodysurfing into the air on the hands of the crowd...
Scott Shriner, the stand-in bassist, did an excellent job performing with the three veterans. Though his lines blended perfectly into the songs, his tight shirt and muscles didn’t quite fit with the geek look of the band. Drummer Patrick Wilson started playing the wrong song once, but shrugged it off easily. Rhythm guitarist Brian Bell played a tremendous set, while Rivers Cuomo effortlessly sang his part. His brilliant lyrics touched the crowd by evoking the universal experience of being un-cool...
Bobby Schaefer, 50, of San Diego is no computer geek--she designs and knits sweaters for a living--but when she ordered broadband Internet access, she thought she had done her homework. She talked to her friends and the employees at a local CompUSA store to figure out which kind of service--cable modem, digital subscriber line or satellite--made the most sense. But when she finally made the call, she was plunged into a netherworld of bureaucracy. Charges appeared on her phone bill even before she had officially ordered DSL, just for having asked about it. The company from...