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...claims he understands absolutely nothing about wireless technology--leads his students through a brisk review before an exam, pulling images of Greek urns off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. He makes extensive use of what's called a Smart Board, a high-tech blackboard that throws a giant version of Rush's laptop screen on the wall. It's touch-sensitive, so he can point and click on the board with his hand, navigating from urn to urn, zooming in on images when he wants to highlight a detail. He even uses his index finger to draw lines...
That's exactly what the employees at iAnywhere Solutions, a unit of Sybase headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, are trying to figure out. About 18 months ago the company, which makes software for handheld devices, plunged headlong into the wireless world by turning its entire campus into a giant wi-fi hot spot. Employees--mostly in marketing and product development--with wi-fi--enabled laptops (about half the 250 full-time staff at headquarters) can access the Web at lightning speed from anywhere in the building, no wires necessary...
...Indian politician. "God has given me everything," Mallya tells the audience. "Money, big houses, fame. I want nothing more-except the chance to serve you." The crowd listens politely and begins to drift away-until the techno music starts to pound. A green laser beam projects images on a giant screen: first a map of India, then objects of desire, such as washing machines and pickup trucks. Dry-ice vapors envelop the stage. Engines rev. And a 25-car entourage whisks Mallya away, leaving behind a bewildered, speechless but thoroughly entertained crowd...
...prosperity to continue, though, the peace must hold. On Oct. 24, President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Wickremesinghe's main political rival, convened a giant rally in Colombo to charge that the government was preparing to hand over the north and east to the LTTE by acceding to all its demands. In addition to offending the Tamil population?which is mostly Hindu?by holding the rally on the Hindu sacred day of Deepavali, Kumaratunga is considering an alliance with an ultra-nationalist Sinhalese group in the next elections. Those elections could be held at any time: constitutionally, the President has almost arbitrary power...
...Richard Neustadt was a giant among presidential scholars in large part because he knew the Presidency from the inside having served ably a variety of presidents,” Roger B. Porter, IBM professor of government and business, wrote in an e-mail. “His advice was greatly enhanced by his ability to see the world from their perspective...