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...smirk—has come back from his multi-billion dollar bankruptcy and is now ready to invade your newspapers and television sets. Poor old Donald has felt lonely this past decade as Americans have turned their attention away from him and towards the newly-minted billionaires of the high-tech industry. He did what any egomaniac starved for attention would do and created his own reality TV show that would feature him and only him in all his power and glory. Under the guise of looking for a good assistant, he would advance the myth of The Donald...
...pilot's precaution would be enough to make most investors turn tail. At home in Santa Monica, Mulhern, 34, watched the Iraq war and its bloody aftermath unfold on television and reached a different conclusion. If he arrived early, preferably first, and offered high-tech capability to Iraqis starved of it, customers would probably pour in. "This is the perfect storm for business," he says. "This is an extremely educated country with a lot of money, and you're starting everything from scratch. It's like a land grab." That is, if you live long enough to grab. Being...
...quick distribution. It kept them lucratively employed for nearly 10 months. After being featured in a men's magazine in February, the two received death threats at their Baghdad home and hurriedly left Iraq, telling TIME they would not return for several weeks. The president of Mulhern's small high-tech start-up, based in California, has asked that neither the company's name nor its specific task in Iraq be disclosed because of safety fears...
...early adopters of new technology, be it gas lamps or fax machines. Today's wireless hot spots (just when engineers have finished hiding miles of cable in the antique chair legs) are the latest in a long line of innovations geared for our comfort. But seasoned road warriors see high-tech convenience as a necessity, not a luxury?and given that broadband Internet access by the pool is so yesterday, hotels are continuously introducing new gadgets and gizmos. Here's a peek at what could soon become standard...
...HIGH-TECH PREP...