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TECHNOLOGY: Driving Toyota's hybrid-energy family car; a sexier mouse; a Game Boy challenger...
...funny feeling to tool around town in a $20,000 family car and get noticed as though you were driving a Ferrari. But that's exactly what happened when I took the futuristic-looking 2004 Toyota Prius for a spin around New York City. The new, improved hybrid car goes on sale in mid-October, but it's already getting plenty of buzz...
...plan presented to University officials this summer envisions a hybrid science and professional campus in Allston, including some FAS science facilities...
...their insecurities beneath the brashness of hip-hop. The key to their success is that while fantasizing about being tougher than leather, they never forgot that they were softer than puppies. "A lot of people get caught up with making music into their identity," says Williams. "But my people--hybrid people--we respond to everything. I love Kool Moe Dee, but I also love America. And I would never let my appreciation for one kind of music keep me from listening to another...
...producers, the Neptunes remain hybrid people. A typical Neptunes track might mix classic rock riffs and hip-hop beats with '80s pop-culture remnants (like sound effects from Atari games or the rings from early mobile phones). For pop artists looking for urban credibility--your Timberlakes, Aguileras et al.--the Neptunes crank up the beat and the attitude. On the flip side, they imbue hard rappers with much needed emotional depth. "We want people to sound different," says Williams, who made the menacing Mystikal sound funky on Shake Ya Ass and Snoop Dogg almost tender on Beautiful. "Taking somebody from...