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...pace of technological change. The NSA netted millions more conversations at its worldwide listening posts than it could translate or interpret. The agency spent billions to eavesdrop on chatter overseas that moved by satellite--only to see the world move to harder-to-steal digitized cellular, e-mail and instant-messaging communications. Meanwhile, at the NSA's sprawling Fort Meade, Md., campus, the agency's director could not send an email to all the NSA's 38,000 employees. Why? The NSA had 68 separate e-mail systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Review: One Expert's Verdict: The CIA Caved Under Pressure | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...Thus he has one character describe our hero's instant amnesia as "a loss of memory, with plot complications." Skinner, before singing "The Lorelei" (she does it in Madeline Kahn's Teutonic-twat accent from "Blazing Saddles"), tells the audience, "Here's a little number that Wagner cut from 'Das Rheingold'." Bartlett, suddenly in a Russian mood, murmurs, "Dosvedanya. Dostoevsky. Vo do dee oh do." Later he storms, "You know I don't allow double entendres in my house. Single entendres are all I can afford." At the end, the plot is dutifully wrapped up, sort of. As Skinner says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Bravo! Encores! | 6/12/2004 | See Source »

Unreleased Zuckerberg programs include a screensaver that displays the user’s AOL Instant Messenger away messages and an application that synchronizes MP3 players on multiple computers...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mark E. Zuckerberg ’06: The whiz behind thefacebook.com | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...venture was an instant success with Nantucket residents, as it provided a broad range array of Mediterranean dishes to an elite clientele. Chase says that the original menu included couscous salads, wrapped grape leaves and pizzas—“anything that appealed to my taste buds...

Author: By Elena Sorokin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Good Times’ Author Cooks Up Tales With Food | 6/9/2004 | See Source »

...travel with a laptop anymore. My shoulder is two inches lower than the other one after 15 years of traveling with it, but it is not necessary anymore. I carry a device made by Danger that has e-mail, a keyboard, phone, camera, calendar, games and instant messaging. Only a venture-backed company could be named Danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Board Of Technologists: Start-Up Your Engines! | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

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