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...fight against computer viruses, Ken Xie, 42, has made himself the first line of defense. It's a familiar role for the 6 ft. 5 in. Xie, who was a professional volleyball player in his native China before immigrating to the U.S. in 1989. Instead of stuffing spikes at the net, he deflects attacks on computer networks. His defensive techniques have revolutionized the network-security industry. "I think that the Internet is exciting and always changing," says Xie. "With each new application, there are new viruses. There are constantly new threats, and I wanted to get into the new stuff...
...breeders say such efforts unfairly tarnish those who do treat their dogs well. Ken Brandt, a lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Professional Pet Breeders Association, complains that the activists won't be satisfied until all large breeders are shut down. "If we built the biggest kennel in the world, with carpet on the floor and a fireplace for the dogs, animal-rights people would say, 'Can't you make it bigger...
...done, retailers may have sold a record number of things and still not made a dime. Heavy discounting is a dicey strategy, sapping profits and exhausting shoppers. An expected sale of $18 billion in holiday gift cards promises to keep the malls full in January. But then, says Ken Goldstein, an economist at the Conference Board (which tracks the marketplace), "we're in for a long winter's night...
FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER the death of Ken Scott at age 72, Italian silk mill Isa Seta is reviving his designs. An American who settled in Italy, ?the gardener of fashion? was famous for splashing wild-colored peonies, anemones and roses all over his prints. Milan insiders like Angela Missoni and Lawrence Steele have been collecting vintage Scott, and now the design duo Paolo Battaglia and Antonio Ponte has culled from the archives eight of Scott's iconic prints?from the '50s through the early '70s?to reinvent the label in a ready-to-wear collection focused on fitted, slim...
...Illusory Heroes? I was disappointed that TIME's 2005 list of "Asia's Heroes" [Oct. 10] included athletes (tennis star Sania Mirza and footballer Park Ji Sung) as well as entertainers (actors Ken Watanabe and Zhang Jingchu). Asians, especially South Asians, glorify sports personalities and film stars as a way of elevating their own fragile egos and showing a more affluent and successful image abroad. Bombay, despite its Bollywood stars and millionaires, remains a Third World hellhole for the unsuspecting visitor. Bollywood sells dreams, the only thing the poor can afford. Spending vast sums of money in promoting sporting events...