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...only wishes it were longer. The circumscribed length of Kuper's version of "The Jungle" dispenses with much of the minor character development - so much so that it gets a bit confusing. It also lacks the details of atrocity that made each of Sinclair's chapters seem like a punch in the gut. On the other hand, Kuper wisely does away with the anti-climactic Socialist agitprop that made up the last few chapters of the original book. Instead he ends on the hope of a new beginning. While certainly no substitute for the original, Kuper's adaptation makes...
...must-have accessory du jour for business travelers is not a lighter laptop, a smaller carry-on or even a pair of drown-out-your-seatmate headphones. It's a crayon-length object called a jump drive, a portable hard drive that can be plugged into any computer's usb port, making it easier for workers to transport large files normally carried by laptop. Although the gadgets aren't new, they have gained a following among business travelers, who sometimes wear them around their neck on a chain or string...
...seriously. The old Modern was never particularly interested in postwar British art. Will the new place give more space to otherwise well-established British painters like Lucian Freud and R.B. Kitaj? As for the Big '80s, the Modern held many of that decade's art stars at arm's length. Julian Schnabel and Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and David Salle--will they make it through the door this time...
APPLICATIONS: The new formats can hold full-length feature films with a resolution six times as sharp as today's DVDs, plus goodies such as uncompressed surround sound...
...technology are not on the studios' side. Just as the Napster phenomenon appeared to come out of nowhere, the next generation of file-sharing software is already in utero. Last month computer scientists at Caltech set a new data-transmission record: they achieved the equivalent of downloading a full-length feature film in 4 sec. It's a bumpy road to acceptance for any disruptive entertainment technology, from piano rolls to the VCR. "One thing you can count on in Hollywood is fear of change," says Warren Lieberfarb, the man who launched the DVD. But as Lieberfarb's profit-rich...