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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...files that end in '.LNK') and Internet shortcuts (files that end in '.URL') on a page that could start programs on a user's computer if clicked. Because of the common location of many of the files on Windows-based PCs, it would not be difficult to create a link, for example, that would start the calculator program on your computer. While this is an innocent example, it could be very destructive if another program was started with more malicious intent...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: techTALK | 3/11/1997 | See Source »

Aware of Palestinian designs on Jerusalem, Israeli construction policy in recent years has been to surround the city with a ring of primarily Jewish neighborhoods. Har Homa is the last link in this protective ring. A significant Jewish presence at Har Homa would seriously set back Palestinian plans to take over Jerusalem and connect it with PA-controlled Bethlehem...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, | Title: The Hill of Evil Counsel | 3/8/1997 | See Source »

Regardless of their size, sections will not provide a productive learning environment if they are led by poor teaching fellows. Teaching fellows serve as students' primary human link to the course and the material; large sections and poor teaching equally detract from this relationship. While smaller sections would be a favorable change, the quality of section leaders should not be neglected in order to lower the number of students in each class...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: Quality, not Quantity | 3/4/1997 | See Source »

Progressive Network's RealAudio technology, on the other hand, allows Web surfers to listen to sound as it's downloading. Click on a RealAudio link, and a few seconds later you're listening to news, sports or music from your computer's speakers...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: techTALK | 3/4/1997 | See Source »

...stations, which provide local news, weather and sports, and have made the U.S. system of broadcasting the envy of the world," says National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton. Maybe, but the more immediate question is whether digital radio will even get off the ground. Companies offering the satellite link will have to shell out millions in start-up costs, and then wait an estimated three years for stations to get their equipment in working order to pick up the signal. Another problem: no one seems to know what market, if any, exists for the digital service. For the moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Introducing Digital Radio ? For A Fee | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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