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...dominant player in the voice-over IP business, in which voice is transmitted the same way as data--via the Net. Stealing a march on the competition, Cisco on Monday unveiled a new IP telephone that will allow corporations to use their data backbones for voice communication. Wireless networks loom as the next important phase of the Web. And then there's biotechnology, in which all these new systems are being applied to the natural sciences. And what about nanotechnology, with its tiny self-replicating machines? So, who will be the market-cap kings in 10 years? One thing...
ROCKET SCIENCE In the future, missiles loom as the key Chinese weapon for intimidating, and perhaps attacking, Taiwan. That's why Taiwan is eager to develop, with U.S. help, a missile shield. Such a system, however, would use much of the same difficult and costly technology that doomed the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s. Perfecting it now will be daunting--if not impossible. EDGE China, which could try to use the threat of missile attack to lure Taiwan back to the motherland...
...Remember, Cuba is more than the rum, cigars and music. There are issues that loom larger than a child custody battle. Regardless of what you see at Cultural Rhythms this weekend, as you pass by the Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association's table of Cuban cuisine and listen to music playing in the background, realize that bittersweet mementos will never assuage the hurt of a people under the scourge of a tyrant...
...military believes in improving one's body as well as one's mind, so athletic competitions loom large. ROTC squads from across the nation go head-to-head in a series of events at Military Excellence Competitions (MECs). "There are also volunteer activities which we're 'strongly encouraged' to do, like rifle pistol, color guard and drill team," Andrews says. Color guard, which is basically marching around carrying huge flags, takes the form of team competitions. Judges score teams based on the sharpness of their moves, their appearances and form. Sometimes they escape military confines to march for football games...
...raise the temperature a few more degrees. With this in mind, GOP candidates are lining up for a chance to throw a few sparks at Thursday night's debate in Durham, N.H. A sense of urgency has infiltrated each camp, and the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary loom. "If the candidates are going to engage," says TIME correspondent John Dickerson, "this is the time...