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Battling colon cancer two years ago, Washington State's senate majority leader James West, who was at the time also a mayoral candidate, granted an interview to the Spokane Spokesman-Review in which he confided that his illness had brought him closer to his maker. He had come to believe that his supporters' prayers had helped drive back the malignancy. West joked that he imagined God, inundated with requests for his recovery, was barking, "Get me an angel. I need to know who this Jim West...
...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Since its introduction four years ago, the iPod has rapidly become a fixture in music-lovers' lives. Now, the Tennessee-based Mac accessory maker Griffin Technology has created new interfaces to make iPods even more versatile. For iPodiacs, there's nothing like cruising on the open road to a customized list of tunes. But driving with headphones is illegal, so Griffin has designed a smart solution. Just slip the SmartDeck adapter ($29.95) into...
...Since its introduction four years ago, the iPod has rapidly become a fixture in music-lovers' lives. Now, the Tennessee-based Mac accessory maker Griffin Technology has created new interfaces to make iPods even more versatile. For iPodiacs, there's nothing like cruising on the open road to a customized list of tunes. But driving with headphones is illegal, so Griffin has designed a smart solution. Just slip the SmartDeck adapter ($29.95) into any cassette player and operate your iPod via the stereo controls. If your battery becomes drained after days of driving, plug your iPod into TuneJuice ($19.99), which...
...Italian-designed Beretta. A Brazilian-made Embraer surveillance plane will soon patrol battlefields for the Army rather than a Gulfstream jet produced in Savannah, Ga. Britain's BAE Systems contributes avionics to the F-16, F-18 and F-117 bombers. Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft-engine maker, does more business with the Pentagon than it does with the British Ministry of Defense...
...joint venture between LG Electronics and Royal Philips Electronics is spending $5.1 billion to create the world's largest plant for LCDs, while Sony and Samsung are teaming up for a $2 billion LCD venture. Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita have similarly joined forces, and even Dell, the American computer maker, is getting into the flat-panel game. For now, however, Sharp is happy to go it alone, hoping that it's strong enough technologically to maintain its leadership position without a partner. It's a gamble, but not an unreasonable one, says Gartner analyst Paul O' Donovan: "Sharp is able...