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...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Even if we land at a destination giddy with excitement at the attractions in store, most of us hate to look like tourists. So just who will take up the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur, tel: (60-3) 2380 8888, on its latest service is a mystery. The luxury hotel is loaning swanky shopping carts - stocked with mineral water and cold towels - to guests on expeditions to nearby stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A La Cart | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

Cross Talk You're on vacation in China, trying to get directions to a hotel, when you realize you've left your Mandarin phrase book on the plane. Fortunately, you have your Pocket PC, equipped with IBM's Multilingual Automatic Speech-to-Speech Translator. MASTOR recognizes both Mandarin and English, automatically translating what it hears into the other tongue, so two people who speak different languages can have a conversation. In a TIME test, when told the phrase "I would like to rent a motorboat," MASTOR translated it audibly and flashed a picture of a boat onscreen. Although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 New Things That Will Blow Your Mind | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...ASIATE, New York This intimate restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental, tel: (1-212) 805 8881, features a very creative menu (check out the Caesar salad soup with bacon foam), elegantly simple d?cor and beautiful Central Park views...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restaurants with Altitude | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...government has also deployed tens of thousands of Internet police to investigate online crimes, including political offenses. While some tech-savvy surfers can find ways through the firewall and past Web police monitors, the vast majority of China's 100-million online population will search in vain for Mandarin equivalents of the Drudge Report, blog screeds and independent journalism that define free online speech in most of the world. A recent study by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society concluded that "China's Internet filtering regime is the most sophisticated effort of its kind in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Web Watchers | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

...complex with panoramic views of the Hong Kong skyline. With its dramatic corner location, Tatami Room 1 may be the most spectacular of all, so book well ahead. Been there and done that? Then check out these other sky-high tables. ASIATE, New York This intimate restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental, tel: (1-212) 805 8881, features a very creative menu (check out the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restaurants With Altitude | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

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