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...hook: If Tiger has an obligation to protest Augusta's sexist policy, so does every other golfer on the pro tour and every member of Augusta. So far, we haven't heard a peep out of most of them. Where's the pressure on corporate fat cats like Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who recently became a member, as sources told TIME? Where's the heat on such topflight pros as Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, David Duval? None of them individually have the clout of Woods, but a protest by all of them would bring Augusta to its knees...
...have had the resolve--not to mention the resources--of Mount Watatic's neighbors. But such aversion to tower building is becoming the norm in cities and suburbs across the country. From Lakeland, Fla., to Winnetka, Ill., more and more communities are demanding some sort of antenna concealment. Even Microsoft's tech-friendly hometown, Redmond, Wash., requires that new towers be camouflaged in residential areas...
...sprawling department will also be charged with creating a nationwide communications system to make sure that everyone who needs information has it and knows whom to give it to, from Microsoft security and privacy experts in Redmond, Wash., to beat cops in Tallahassee, Fla. And in the terrifying event that the system fails and a major terrorist attack occurs, the department will be responsible for ensuring that cities and states have the resources they need to respond, whether it's adequate hospital beds or medical personnel trained to recognize smallpox...
Comdex, the annual computer-related geekfest in Las Vegas, may be going the way of the dotcom bubble. Crowds are dwindling, and those who did show had to look harder to find the cool gadgets. But the gadgets were there. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates unveiled Smart Personal Object Technology, which allows refrigerator magnets, travel clocks and other tiny devices to update you on news, sports and weather via a wireless Internet chip. Gates is also pushing Smart Displays--thin, $1,000 computer screens you can take with you around the house and write notes on, as you would with...
Barton was working for Microsoft in 1994 when he started what has become the Web's biggest travel agency. The site is battling, in the marketplace and among regulators, against Orbitz, which is owned by a group of major airlines. And so far Expedia has outhustled the newcomer, mainly by vastly improving its profit margins on hotel bookings. It also inked a deal with Ticketmaster and bought a custom-vacation wholesaler as well as an off-line business-travel agency. Already the top site in Britain and France, Expedia says it will invade Asia next year. --By Julie Rawe. With...