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...iPhone launch was absorbing all the available buzz this winter, two dueling teams of technologists were feverishly finalizing gadgets they hope will refocus the spotlight. The FlipStart, dreamed up and funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, launches in April. Its creators call it the first fully powered ultra-mini PC, or UMPC, that is satisfying to use. Meanwhile a team led by ex--Apple star Jory Bell has countered with the OQO2--a palm-size computer that stakes a similar claim with a slightly different approach. These aren't the only machines to claim UMPC status, but they...
...bigger-than-yours stakes. The government has directed teachers, professors and civil servants to attend, and commanded district and village leaders to bring anywhere from 100 to 1000 people from their towns to the rally. In order to transport these less-than-fervent fans, hundreds of buses, vans and mini-buses have been commandeered from transport operators across the region since Sunday, and parked throughout the capital. The government has promised to compensate drivers for the use of their vehicles, offering 2000 rupees, or $35 in addition to fuel, but that may not be enough to convince them. Drivers point...
...Over the next week, Bishaq demanded to be fed four times a day - a mini breakfast of tea and pastries, then a bigger, meaty breakfast at 10 a.m., meat for lunch, meat for dinner, and several other breaks for sweet black tea. The fact that we were in an area where people routinely starved did nothing to stem his appetites. If, as happened on occasion, I forced Bishaq to miss a meal, he would complain constantly. "I feel faint, I feel weak," he'd say, holding up a frail hand. "It's not right. It's not good...
...life four years ago, creating a diary of the seasons divided into the 72 five-day segments of an ancient Chinese almanac. She even wrote parts of the book first in Japanese. On its surface, her gardener's journal is a casual, wandering set of two- or three-page mini-essays on mushrooms, ruby-throated hummingbirds and incense-sniffing ceremonies in Berkeley. Deep down, it is proof that attention and precision-savoring the small print of each moment-are no more peculiar to East than to West...
...described by a foreign ambassador as "the handsomest prince in all of Christendom," the 16th century equivalent of being named PEOPLE magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive." The Irish actor, who won a Golden Globe for his performance as a different sort of swaggering king in the 2005 CBS mini-series Elvis, has the full lips and slim hips to carry off the King's sexy side, and a bit of the demeanor too. "Jonny, by instinct, has many of the same qualities as Henry," says Hirst. "He has a short attention span. He never thinks there's anything...