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...just read e-mail attachments on the PC? Paper is easier on the eyes than a computer monitor. That may change as technologies like ClearType render electronic text easier to read. But for now, says Sellen, "the office we are moving toward is not an office that uses less paper, it's an office that keeps less paper--one where paper is a temporary resource...
...DIED. PETER BLAKE, 53, a two-time America's Cup winner and New Zealand sailing hero, shot by masked pirates who raided his 40-m yacht on the Amazon; near Macapa, Brazil. A U.N. goodwill ambassador, Blake was on a worldwide expedition to monitor global warming and pollution. He won the Jules Verne Trophy in 1994 for sailing a catamaran nonstop around the globe in record time. DIED. JUAN JOSE ARREOLA, 83, a fiercely nationalist Mexican author who wrote 16 books of short stories and won Mexico's distinguished National Linguistics and Literature Prize in 1976; in Mexico City. Arreola...
...Laden's whereabouts remained unknown Thursday as anti-Taliban fighters continued to fight and negotiate their way up into al Qaeda's Tora Bora redoubt in eastern Afghanistan. He may not even be there; a report in the Christian Science Monitor speculated as much, quoting a close associate saying bin Laden left Tora Bora for Pakistan ten days ago. Of course, being an avowed comrade of bin Laden's, the Monitor's source has plenty of motive for tossing out red herrings. Whether or not bin Laden is among the fugitives holed up in the cave complex remains entirely...
...civil libertarians are fretting over the new tools the government has given itself to monitor these suspects. A few weeks ago, the Justice Department authorized law enforcement to monitor communications between certain suspects and their lawyers. It was a blockbuster of a decision because private attorney-client communications have long been sacrosanct in the law--repeatedly held by courts to be essential to ensure that defendants get a fair trial...
Because of gyroscopes and tilt sensors that monitor a rider’s movements 100 times per minute, it is almost impossible to fall off the scooter. Segway is also designed so that when a rider steps off the scooter it immediately stops...