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...When I heard Vonage was going to make a big announcement that would take mobile telephony to an "entirely new level," I believed that the company had finally developed the perfect phone. For me, that's one that would work on a Wi-Fi network at home for free or almost free, then turn into a cell phone once I'm on the road so I don't lose contact. A single device, a single number, but a combination of the cheapest ways to stay in touch with the world. Come on, Vonage - the V-Phone may be nice...
...Every day these vessels foul harbors and coastal waters with millions of gallons of filthy water and pollute the air with diesel fumes. Cruise ships are exempt from most U.S. pollution laws. Until Congress increases regulation, floating cities will continue to foul our seas and air. Teri Shore Bluewater Network San Francisco Marines Under Fire Reading about the allegations that U.S. Marines killed Iraqi civilians in Haditha was an extremely sickening experience [June 12]. I would call the episode a massacre. What right do the Marines have to butcher innocent people? It's high time the U.S. stopped claiming...
...lasting benefit--especially for those who don't live on a military base--is the support network built during their week at camp. "Nonmilitary people don't know what it's like to have someone you love in an uncivilized, faraway place tell you on the phone, 'Oh, that's a car bomb going off, but I'm kind of used to it,'" says Courtney Rinnert, 11, whose Army Reservist stepdad spent 15 months in Iraq. "These people share the same experience...
Kitchen is not likely to draw in Thomas Keller fans, but a broadcast network has to program for an Olive Garden crowd. "We wanted to create a show that I could watch, and I'm not a foodie," says executive producer Arthur Smith. "It's like a live sporting event. It's hot, there's time pressure, there's someone yelling at you, and there are sharp things. There's danger." Still, hundreds of food professionals applied for the chance to become chef at a new restaurant--though they'll probably be glad to escape without a cleaver...
...HGTV Design Star (Sundays, 9 p.m. E.T.; debuts July 23), celebrity is the prize: as on The Next Food Network Star, the winner gets to host a show on the channel. (Runway's winner gets, among other perks, $100,000 to start a business.) Otherwise, the show is basically Project Living Room--10 aspiring home designers try to please a troika of judges--with a focus on collaboration. In the first episode, the competitors work in teams to appoint the extremely narrow town house they're staying in. "Design is not all about your personal tastes," says HGTV programming vice...