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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...
...When the oil was loaded, two tanks on each side of the ship were left empty for stability. On Nov. 13, the two starboard tanks became flooded. It is unclear how that happened, but some crew members claimed the vessel struck a submerged object...
...receiver by the established mobile carriers. Although fixed line operators China Telecom and China Netcom are technically prohibited from competing in the wireless arena, their Xiao Lingtong services have garnered about eight million customers, and both are reportedly considering expansion into the key Beijing market if regulators do not object...
Harvard was the object of Barker’s curiosity and concern for much of his lifetime. Together with his wife Elizabeth, Barker funded more than half of the $25 million Barker Center project. He served the University as an officer and prominent fundraiser...
...came across something the other day that struck me: an essay by Joyce, on the subject of epiphanies. He defined them as moments when the “soul of the commonest object seems to us radiant.” And so I began to wonder when it last was that anything had shone at Harvard, radiantly...