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...manufacturers are scrambling to devise recycling programs of their own--and hoping to make a buck while they're at it. Last November, IBM launched the first nationwide program; it charges computer users a $30 shipping-and-handling fee to take even an ancient PC off their hands. Hewlett-Packard plans to launch its consumer-PC take-back program in March. Regional efforts--such as Sony's "recycling days" begun in Minnesota last fall--have sprung up from Oregon to New York...
...they worth it? To find out, I ordered the latest $99 printers available from Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark and Xerox. Then I tested them for ease of use, speed and--most important--print quality on everything from e-mails and memos to photos and cartoons. Hundreds of printouts and several desperate calls to technical-support staff later, Epson's Stylus Color 777 and Xerox's DocuPrint M750 were my favorites, although neither was perfect...
DIED. WILLIAM HEWLETT, 87, philanthropist, engineering whiz; in Palo Alto, Calif. Hewlett and fellow Stanford University student David Packard started their company in 1938 in a rented garage with $538. The firm's initial inventions: an automatic urinal flusher and a harmonica tuner. Its first success was selling sound-testing devices to Disney in 1939. HP entered the consumer market in 1972 with pocket calculators. Its growth and capital launched Silicon Valley, but Hewlett seemed prouder of HP's management style, stressing creativity and teamwork. Billionaires Hewlett and Packard rejoined the company in 1990, when they saw it had become...
After 50 minutes of uninspiring play, the Crimson started to show a glimmer of offense. Moore and Packard combined for a two-on-one rush, but Conklin made a textbook glove save to control the shot...
With four minutes to go, Moore and Packard combine for another attempt to stuff the puck across the goal line, but Conklin was prepared to make the save...