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...company's ubiquitous operating system now found on more than 90% of personal computers. Microsoft then signed up 10 manufacturers, including Hewlett-Packard, Sharp and Philips, to make hand-held computers to its specifications. Following the huge success of the Palm Pilot, the tiny organizer that uses a plastic pen instead of a keyboard, Microsoft enlisted another eight manufacturers to make a competing version of a similar unit. "Everybody is in market-development mode at the moment,'' says Dilip Mistry, Windows CE manager for Microsoft's British subsidiary. "I don't think anybody is making money in this...
...circuit, he competed at the tennis classic in Newport, R.I., where he lost in three sets to the quirky Jeff Tarango, currently ranked No. 62, and narrowly lost No. 145 Alex Radulescu, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round of qualifiers at the Pilot Pen International Tennis Tournament...
...immediate lesson Blake learned is that he must improve his fitness level. The increased range of ground strokes, heavier topspin and more dynamic second serves of the pros clearly took their toll on Blake's body. Twice during ATP competition--during the U.S. Open and Pilot Pen--Blake had to be treated for cramps...
...some art pinned to the wall when he was asked by teacher Andrew Herbert to draw something. The accomplished amateur painter obliged immediately, dashing off a witty sketch of Jason Rossington, 14, complete with mop of peroxided hair. Explaining later how he summoned the nerve to thrust felt-tip pen and paper in front of the heir to the throne, Herbert said it took no nerve at all: "You feel relaxed with him, as though you've known him for a long time." Just last week a poll showed Prince Charles to be more popular than he was before...
...Chris Evert; Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. And young, talented players, overwhelmed by the pressures of success, have often alienated their tour mates. But in the past, there was room for just two great rivals at a time. "Now," says Butch Buchholz, chairman of the Lipton and Pilot Pen tournaments, "we have a handful of names that sell tickets, which makes the appeal wider and the product just better...