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...running new cables--but finally had to call in an expert. He charged $300 to get her Ethernet-based system running--money that O'Neill ultimately was thrilled to pay. "We can walk around the house with our laptops," she says, "and wherever there's a jack, we can plug in and go online...
...many weeks to be temporarily shut down because a screening machine was unplugged. Even more annoying, the problem can be solved by a simple $29.95 piece of hardware. After one such disruption two weeks ago, an airline-industry executive went to Home Depot, bought a device that locks a plug into an outlet and gave it to an official of the new Transportation Security Administration. Rather than buy the devices for all the airports that need them, however, the TSA simply suggested that its employees purchase the device and get reimbursed later...
...PEOPLE What's better than an MP3 player that holds 2,000 CD-quality songs? One that can also store 1,000 names and addresses. Apple's newest iPod ($499) has double the storage (10 GB) of its predecessor and meshes elegantly with Macs. Plug it into your computer, and it instantly recognizes and transfers songs at a rate of 100 a minute...
...expected "synergies" of such diverse companies never fully developed, and Scottish Power's earnings - as well as its share price - hit a brownout. So the Glasgow utility is selling Southern Water and spinning off Thus, its unprofitable telecom. It has already sold its retail outlets and pulled the plug on its financial-services venture. "We took a decision a year ago to focus on the business of energy," says Ian Russell, its recently named CEO. "We had become a pretty broadly spread business...
...into a hot icon among the most unlikely doll collectors imaginable: Tokyo's jaded, trend-setting twentysomethings. To reach that desirable market, Nike Japan featured Lau in a series of Presto shoe advertisements two years ago and Levi Strauss Japan quickly jumped on the bandwagon, using Lau to plug its Engineered Jeans line. Moreover, his appeal to the hip-hop generation seems global. His limited-edition plastic dolls have made it into toy collector shops in New York City and London. Young, cutting-edge international designers, DJs and artists beg to visit his apartment-studio when they're in town...