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...royalist ranks. It is unlikely that many chieftains from inside Afghanistan braved Taliban wrath to come. Nowhere sat a member of the Northern Alliance. Nor did a single so-called moderate Taliban attend. From Kabul, Taliban spokesmen jeered that the gathering was a bunch of self-seekers out to pocket American dollars. Even Zahir Shah, who stood to benefit most, inexplicably failed to send a personal representative. And the maneuvering in Peshawar ignores a harsh reality. When you ask four Afghan refugees who should rule their country, you get four different answers. Ghulan Sarwar, 50, favors the King. Mahmood Ayub...
...clumsy comparing of credit-card receipts with the register. "People can't sift through the trash and find your credit-card number," points out Joe Ely, technical officer for 2Scoot. "And they can't ring up $7 on the register, put $27 on the credit-card machine and pocket the $20." Installation of an RFID reader costs about $300--about half the cost of a reader for credit cards. And customers get the wands or tags free...
...moments like that, keep handy the new Instant Power Charger ($10, plus $20 for a connecting cable) from Electric Fuel. It generates power chemically, no wall socket required, and it packs enough punch to recharge your phone three times over. Best of all, it fits into your shirt pocket. For more info, charge over to www.electric-fuel.com...
...Microsoft is already seeding the market with software such as its Pocket PC 2002 platform, launched this month on handheld computing devices made by Casio, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, NEC and Toshiba...
...This is no profit. It’s money from my pocket,” Iftikhar said. “Maybe when the other [Pakistani shawls and handmade goods] come in, something will sell. I just believe in working hard...