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...that the idea wasn't so wacky after all. Those two eureka moments could help drive Europe's vending machines into the digital era. Coca-Cola HBC recently finished a six-month trial of 30 networked Coke machines at Dublin Airport in Ireland that sold mobile-phone top-ups, ring tones, games and logos - all downloaded from a central database - as well as soft drinks. It's now fine-tuning the business model, ensuring revenues cover the technology's cost. And Vodafone is field-testing two QuickPhone kiosks that sell ready-to-use prepaid handsets and SIM cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vendor Benders | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...little of Sinatra's sensuality and swagger. Resourcefully backed by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra (at times cut down to nifty combos), Pizzarelli is at his best in hip readings of the insouciant Yes Sir, That's My Baby, the wistful If I Had You and even the trademark Ring a Ding Ding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 6 Jazz Singers Worth A Listen | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

School bells have begun to ring in New Orleans as a wave of public school students returned this week to a radically different educational system from the one Hurricane Katrina decimated almost a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Easy's Next Test | 8/17/2006 | See Source »

...efficacy trials." The first of these results, from Nigeria, will be released in September 2007. Even if they prove to be effective, Ramjee and others stress that microbicides - whether they come in the form of a gel or cream applied before intercourse, or as part of a delayed release ring inserted into the cervix that can provide the drug for anywhere from 30 to 90 days - are not a physical barrier to HIV. At best, microbicides may be 80% effective in preventing the transmission of the virus during intercourse. To improve the chances that the virus doesn't slip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Hopes for Preventing AIDS | 8/15/2006 | See Source »

...neighbors' tales had a depressingly familiar ring. One arrested man was "as good as gold, a normal lad"; another was a "nice guy" who liked to play soccer in the local park; a third, said someone who lived nearby, was "a very caring boy" who, on learning that her dog had died, said, "If you need me, I'm there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Such Lovely Lads | 8/13/2006 | See Source »

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