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...good a reason as any to take one of the new gizmos for a test drive. My timing was perfect, since the battle of the e-books is beginning to heat up. You can't find them at Barnes & Noble yet, but barnesandnoble.com last week started selling NuvoMedia's Rocket eBook ($499). And Rocket's main competitor, SoftBook Press, is now selling its notebook-size device for $299--if you agree to buy $19.95 worth of books monthly for two years. Given the slim library currently available for the SoftBook (fewer than 139 titles), the purchase plan could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E-Book Report | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...tried the Rocket eBook, which has a library of 486 books that can be downloaded from the Barnes & Noble website. The device can stand alone or sit in a cradle that attaches to your PC; your browser then becomes the way you find stuff to read--either books at B&N or websites whose content, images and all, can be downloaded free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E-Book Report | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...pros years to catch on, maybe these companies are more valuable than the revised opinions as well. I wouldn't get carried away with this logic. EBay at 7,600 times earnings a share (market average: 28) is a huge leap. There are good reasons to hop the Internet rocket. But do it on pullbacks, with a fund or basket of stocks--and money you can afford to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Netmares | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Mager keyed a two-run burst in the first,hitting a one-out sacrifice fly to score seniorcenter fielder Andrew Huling. When Big Red rightfielder Kris Green's rocket from the right-fieldcorner skipped wide up the third-base line,Woodfork alertly trotted home with another run fora 2-0 lead off Cornell loser Jeff Miller...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Goes 3-1, First in Ivy | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

This week the two greatest golfers in the world, David Duval, 27, and Tiger Woods, 23, will play in the Masters, the greatest of golf tournaments. It offers the tantalizing possibility of a head-to-head shoot-out between two of the game's rocket launchers, and the kind of Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer face-off that can make golf absolutely riveting television. Alas, there are eight dozen more golfers in the field. Let's hope they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Masters Clash? | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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