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...time before electronics makers started putting DVD burners right into their camcorders. After all, why hook your camera to the TV when you can just pop out the disc and toss it in the player? (The 8-cm discs can also be played on most PCs with DVD-ROM drives.) Hitachi was the first to launch DVD camcorders, back in 2000, but they were bulky and expensive. The new, slimmed-down versions are cheaper and easier to use. Hitachi's DZ-MV350A ($900, left) and Sony's DCR-DVD100 Handycam ($900, right) are the newest in a field that includes...
...documents a score based on sentence complexity and the use of some 350 "bullwords." Using Bullfighter, Deloitte found that among companies in the Dow Jones industrials, those that spoke plainly in shareholder letters and other communications outperformed those that loaded up on jargon. Bullfighter is available free on CD-ROM or at dc.com/bullfighter Here's a sampling of the worst bullwords, along with Bullfighter's suggested translations: envisioneer (create), leverage (use), re-engineer (change), synergize (combine), utilize (use), walk the talk...
...what they called "the martyrdom operation inside America." On camera, they provided details of the attack, disclosing coded e-mails that had referred to the Twin Towers as "the Faculty of Town Planning." They also displayed a suitcase full of souvenirs, such as handwritten notes to the hijackers, CD-ROM flight simulators and aviation charts of America's East Coast. Since Oct. 11, 2001, there has been a $25 million price on his head. Police officials aren't saying whether anyone is claiming the money...
Medical-equipment manufacturers such as Hill-Rom of Batesville, Ind., and Kinetic Concepts of San Antonio, Texas, rent and sell everything from heavy-duty commodes and wheelchairs to mechanized beds that can hold 500 lbs. to 1,000 lbs., help turn patients and feature air-circulation mattress systems to help prevent bedsores. The market for bed surfaces and accessories alone is estimated to be $150 million a year and is growing 15% annually. "As the obesity epidemic grows, so does our revenue," says Lynne Sly, vice president of marketing at Kinetic Concepts. Rental rates are steep...
...Kirchschlager Sophie has been a transforming experience. She'll soon begin to prepare her next roles - she's back in Vienna on New Year's Eve for Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus and in January will head to Berlin, where she'll reunite with Rattle for Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette. But Sophie will stay with her. "I think my artistic life will definitely be divided," she says. "Before Sophie and After Sophie...