Word: screens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only to be overwhelmed by huge sellers. Take General Electric: on Friday I bought shares at $75, then $74 and then $73, and then I doubled down at $72 with 18 minutes left before the bell. For a minute, I wanted a hemlock cocktail, as it flashed on my screen that Microsoft had just overtaken GE as the world's largest capitalization stock. But then the mischievous GE seller disappeared. The stock rose right back to 75 7/8, putting the company's total market value back above that of Bill Gates and his gang--and, more important, giving...
...curious teenager. McKellen is the soul of pained grace in one film, the spirit of caged evil in the other; but both reveal an actor totally at ease with the camera's stare. Forget, for a second, the march of teen thesps from the WB to the big screen. Ian McKellen is a star of the future. When: Gods and Monsters at the New York Film Festival, then in theaters Nov. 4; Apt Pupil...
...encryption. "They took full advantage of all the technological capabilities of the Internet," Nick says. "We couldn't get in without tipping our hand." But they could lurk, like Carroll's elusive Cheshire Cat, in the cybershadows outside the Wondernet, watching transactions until they penetrated the veil of screen names and obtained the real names and addresses of 34 U.S.-based club members...
...other multimedia hip-hop stars, Hill, who appeared in Sister Act 2, has a lot of offers. She's considering a part in a possible movie adaptation of John Irving's novel The Cider House Rules, she's in discussions with director Joel Schumacher about appearing in a big-screen version of the musical Dreamgirls, and she recently started her own film production company. Next year, she hopes to go on tour with neosoul star D'Angelo...
...most popular two-way device on the market, I fell in lust. The thing is slightly larger than a deck of cards and has a teensy but functional keyboard (you can set it so that it makes the cutest clicking noises when you type) and a very readable monochrome screen. The Pagewriter's main function is to send and receive e-mail on the same network that pagers use. Something about handling e-mail while on the fly--from the train, say, or even in the bathtub--appealed to me. I also liked the idea that I might be able...