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...superpower leader with an eye for a photo opportunity and a knack for communicating with the folks out there? A surprising answer could be found last week on Vremya, the Soviet nightly news program, when photographs of Mikhail Gorbachev suddenly filled the screen. There was the 54-year-old General Secretary of the Communist Party, strolling around Moscow, laughing heartily with workers, shaking hands. Now he was sharing a cup of tea in a young couple's apartment, now vigorously pressing the flesh in a factory, now touring a hospital, a classroom, even a supermarket. In all, Gorbachev spent about...
...BERLIN for 18 years before migrating to the U.S. in 1933. And from May 16 to Sept. 30, "Albert Einstein-Chief Engineer of the Universe" runs in Berlin's Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince's Palace), now a museum. "Chief Engineer" is an interactive exhibition that uses films and touch-screen PCs to help visitors learn about Einstein's theories. For more info, call (49-30) 22667 344 or visit einsteinausstellung.de...
...ECONOMIZE Check which icons appear in the systems tray, located in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. Those are some of the programs that launch automatically every time you boot up. Too much running at once drags everything down, so disable what you don't need by right clicking and resetting the preferences...
Bartoli thinks she knows one of the secrets behind the rise of DVDS. "This is a language young people understand," she says. "It's the language of technology, of being in front of a screen." For this reason among many others, she says, "I think it's the future." Increasingly, it's also the present. --Reported by Lina Lofaro
Disney's new Personal DVD Player is one of the first portable movie players made just for kids. Priced at $120 and equipped with a 3.5-in. screen, it comes in five designs, from Disney Princess to Power Rangers. TIME's kid tester, Melissa, 9, says, "It feels good to hold. I really like it." --By Anita Hamilton