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...voyeuristic universe in which we are connected to everywhere in the world, able to observe or obtain almost anything without leaving the comfort of home. With the proliferation of pornography on the Internet, it seems that even relationships are being virtually imported behind the shield of the monitor screen...

Author: By Matthew S. Rozen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Center’ of Attention | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...feelings.” She is attracted by the sense of power such a relationship offers her, but in the actual film, little of this is conveyed. Florence’s acceptance actually seems a bit forced, and a bit more economically motivated, as it plays out on screen...

Author: By Matthew S. Rozen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Center’ of Attention | 4/20/2001 | See Source »

...something useful in its spare time - like help find a cure for cancer. A collaborative effort by Oxford University, Intel and U.S. tech firm United Devices - billed as the largest computational chemistry project ever undertaken - will harness the unused power of millions of PCs around the world to screen molecules for cancer-fighting potential. You can enlist your PC and download the necessary software at www.ud.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...fateful signing with Death Row Records. Shakur is turning up in bookstores too: a collection of his poems--The Rose That Grew from Concrete--published last year by Simon & Schuster, drew enthusiastic reader reviews. And it won't be long before a Shakur bio plays on the screen; MTV and several film companies are kicking around scripts. "He is a pop-culture icon," says Michael Develle Winn, the playwright behind Up Against the Wind. "People say he's alive because they can't bear the thought that he died so senselessly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tupac Is In The Building | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

First the good news. Both systems are phenomenally stable and virtually crash free (say goodbye to the blue screen of death, PC users! No more freeze-ups for Mac fans!). They're also much nicer to look at than their predecessors. OS X wins the beauty contest with translucent menus and more gee-whiz effects than a Hollywood blockbuster, but the new Windows has its share of cool colors and eye-candy icons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Works in Progress | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

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