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...History Channel's ambitious, three-hour JFK: A Presidency Revealed (Nov. 16, 8 p.m. E.T.) reminds us, the morbidness is somehow appropriate. Throughout his presidency, J.F.K. was haunted by premature death: the death of his infant son Patrick, the threat of his own death from his many secret ailments and the possible death of millions from a nuclear war he believed was ever more likely. "The most important thing about John Kennedy," his biographer Richard Reeves says, "is that he thought he was going to die young, and he could not wait his turn." Behind J.F.K.'s Eros--the skirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Eternal Flame of Cable | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Jobs has another reason not to be concerned about the competition. "The dirty little secret of all this is there's no way to make money on these stores," he says. For every 99¢ Apple gets from your credit card, 65¢ goes straight to the music label. Another quarter or so gets eaten up by distribution costs. At most, Jobs is left with a dime per track, so even $500 million in annual sales would add up to a paltry $50 million profit. Why even bother? "Because we're selling iPods," Jobs says, grinning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Invention Of The Year: The 99Â???? Solution | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...date to the singing birds and flowers in Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room that opened in 1963), Lucky wanders on his own, untethered by any wires and cables. He can laugh, sneeze, smile, yell and sign autographs, and once in a while, he gets the hiccups. What's his secret? His brain resides not in that cute little head of his but in the flower cart he's pulling behind him. INVENTOR Walt Disney Imagineering AVAILABILITY Currently being play-tested TO LEARN MORE disneyland.com

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Lots O' Bots | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...ring tones that are fast becoming standard fare. We even found a GPS tracking device with a built-in jogging computer that you wear on your wrist. Fortunately, many of these new machines also come with improved battery life and enhanced color screens. This is all part of a secret campaign to make the newest mobile devices more irresistible than the ones you already own. And it's working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Gear 2003: Best Gear | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...former Soviet republic is about to experience regime change. You must maneuver your faction into position to replace the tottering totalitarian leader and win the hearts and minds of the people without attracting the attention of the secret police. That's the premise behind Republic (PC, $40), a thoughtful, nuanced game for all those who have ever wanted to try their hand at Machiavellian politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Top 10 Video Games: Who's Got Game? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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