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...free hotmail account, it allowed AOL buddy-list users to sign in too--if they entered their password. That set off alarm bells at AOL, which promptly blocked Microsoft's access to its server. Microsoft came up with a fix, which AOL also jammed. A terse exchange of snail mail followed. Late last week AOL customers were greeted at login by an ominous new start-up screen warning of the dangers of giving passwords to strangers...
...VITED If you think it's a drag to send out invitations by snail mail, consider a new website called evite.com All you need to do is fill out one of the site's prepared invitations and, with a click, send it off. It keeps track of acceptances, lets invitees make comments, even offers a place to pick, say, chicken or beef for dinner. There's a benefit for recipients too. They can peek at the R.S.V.P. list--and decide after casing the names on the acceptances whether it's a bash they would really like to attend...
...MORE PAPER CUTS Lots of banks are equipped to let you pay your household bills online. But so few vendors send bills electronically that you're still forced to plow through that stack of snail mail every month. Even the most popular personal-finance managers, Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft's Money, support only partial e-billing. But as usual, the Web is changing everything. There are now three Web-based services willing to do all your bill-related busywork. For less than $10 a month, they will receive all your bills, paper or electronic, and give...
...unjustifiably--is perceived to be nothing less than a referendum on some of these pressing matters, most notably the peace process. Whereas a vote for the right-of-center Bibi is perceived to a be a vote for halting the peace process or for moving it forward at a snail's pace, a vote for the left-of-center Barak is construed as a vote for accelerating peace negotiations. However, this kernel of electoral wisdom may not have basis in actuality. If elected, Netanyahu will almost certainly make the concessions necessary for peace, albeit grudgingly. On the other hand, Barak...
...countries, deriding "fast life, which disrupts our habits, pervades the privacy of our homes and forces us to eat fast food." According to the manifesto, fast life denies mankind its inalienable right to "sensual pleasure and slow, long-lasting enjoyment." To reclaim both, Slow Food, whose symbol is a snail, promotes taste education for children, reviving the ritual of family dining, eating seasonal foods and safeguarding regional cuisines and producers who cultivate them...