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Last spring Intel commissioned a surfboard shaper in North Devon, England, to design a board with an embedded tablet PC. Why? So Intel could tout its Centrino processor at beach festivals around the globe. Equipped with wi-fi, the Wireless Technology Surfboard enables the surfer to send e-mail, shoot videos (using the built-in webcam) and, yes, surf...
...solely for a payday. "A big car company once offered us $25 million for one of our songs," says Bono, "and we turned them down. No money changed hands in this deal. Downloading is the future, and we want to be King Canute. Let's get on the surfboard and ride the wave." As of last week, Vertigo had ruled the iTunes download chart for most of the past month. "We shall not go gently," says Bono...
...learn to surf, as the saying goes. Of course, it can be a humbling sport when you start out, but the experience of being able to balance on a board, with water surging uncontrollably around you, can pay almost mystical dividends. It need not be expensive either: a rented surfboard, a lick of sunscreen, some advice from the local beachboys (and beachgirls), and a lot of gung-ho spirit can have you lining up alongside the pros...
...wiggles something that resembles a surfboard at the passing scientists. It’s slick and neon green. Panton’s tie is neon yellow...
INJURED. BETHANY HAMILTON, 13, among the nation's best competitive amateur surfers, after a 10-to-15-ft. shark bit off her left arm while she was lying on her surfboard; off Kauai's North Shore, Hawaii. Hamilton had obtained several sponsors and was planning...