Word: tap
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...spent over 35 years at stodgy Nippon Telegraph & Telephone before his career went wild and wireless. As CEO of NTT DOCOMO, NTT's previously obscure mobile-phone wing, he has overseen the success of i-mode, the mobile Internet service that set nearly 30 million pairs of Japanese thumbs tap-tap-tapping on hand-held keypads. Tachikawa, 62, has set up partnerships with Europeans and recently bought a 16% stake in AT&T Wireless. Both moves should serve DoCoMo well in its bid to promote "3g," the ultra-speedy, new-generation service that seeks to make cell phones indispensable multimedia...
It’s very clear; DVD is here to stay, but only recently have studios begun to tap into the format’s true potential. In the past two months, a bevy of releases, primed to exploit the Thanksgiving-Christmas shopping rush, have emerged, raising the bar for the format. Discs now feature deleted scenes, mini-documentaries, cast interviews and immersive environments to navigate through all the bonuses. Frequently, the supplementary material spills onto an extra disc. With so many titles released every week, it’s difficult to weed through and find the gems. Here...
Hoping to boost productivity and give workers increased flexibility, more bosses are letting employees use wireless devices to tap into their company's local network. But they may be letting strangers in as well. A recent report by Cigital, a software-security company based in Dulles, Va., says the programs that facilitate wireless connections could make a network vulnerable to hackers. The software contains the addresses of all the machines that employees can access with their laptops, including the main servers at work. A skilled hacker could manipulate the software to gain access to all information on the internal network...
...ever written, with audiences treated to two exhilarating climaxes: The first resulting from the completion of a masterful piece of art, the second from the completion of an artist’s soul. The engaging new production of Sunday at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston often manages to tap that incredible power of the work and, even if it never truly ascends to the sublime, offers a deeply moving evening of theater that is distinguished by crisp direction and a stellar cast...
Dark wood, red bricks and a stocked bar. Food, apps, yada yada. BEERS, 24 to be precise, on tap from $3.50 to $2.50 a pint. Christopher’s has an extensive Martini and frozen drinks menu but if you’re not careful your crawl will fall off its training wheels. You’re only at #2, freshman...