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...whatever form he can—from stuffing it into the mailboxes of a local group of Mormons to treating several vagrants to a Pizza Hut dinner. Anthony, already immersed in consumer culture, sees the windfall as a way to gain popularity in his new school (and high-tech toys). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the money is eventually revealed to be the result of a robbery and the thief has tracked it down and wants it back...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Millions | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...album is different. He’s a lot more artistic, a lot more high-tech. It’s beats like, ‘let me listen to it three times and it’s hot,’ not just right there in your face like the first album…he’s got more to talk about, more beef, more lady stuff. It’s more diverse, there’s a formula to it but it’s branching off a little...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Prying Game: 50 Cent | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...leading consumer-electronics retailer as not just a seller of digital TVs and portable electronics but also a provider of tech services for consumers and small businesses. With about 16% of the $124 billion domestic consumer-electronics market, Best Buy offers Anderson a solid and profitable perch from which to begin. Morgan Stanley estimates that Best Buy had sales of $27.5 billion in the fiscal year just ended, up from $12.5 billion five years ago. Archrival Circuit City has seen sales decline from $12.6 billion to an estimated $10.3 billion over the same period. Research firm Retail Forward says Best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Will Buy It? | 3/9/2005 | See Source »

...population is in the villages; you have to have a budget that addresses them." Empowering the poor, many businessmen say, will eventually widen the foundations of the boom. "The emphasis on health, education and fighting poverty will mean increased economic opportunities and spending power. The tech sector in this country would be an indirect beneficiary," says Kiran Karnik, head of NASSCOM, India's information-technology trade association. Yet for many Indians, the big question remains: Will increased spending really do anything to reduce poverty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poor Who Vote | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

...self-described "lousy" mechanical engineer), he created--among other things--the very first Apple computer mouse and the light-up LAVATORY OCCUPIED sign used on Boeing 747s. In 1991 his company merged with ID Two, designer of the first laptop, to form Ideo. During the heady high-tech 1990s, the firm became the hottest product-design shop in Silicon Valley, working with the biggest names in business, churning out hundreds of supremely user-friendly designs like the Palm V and the Polaroid I-Zone "fun" camera and winning more awards per year than any other design firm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School of Bright Ideas | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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