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...looks like a checkbook. But you'll want to open the Pocket Surfer, a new 6in. by 3in. portable Internet device from DataWind, a small tech shop based in Montreal. On most pdas and cell phones, Web pages are crunched and reformatted and take too long to download. On the Pocket Surfer, however, pages look just like those on your laptop: pictures, links, even pop-up ads (fortunately, the Pocket Surfer lets you quash those nuisances with a single button). And it's easy to set up. DataWind gives you an adapter to plug into your cell phone, which connects...
...iPodder.org and launched his first podcast in August 2004, the idea has snowballed, and there are now more than a thousand podcasters. The content could use an upgrade, but at least there's variety. Podcasts range over such topics as religion (see godcast.org) filmmaking skinnybones.net) cover songs coverville.com and tech talk engadget.com) Traditional radio outlets like NPR, the BBC and Air America are increasingly posting podcasts as well. If you want to get a handle on it all, PodcastAlley.com is emerging as an easy-to-use guide to the pod world. The site features ratings, discussion groups and lists...
...lessons take hold and actually bring a significant number of women into the ranks? Some are skeptical. "It ain't going to happen," says Carol White, the only woman ever to coach Division I college football. "They would have to change society first," says White, an assistant at Georgia Tech in the late 1980s. "It's not an antiwoman thing. Most women just don't fit the conception of what a football coach is supposed to be, even at the youth level...
...cold war in the early 1990s, has begun to grow again as a result of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the past four years, defense investment in California has increased 44%, and last year the state got $30 billion in military contracts, much of it in high-tech areas in which the state has a long-established lead, such as guided missiles, navigation and communications equipment, and unmanned aircraft. Wall Street has raised California's credit rating one notch above junk-bond status, though it is still lower than all the other 49 states...
Pony Ma may be one of China's most eligible bachelors. Only 33, the tech entrepreneur has a $190 million fortune. But Ma is embarrassed by the text messages he has received from lovelorn Chinese girls. "I don't want to attract too much attention," he says. That's hard to avoid these days. Ma is the founder and CEO of Tencent Holdings, which operates China's largest instant-messaging service, with 355 million users. In June, Tencent made an IPO in Hong Kong. While many recent China issues have flopped, Tencent shares are up 58%. Ma quit...