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...figures Apple's board has paid for 50 years of service. Yet in an era in which fuzzy-cheeked Internet CEOs can rack up $100 million fortunes virtually overnight, how else could a board show its appreciation? Bassick says the jet illustrates a growing problem in today's high-tech world: "How do you motivate somebody who's got everything?" The jet, he admits, "was kind of a creative way of doing that...
...HIGH ON TECH? Fidelity Magellan's closely watched portfolio manager, Bob Stansky, seems to keep changing his mind about tech stocks. Last week newspapers reported that he upped his position in techs from 21% to 27% after just recently trimming it. But did he? The shift may say more about the tech sector's appreciation than it does about Stansky's strategy. The lesson: look before you leap after the headlines...
Their gift indicates that the expanding ranks of tech millionaires are outgrowing their reputation for stinginess. Following the lead of Microsoft's Bill Gates and wife Melinda, who have given away at least $17 billion in recent years, more technology moguls are making serious commitments to philanthropy. As the Barksdales show, many are using an entrepreneurial approach--hands-on, well informed, demanding--to make sure their gifts are used effectively...
...TECH TV If computers are the wave of the future, shouldn't every kid--rich or poor--be surfing the Web? In the two-hour PBS special Digital Divide: Technology and Our Future, airing this Friday at 9 p.m. E.T., pundits on all sides wrestle with the issue. Low-techs complain that we put too much emphasis on computers at the expense of basics like reading and writing; high-techs argue that technology can enhance kids' learning experience without breaking school budgets. The documentary is up to PBS's usual high standards, and it's narrated--get this--by rapper...
...efficiently as possible for the busy exec who needs to find an idea for her kid's Halloween costume during her 15-min., yogurt-at-her-desk lunch break. "Men are content to explore and play games with this technology," asserts Sarah Cabot, co-founder of the women's-tech site SheClicks.com "Women want to solve problems. The sites that get that are the ones that will succeed with this market...