Word: thingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DRIVE'S THE THING Don't settle for less than a DVD-ROM, which can play your old CDs as well as dvd movies. Consider a built-in rewritable CD-ROM drive. It's great for making your own music discs and storing digital photos...
Most people think choice is a good thing. Take French roast vs. Kona, or Skippy vs. Jif. But when it comes to notebook computers, the options can be downright dizzying. This year, with the introduction of superfast Intel Pentium III processors in laptops and the rapid proliferation of ultralight PCs, your choices got even broader...
...beginning of what promises to be a huge trend in portable computing. Like everything else in personal technology, there's no single standard for handhelds, with the Palm, Windows CE devices and Psion all going their own ways. You'll have to compare and decide for yourself, but one thing is certain: every generation is quicker, with more software to make PDAs truly personal...
...digital network. Their latest trick: accessing the Web to check the weather, look up a stock price or find out if the Rangers won. They can also read e-mail, send a short text message, keep a calendar and respond to voice commands. But the one thing they can't do is offer reliable service. Is it any wonder that a majority of mobile phone users have stuck with old-style, no-frills analog service? Analog is more expensive, but it's everywhere, while digital networks still suffer from spotty coverage, even in big markets like New York. What good...
Fernando had the night shift last Thursday when, at 2:28 a.m., he saw the 44-ft.-tall tower and "a little flinch in the sky." While he looked, "the whole thing came down." As it toppled, the scores of kids who were on it scrambled. The lucky ones escaped. The rest were entombed in a mess of logs and wires. After close to 24 hours of furious searching, there were 12 dead and 28 injured, some critically, and a heartbreaking pile of questions: Did the center pole snap? Were sufficient precautions taken? Was there any adult supervision...