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...ready to set the Music Store aloft in the 97% of the world that uses Windows PCs, and the prospect of converting millions of music pirates into credit-card wielding music buyers was enough to make even the most jaded rock stars take notice. How did Jobs do this trick? In a word: simplicity--the transparent ease of use that is the hallmark of Apple's entire product line, including the Music Store. "I'm a complete computer dummy," McLachlan told TIME after the event. "If I can use this, anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Invention Of The Year: The 99Â???? Solution | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...according to the U.N., and safe water is one of the world's more urgent problems. Kamen's device uses that extra heat to distill water--boil it and condense it. Nothing new about that Kamen has invented lots of things, but he didn't invent distillation. The trick is to do it using as little energy as possible. However, 1,000 watts of heat won't boil much water, so Kamen developed a closed system, powered by whatever fuel is at hand, that traps the energy released when the boiled water vapor recondenses. Essentially, he's recycling heat. Result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Water Purifier | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Corriero attributes most of her own success to the chemistry between her linemates and herself, recalling the goal that completed her hat trick in the second game against the Dutchwomen...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Record Setting Weekend for Corriero | 11/12/2003 | See Source »

...didn’t let up on Saturday night, notching her seventh goal of the weekend and first of the game just 57 seconds from the drop of the puck, en route to a first period hat trick...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Record Setting Weekend for Corriero | 11/12/2003 | See Source »

...them was Packard, who had a hat trick against Vermont in last year’s ECAC playoffs and has scored seven of his 23 career goals against the Cats. Harvard has had similar success, with 30 goals in its last six games against Vermont—all victories...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Hockey Ties Dartmouth 2-2, Beats Vermont | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

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