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...want to plug or unplug anything, you have to turn the Cube upside down. Not only is this a royal pain in the rump--for its size, the Cube is a weighty beast (14 lbs.)--but it also means the on-off switch can activate again through contact with the desk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Cool Cube | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...home network so the two computers in my office could share the cable modem, and a fire wall to protect my machines. The fire wall was especially urgent, I felt. It spooked me to leave my PCs connected to the Net all day unattended. The simple security solutions--unplugging them or disabling file sharing-- didn't work because I needed to share files with my wife. And I can never remember to unplug the modem at night. I ended up getting BlackICE Defender, a $39 piece of software that I downloaded (in about a minute), from networkice.com I recommend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blazing Modems | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...into that kid's room, unplug the computer and walk out. What have you really accomplished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising Kids Online | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...what he thought of this essay, his reply was, "I wouldn't want to waste my life that way [doing nothing]." Mmmmmm...I think the first night this spring that I walk outside to sit and listen to the frogs croaking in the distance, I'm going to unplug the computer and take my son with me! LORI DUTTER Cedar Grove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...UNPLUG AND DRIVE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 12, 1998 | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

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