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Once you master the finger acrobatics, the Touchstream offers huge advantages, as it's more comfortable to have the keyboard and mouse functions all in the same place. In addition, you don't waste time reaching for the mouse every few seconds. User surveys by the company indicate that the Touchstream may help reduce repetitive-strain injuries and increase productivity. We found it to be a lot more fun than mousing around...
...trade is hard to stop because it's impossible to tell whether so-called "dual-use" material and equipment are destined for peaceful purposes. North Korea is skilled at using front companies with ever-changing names to disguise the real end user. As a Western diplomat notes, a machine for freeze-drying coffee can also be used to make anthrax spores. Says Akio Igarashi of the Tokyo-based watchdog Center for Information on Security Trade Control: "With North Korea you don't know if a lunch box you export will end up as a container for nuclear material...
...companies are not a natural fit since both are heavily invested in the back office. The only way it makes sense is if Ellison is taking a leaf from the Microsoft playbook: getting bigger, with less competition, is better. Although a combined Oracle-PeopleSoft would not rival SAP's user base, it would be in a more competitive position--and create an ever wider market for Oracle Database. "[Ellison] doesn't need PeopleSoft's products," says Reg King, an analyst for WR Hambrecht & Co. "But what's wrong with buying its customers...
...combination of the digital camcorder and the high-resolution digital camera. The two make a handsome couple. As obvious as the merger sounds, it's difficult to couple the two because they use different types of lenses and image sensors. The SC-D5000 "Duo-cam" ($1,399) allows the user to select video or still images by swiveling the appropriate lens into place. The device is cumbersome, but for the most part the combination doesn't cut into quality. Though there is an annoying delay during and after taking each still picture, shots are deep and color-rich. Camcorder options...
...first part of Project ADAPT was criticized for being “user-hostile,” and as administrators looked ahead to the next phase—the HR Project—they said they had learned their lesson: they would consult more with users and make the new systems more friendly...