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...handle, and the point acts as an antenna. The umbrella protects the speaker from rain, sun or the rest of the street's noise and activities so that he or she can have a conversation. Set into the wall behind the Street Umbrella is a screen with which users can navigate the telephone menu. The screen could also show the person the user is talking with or display images and information...
...Concept: When closed, the kiosk is a sort of electronic bulletin board that displays information about events in the neighborhood, e-mailed in by local businesses. When someone approaches, the kiosk opens up so the user can recharge a mobile phone, download information from the Internet or, yes, even make a telephone call. The flowerlike structure also provides shelter and light (from the tips of its petals) while monitoring pollution. Says SHoP's Gregg Pasquarelli:"We see it as halfway between a tree and a piece of sculpture...
...like millions of others, you could now be in trouble. Last week a federal judge ordered Verizon, a fast-growing telephone company and Internet service provider (ISP), to answer a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) subpoena for the name of one of its customers, a heavy Kazaa user. Should you be worried...
...could open the door to as many subpoenas as the music industry's army of lawyers can churn out. When you share songs online, you broadcast an address that your ISP can link back to you. But right now there are just too many services--and way too many users--for either the industry or your ISP to monitor them all. Subpoenas will aim for obvious targets on the most popular services--like that Kazaa user, who had put more than 600 pirated tunes online. Those who download in moderation should easily escape the RIAA's wrath...
...Iraq, Libya and other pariah states. But prosecutors say Schompeter easily found ways around the tougher export restrictions. The initial sale was to a German-based trading company, so as to circumvent the manufacturer's internal controls, and the drill was then exported to Jordan with a dubious end-user certificate before ending up in Iraq, they said. A spokesman says prosecutors are currently investigating five other cases, at least three of which involve illegal sales to Iraq. "The sentences have gotten longer, but it's still possible to get around the bans with forged documents and suchlike," says...