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h2g2 aims to make the most of what Internet analysts call the mobile Internet's killer application: combining "personalization"--services geared to a specific user--with "localization"--those linked to a certain place. h2g2's mobile division plans to introduce services that are tailored to where a caller happens to be at a particular point in time. New positioning technology means that mobile operators will soon be able to pinpoint a person's location to within 12 yds., helping h2g2 give more precise answers to a request like "Please recommend what to see and do in London...
...King said it was not feasible for his clients to investigate each individual Napster user...
...death, physical or emotional, is the fact of life. So, on her new CD, Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch), a seemingly simple declaration of love--"Nobody loves you like I do"--has the twist of a curse or a threat. Or a declaration of defeat: "I love ya like a user needs a drug." Or a grudging tribute to the man who left a scar: "I will always think of you [because]/ You made me believe in tragedy." Yet if the singer's spirit can sound crushed, the listener's spirit soars because nothing has the rising poignancy of a voice...
...consumed does not interfere with academic use of the network, access to Napster ought to be maintained. The University does not have a legal obligation to block Napster. As an Internet service provider, Harvard should be protected by federal laws that properly rest responsibility for illegal actions with the user rather than the network owner. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences already prohibits intellectual property violations under its network policy; if Harvard were punished for violations of its own policies, it would feel pressure to place draconian and unnecessary restrictions on Internet use for fear of liability resulting from...
TIME should be credited for demystifying the antiwrinkle potential of today's nonprescription skin creams [BUSINESS, Aug. 14]. Your outside laboratory's independent analysis and the companies' responses to them were very revealing. We all recognize that in the end, there is significant subjectivity to the user's perception of success. Charles Revson, the legendary founder of Revlon, was probably quite right when he proclaimed, "We sell hope in a jar." ROBERT KOTLER, M.D. UCLA Medical Center West Los Angeles...