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...alternative Internet service providers. When AOL 5.0 is loaded onto computers, the suit alleges, the software infiltrates the system and can strong-arm other ISPs and other applications right out of commission. AOL officials say the suit, which was filed in a court near AOL's headquarters in Dulles, Va., has "no basis in fact or law," and cite the message that pops up when their software is first installed, asking users if they would like AOL to become their "default...
...sprawl, is fast becoming a national concern. Legislation to "bag the beam," as one campaign refers to it, is pending in four states, including New York and Massachusetts. Last summer Texas and New Mexico enacted tough laws to restrict outdoor lights, and just last week officials in Fauquier County, Va., joining hundreds of regional enforcement efforts, voted unanimously in favor of similar restrictions. Even Inuits living 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle have reportedly begun to complain about the lights...
...Research In Motion, and used to be available only with Blackberry's wireless service, over the BellSouth Data Network. But last week major wireless retailers across the country began selling an upgraded and even cooler RIM-made gadget for a telecom company called American Mobile, based in Reston, Va. The new device, dubbed the eLink, should shame young Marshall and her fancy Blackberry-toting crowd...
...These three giants shared the quality of wonderment of a child at play. They were uncommonly tenacious in pursuing their goals and designed novel means to achieve them, yet they could laugh heartily amid arduous circumstances. Their examples will always shine. WILLIAM E. COOPER, PRESIDENT University of Richmond Richmond, Va...
...called the AOL headquarters in Dulles, Va., and introduced myself to the woman who answered. She asked surprisingly early in our relationship if I was having "technical difficulties" and seemed pleased when I insisted that everything was A-O.K. But when I told her who I was, she immediately said she couldn't talk and gave my number to AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose. She too was nervous about having her name in this article. My new company, it seems, has spokespeople who are scared of speaking. I told her I was a writer who was afraid of writing. That...