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Upson says keystroke authentication's accuracy could soon be applied to verify any Web-based data, like electronic medical records or tax filings. "Even a fingerprint can be altered," he says. "Typing? You probably couldn't change it if you wanted...
...organization plans to overhaul its marketing next year, remaking its logo (the new one is on the accompanying chart) and sharpening its well-established brand with ventures into the Internet and music. AARP plans to establish a massive new Web presence with a social network based at AARP.org and launch its own blog on current events. Also under way is a wide-ranging music-marketing campaign, including sponsorship of its first-ever national concert tour (with Tony Bennett), a Web-based music-recommendation service and a music blog...
...chairman of Sun Microsystems was up against one of the most vexing challenges of modern life: a third-grade science project. Scott McNealy had spent hours searching the Web for a lively explanation of electricity that his son could understand. "Finally I found a very nice, animated, educational website showing electrons zooming around and tests after each section. We did this for about an hour and a half and had a ball--a great father-son moment of learning. All of a sudden we ran out of runway because it was a site to help welders, and it then...
...meant to replace going to school but to supplement it and offer courses that may not be available locally. It aims to give teachers classroom-tested content materials and assessments that are livelier and more current and multimedia-based than printed textbooks. Ultimately, it could take the Web 2.0 revolution to school, closing that yawning gap between how kids learn at school and how they do everything else. Educators around the country and overseas are already discussing ways to certify Curriki's online course work for credit...
...time she turns 13 in February, Dakota Fanning will have appeared in 16 movies. Her two latest--an adaptation of the children's classic Charlotte's Web, in theaters this month, and the gritty indie Hound Dog, which will screen at the Sundance Film Festival in January--represent opposite ends of the young star's growing oeuvre. Fanning told TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan about enduring her awkward stage, tackling grownup themes and selling Girl Scout cookies...