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...Hear Me Now? Inventor: Randall Roberts Availability: Now, at audiologists' offices; up to $299 To Learn More: starkey.com & elihearing.com This device makes it easier for hearing-aid users to go cellular. The tiny ELI plugs into the bottom of most behind-the-ear hearing aids, essentially turning them into wireless cell-phone headsets and eliminating the static that often occurs when hearing aids and mobile phones interact. A miniature microphone transmits the wearer's voice back to the phone. And for people who use in-the-ear hearing aids, there's another version of ELI that hangs on a cord...
...comes a new appliance to shift not when you watch your TV but where. Slingbox hooks up to your home set and beams whatever is onscreen to any Web-enabled device loaded with special software. Waiting for a plane in Paris? Use your laptop and the airport's wireless network to watch the local news from back home-or a DVD or an old show saved on your TiVo. You can even change channels. Best feature: no subscription fees. Next Product: Squeegee clean...
...think that that was wonderful, too.” The once four-floor library has been reduced to one floor, with the other three floors to be used for student space. The Quad Library now features a room for stacks, a Lamont-like reading room, two group-study rooms, wireless internet, and a circulation and reserves desk. The reading room includes a variety of study spaces, including sofa chairs, work spaces, power outlets, and adjustable lighting. The library also has a self-service scanner that allows students to scan documents and save them to a USB flash drive...
...think it’s reasonably safe to say that the vast majority of Harvard undergraduates haven’t noticed a somewhat subtle change in their ability to access the Internet that was put in place before the school year began: just about every computer on the wireless and residential networks on campus is now behind a firewall.This particular firewall is, more or less, innocuous. It blocks incoming traffic, so it only will stop you from things like trying to run a web server out of your dorm room. The reason for its implementation is in fact to protect...
...competition will heat up soon. Verizon Wireless is expected to announce a similar service in the next two months, and Cingular will most likely introduce a competing music store some time...