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Some
people have beer-bottle openers as key-chain ornaments.
Thin different: IBM is now offering an 8 MB memory
chip that's encased in plastic, USB-compatlble and
key chain ready. It's $49 and available only at
ibm.com (type "usb memory key in the search
box it). The gadget is incredibly easy to use. Plug
the device into an open USB port and it automaticallyshows
up as an external drive. Then, simply drag and droop
documents, photos or spreadsheets. Your Windows
PC copies the files to the memory key. Unplug, stuff
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How small can an MP3
player get? At the moment, about the size of a Zippo
lighter, but at a fraction of the weight. The Jumper
II from 0MG comes with 32MB of built-in flash memory.
a USB cable for downloading tunes from your PC,
headphones and a multimedia card slot that expands
its capacity to up to 128MB (enough memory for about
four hours of music). The sound is suprisingly good
for the price: $99. it's available only on the Web
at mn3shnnnincl mm follow the directions carefully,
so far there's no tech support available.
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With the use of short message service (SMS) on the
rise in Asia, Motorola has come up with a way around
the awkward thumb-input method. It has created the
first full-sized keyboard for mobile phone. The
$100 lboard works with Motorola' 185 and i50sx phones
as well as future models. |
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Speaking of multipurpose machine overloaded shutterbugs
get some relief with Matsushita's new NV-EX21. It's
a digital camcorder with a detachable 1 .08-megapixel
still camera. Digital video cameras have included
still camera functions for a while, but the combo
is usually bulkier than a standard digital camera.
With the NV-EX21 you can leave the cassette deck
at home if you don't want to take video. The pricey
product ~ debuts in Japan on September. 1 for about
$1,700. |
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While the sun may soem day set on teh PC,this tablet-like
device is touted as a rising star.Roughly the size
of anA4 sheet of paper and about a thumb-width thick,the
web-pad could become the contol panel for the home
network.And it works as a wireless internet and
e-mail terminal.Configurations very from brand to
brand,but the basics are the same.BNtech offers
a touch-sensitive LCD screen witha pop-up virtual
keyboard.Inside is a hard disk for saving files
and programs.with a minimum adopters will be dettered |
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The
Little Book of INDIANWISDQN
By
Neruka Narayanan
Published by penguin Book
11 Community Centre. Pancrtsheei Park.
New Delhi 110017. India
ISBN 0-14-362776-X
Rs.75
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Fear
of mirrors
Rs.75
Edited By Tariq All
Published by Alhamra Publishing,
Saudi Pak Tawer, Jinnah Avenue,
lslamabad
ISBN 969-51 6-045-X
342pp. Rs.295
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Inventing
Boundaries:
Gender,politicsa and the partition of India
Edited By Mushirul Hasan
Published by The Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
Available in Pakistan from Oxford University Press,
5 Bangalore Town, Shara-e-FaisaI Karachi - 75350
ISBN 019565103-0
393pp. Rs.910
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Kids/family
and Action/Adventure
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe,Emma Watson,Rupert
Grint,Richard Harris,John Cleese
Produced by : Chris Columbus
Written By : Steve Kloves
Distributor: Warner Brothers
Time : 2 Hours 22 Minutes Rating : PG forsome
scary moments and mild language.
Synopsis
: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is an
adoption of the first of J.K.Rowling'spopular
children novels about Harry Potter,a
boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he
is the orphaned son of twopowerful |
wizards and
possesses unique magical powers of his own.He is summoned
from his life as an unwanted child to becoem a student
at Hogwarts,an English boarding school for wizards.There
hemeet several friends who become his closets allies
and help him discover the truth about his parent's misterious
deaths at the hand of a powerful adversary.
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Science
Fiction/Fantasy and Action/Adventure
Starring: Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Carla Gugino,
Jason Statham, Tuckerr Smallwood
Directed by: James Wong
Produced by: Glen Morgan, Steve Chasrnan,
Steven Chasman, Jai.
Written By : Glen Morgan, James Wong
Distributor: Columbia Tristar
Time: 1 Hour 36 Minutes Rating: PG-13 for
thematic elements, drug and s~xuaI content.
THE
ONE, a supernatural action bonanza from
director James Wong, stars martial arts expert
let Li. With |
high-tech special effects and
innovative choreography, the film places
Li in various fighting against his equal--actually,
his double, an evil version
of himself living from another |
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