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Wet
and Wired
The ReefMaster
Digital Land and Sea Camera is the first digital camera
that works underwater. Its built-in software compensates
for tricky undersea lighting conditions and its high-tech
plastic housing is waterproof to 30m (a deluxe model
can go to 60m). With a price tag of $450, though, you’d
better hope you’re snapping sunken treasure. Find
out more at www.sealife-cameras.com
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Last month Verizon became the
first US company to deploy the fancy, fast new form
of wireless internet access known to techies as
“3G”, for “third generation”.
The $30-a-month service (Verizon calls it the Express
Network) will send date to PCs with special wireless
cards, and even to some call phones, more than twice
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The
new Palm 705 is a step closer to the easy, flexible
wireless e-mail access all handheld users crave.
Unlike the Palm VII, the i705 checks your e-mail
constantly instead of just when you ask, and it
alerts you when it arrives. If the i70r had a
mini-keyboard like its rival, the RM Black Berry,
we’d give it a high five.
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Twist And Shout
People who like the extras on Sony’s CLIE
hand-helds (and plenty do) are going to love the
latest model. The CLIE PEG-NR70 has a colour screen
that flips up to reveal a keyboard and twists
back down so you can cradle it like a regular
PDA. There’s more: a built-in remote that
will operate TVs, stereos and DVD players; an
improved MP3 player with better speakers; and
integrated digital camera. Will next year’s
model brew coffee?
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Walkie-talkies get smarter every
year. Audiovox’s new GMRS two-way radios not only
offer twice the range (as far as 8km) but also come with
a build-in global positioning system. Take a pair on a
camping trip, and you’ll be able to track your buddies
and wayward children. Punch in the coordinates, and the
GPS satellites can guide you back to base camp-or the
nearest McDonald’s.
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Thinking
Social Science in India
Essays in Honour of Alice Thorner
Edited by Sujata Patel, Jasodhara Bagchi and
Krishna Raj
Published by Sage Publications, M 32 Market,
Greater Kailash 1, New Delhi - 110048
ISBN 0-7619-9600-1
468PP. Indian Rs 795 |
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Nawabshah: The
Lost Glory
By Syed Shakir Ali Shah
Published by Indus Publications,
Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi
Tel: 021-5660242
ISBN 969-529-000-0
206PP. Rs 1395
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Hibli
Ki Hayat-i-Mua’shiqa
By Dr
Waheed Qureshi
Published by T&T Publishers,
31-S3101/E, Bank Colony,
Samanabad, Lahore
ISBN 969-8305-45-9
126pp. Rs 100
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Modern
Soap
By
Javed Amir
Published by Alhamra Publishing,
31-S3101/E, Bank Colony,
Islamabad
ISBN 969-516-075-1
20pp. US$ 14.95
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Spider-Man
Action/Adventure
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst,
Willem Dafoe, James Franco, J.K. Simmons
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Produced by: Grant Curtis, Ian Bryce, Laura
Ziskin
Written by: Alvin Sargent, David Koepp,
Sam Raimi, Scott
Rosenberg, Neil Ruttenberg
Time: 2 Hours 01 Minute Rating: PG-13 for
stylized violence and action.
Synopsis:
Based on the legendary flagship character of Marvel
comics, this is the story of Peter Parker, a student
living with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben after the
death of his parents when he was very young. He's
an avid student with a
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much-less-than-stellar social life
and a knack for bad luck. When a freak accident miraculously
grants him incredible spider-like abilities, in effect,
it makes him into the amazing Spider-Man. Peter will find
that there's a thin line between an ordinary man and an
extraordinary hero; and he'll have to be the one to cross
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Star
Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman,
Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Frank
Directed by: George Lucas
Produced by: Rick McCallum
Written by: George Lucas, Jonathan Hales
Distributor: Lucasfilm/Twentieth Century
Fox
Time: 2 Hours 22 Minute Rating: PG for sustained
sequences of sci-fi action/violence.
Synopsis: Ten years after the events of THE
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the galaxy undergone significant
change, but so have our familiar heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Ewan McGregor), Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman)
and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as they are
thrown together again for the first time since the Trade
Federation invasion of Naboo. Anakin has grown into the
accomplished Jedi apprentice of Obi-Wan, who himself has
transitioned from student to teacher. The two Jedi are
assigned to protect Padmé whose life is threatened
by a faction of political separatists. As relationships
form and powerful forces collide, these heroes face choices
that will impact not only their own fates, but the destiny
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Occupation: Actor, Director,
and Producer
Birth Name: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
Birth date: July 3, 1962
Birthplace: Syracuse, NY
Horoscope: Cancer
Education: Franciscan Seminary; studied for one
year
Father: Thomas Cruise Mapother III, electrical engineer;
died 1984 of cancer
Mother: Mary Lee Mapother
Stepfather: Joe South
Daughter: Isabella Jane Kidman Cruise; adopted January
1993
Son: Connor Anthony Kidman Cruise; adopted February
1995 |
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Occupation:
actress dancer
Date of Birth: July 1 1972
Nationality: British
Place of Birth: England UK
Height: 5' 7"
Hair color: Brunette |
Eye
color: Green
Relations: John Cusack (actor)
Italian father
(entertainment manager) English
mother
Sign: Cancer
Education: London's Arts
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walked off the set of Deep Rising (or
was “let go,” depending upon
the source) after disagreeing with the
director – a seeming foolhardy
stand for anything but a big-name actor.
Yet Claire Forlani went on to such blockbusters
as Meet Joe Black and Mystery Men (while
Deep Rising sunk), and now has a reputation
for artistic integrity that hasn’t
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