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Profitability
is the Key
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-compatible and key- chain
ready. It’s $49 and available only at ibm.com (type
“usb memory key” in the search box to find it). The
gadget is incredibly easy to use. Plug the device into
an open USB port and it automatically shows 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 the gadget into your
pocket and off you go.
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The
Mini-Me of MP3
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
CMC 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 mp3shopping.com;
follow the directions carefully, so far there’s
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Thumbs
Away!
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’
i85 and i50sx phones as well as future models.
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Transforming
Camera
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
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You
can take it with you
While the sun may some day
set on the PC, this tablet-like device is touted
as a rising star. Roughly the size of an A4 sheet
of paper and about a thumb-width thick, the web-pad
could become the control panel for the home network.
And it works as a wireless Internet and e-mail
terminal. Configurations vary from brand to brand,
but the basics are the same. BNtech offers a touch-sensitive
LCD screen with a pop-up virtual keyboard. Inside
is a hard disk for saving files and programs.
With a minimum adopters will be deterred..
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The Little Book
of INDIAN WISDON
By Neruka Narayanan Published by penguin
Book,
11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New
Delhi 110017, India
ISBN 0-14-362776-X.
Rs.75
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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-Faisal
Karachi - 75350
ISBN 019565103-0
393pp.
Rs.910
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Fear
of mirrors
Edited By Tariq Ali
Published by Alhamra Publishing,
Saudi Pak Tawer, Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad
ISBN 969-516-045-X
342pp. Rs.295
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 Crime/Gangster,
Musical/Performing Arts, Drama and Comedy1 hr.
40 min.
Starring: Renee
Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere,
Christine Baranski, Queen Latifah
Directed by: Rob
Marshall
Produced by: Marty Richards, Harvey Weinstein
Written by: Bill Condon, Fred Ebb Distributor:
Miramax Films
Time: 1 Hours 40
Minutes
Rating: PG-13 for
sexual content and dialogue, violence and thematic
elements.
Synopsis: It's
the long-awaited film version of the Broadway
hit. Set in the roaring 20's, this is the story
of Chicago chorus girl Roxie Hart (Zellweger),
who shoots her unfaithful lover (West). Landing
in jail, she meets Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones), another
chorus girl and murderess, currently enjoying
media attention and legal manipulation, care of
her attorney, Billy Flynn (Gere), king of the
old "Razzle Dazzle." Soon enough, however, Flynn
takes Roxie's case as well, and Velma finds herself
old news as Roxie is now the most famous murderess
in town, on her way to getting out of jail and
becoming a star. The two go through a series of
attempts at getting what they both want (often
conflicting): freedom and fame.
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Occupation: Actress, Producer
Date of Birth: November 11, 1962
Place of Birth: Roswell, N.M., USA
Height:: 5' 5"
Sign: Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Taurus
Relations: Ex-husband: Bruce Willis; Ex-husband: Freddy
Moore; CREDITS Actress: Passion of Mind 2000 Deconstructing
Harry 1997 G.I. Jane 1997
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| One Crazy Summer 1986 Wisdom
1986 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 1996 Striptease 1996
The Juror 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 The Scarlet
Letter 1995 Now and Then 1995 Disclosure 1994 A Century
of Cinema 1994 Indecent Proposal 1993 A Few Good Men 1992
The Butcher's Wife 1991 Mortal Thoughts 1991 Nothing But
Trouble 1991 Ghost 1990 We're No Angels 1989 The Seventh
Sign 1988 About Last Night 1986 |
Other Movie
Credits Mortal Thoughts 1991 (Co-Producer) TV If These
Walls Could Talk 1996 (Performer, Producer) Dead Right
1990 (Special) Judge Reinhold and Demi Moore in the Newcomer's
Guide to Happine — 1987 (Special) |
No Small Affair
1985 St. Elmo's Fire 1985 Blame It on Rio 1984 Young Doctors
in Love 1982 Parasite 1982 Choices 1981
Producer G.I. Jane 1997 Austin Powers: International Man
of Mystery 1997 Now and Then 1995 |
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