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...agree on a common standard) should become just as popular in the U.S. as it is in Japan and Europe. And if you still want an old-fashioned cell phone without bells and whistles, you will pay a lot less than you do now, since wireless carriers will aim to make most of their money on the extras. Just try to keep it down when you're on the train...
MOST DISAPPOINTED NOMINEE Shrek was one of three movies nominated in the new category of Best Animated Film. But the folks at DreamWorks must be bummed: they rereleased the film in just a few theaters last month and spent a wad on monster-size newspaper ads, with the clear aim of getting a Best Picture nomination. It didn't come. Now Shrek has to settle for a fight on the undercard with Monsters...
...main character, a brilliant mathematician played by Russell Crowe, tries to conquer Go--and loses. Played with black and white stones, Go looks like a giant game of checkers, but its aficionados say it is more complicated than chess. Although players try to capture opponents' stones, the larger aim is to gain as much territory as possible. Victory requires planning and patience, which is why Go is described as a metaphor for business as well as life...
Scientists aim to save and prolong life with their honorable quests, from curing cancer to encouraging Americans to eat less at Burger King. Yet while everyone knows that fast food is unhealthy, few remember the researchers that pored over test tubes, assays and cultures to prove that bacon-and-cheese sandwiches are a shortcut to heart disease...
...tunes of Britney Spears’ “Crazy,” ’N Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye” and Jordan Knight’s “Give It to You.” Henson’s aim is to help normal booty-shaking folk get down teenybopper style in just 60 instructional minutes...