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...mini-Internet computer all at once, and contrary to Newton-who knew a thing or two about apples-they all occupy the same space at the same time, but without taking a hit in performance. In a way iPhone is the wrong name for it. It's a handheld computing platform that just happens to contain a phone...
...cleaning fanatics, a vacuum can mean only one thing: Dyson. Since the company's inception in 1993, James Dyson has strived to create innovative machines superior to anything else on the market. Now comes his latest invention, the Root 6, above, a handheld vacuum that won't lose suction, never clogs and has a lithiumion battery. And with its space-age good looks, it's nice enough to leave lying around the house...
...property policies. “Cultural space used to be public,” Hwang says, adding that even the song “Happy Birthday” is copyrighted. He has also worked on the Dance Conspiracy project—where participants dance together to music broadcast over handheld radios in various Harvard locales—and he hopes to start his own college radio music label. Wong, an Economics concentrator in Quincy House, has dabbled in different extracurricular pursuits in his Harvard career, with stints on the sailing team, the Harvard College Economics Review, and the crew team...
...same music via Harvard’s radio station—and all the shenanigans were organized by Harvard arts magazine Present! and funded by the Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor program. Over 100 students gathered at 9:30 p.m. in the Adams House Courtyard, where they received handheld radios and tuned into 95.3 WHRB-FM, Harvard’s student-run station. Serene classical soon gave way to a lively dance beat, at which point headphone-sporting students cheered and ran down the streets dancing, receiving directions on where to go over their headphones. The dancers...
...tizz are called wi-fi and WiMax. Those names are familiar to anyone who's used their laptop to access the Internet wirelessly at a public place equipped with a "hot spot." Although a version of the more powerful, farther-reaching WiMax wireless network that works seamlessly with handheld devices probably won't be ready until next year, handsetmakers are already giddy at the prospect. With WiMax's roots in the Internet, the reasoning goes, mobile networks based on that technology will be able to deliver the multimedia goods to mobile-phone customers better than traditional cellular networks. Motorola chief...