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...that's a real shame. Because there's nothing Amtrak needs more than a good swift kick in the corporate butt. An unprecedented commuter crisis? Fantastic: the news media will be crawling all over that story, and Amtrak will have nowhere to go. Americans will finally get the message: yes, folks, this is your national rail system, incapable of maintaining train service even on one of its only profitable routes. Isn't it pathetic? Aren't you proud...
...Playing on these yearnings, Sony is now working on the SDR-4X, a gnome-sized humanoid bot that can sing, dance, kick a ball?and chat. The company plans to equip the device with a 60,000-word vocabulary and the ability to recognize 10 human faces and voices. The SDR-4X could hit the market as early as next year, but it will cost a good chunk of an annual salary. Sony doesn't expect to sell many. The SDR-4X "is a symbolic product," Amagai concedes...
...score-line looked vintage 1974: Germany advances to the semifinals 1-0, winning with a headed goal from a free kick. How predictable. Yet this game was not at all a throwback. If Korea and Japan announced their arrival to big-time football in this World Cup, the U.S., even in losing to Germany, adamantly staked its claim as a global power. "It's been incredible," said U.S. goalie Brad Friedel, who played sensationally. "We have had a great ride. The satisfying thing is we can go home knowing that we probably could have gone a little further." Added coach...
Person of the Week RED MEANS GO At 22, Ronaldinho overshadowed legendary teammates Ronaldo and Rivaldo, scoring a brilliant free-kick goal in Brazil's World Cup triumph over England. But he also got sent off?a major blow to his nation's semifinal aspirations and to all aficionados of sheer footballing genius...
...surprising failures?defending champion France and pretender Argentina?did the exact opposite. They played overly complicated football that often looked terrific but ultimately yielded too little of the only commodity that really matters: goals. Football commentators are sometimes accused of overintellectualizing what is essentially a kick in the grass, but this time the boot is on the other foot: France and Argentina were too cerebral for their own good...