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...coat, police said, she was waiting when Shipman's flight landed after 1 a.m. on Monday, and followed her to the parking lot. After Shipman got into her car and closed the door, Nowak supposedly appeared at the window, pleading for a ride or the use of a cell phone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Houston, She's Got Some Problems | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...first portable MP3 player, and iTunes wasn't the first MP3 computer jukebox program. They were simply the best. I didn't buy an MP3 player until the iPod, and I didn't use an MP3 jukebox before iTunes. Guess what? I don't own a cell phone, but as soon as I can almost afford an iPhone, I'll buy one. It isn't just a cell phone. Revolutionary? Check. Market maker? Double check. Will it change the communications industry? I think it already has. Gino Carter Seattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...Others agree. On Jan. 24, an Eindhoven, Netherlands, spin-off from Philips unveiled plans for its own mass-production facility in Southampton, U.K. The firm, Polymer Vision, will make a 5-in. screen that can be rolled up to the thickness of a cell phone. But even though it announced its factory site after Plastic Logic's, the Dutch company plans to produce at commercial volumes sooner: as early as this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cheaper Chip | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...nanotechnology, predict plastic electronics will be worth nearly $35 billion by 2014. That's about the same value as today's global recorded-music industry. Executives rhapsodize on grocery-store displays that will advertise directly to you, based on information picked up from, say, a chip in your cell phone. Perishables like milk could be packaged with sensors layered in their cardboard to let you know whether they've always been stored at appropriate temperatures. Other products in the pipeline include plastic solar panels, low-cost memory sticks and displays like big-screen TVs that could be rolled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cheaper Chip | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...exciting parts of my attempts to get home, but I was so, so wrong. After the cab ride back to the airport (which I grudgingly paid for), my flight landed in San Francisco six-and-a-half hours later. I was happy—until I turned on my phone. “The Denver airport is closed because of all the snow,” the message from my mom said. “You’re not going to get out of there for a while.”Four nights later—five days after...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Snowed Out | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

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