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...going to cross the line from Mexico: a million barrels of crude oil, 432 tons of bell peppers, 238,000 light bulbs, 166 brand-new Volkswagen Beetles, 16,250 toasters, $51 million worth of auto parts, everything from the little plastic knob on the air conditioner to your cell-phone charger. It all comes in trucks and boxcars and little panel vans, and that's just the stuff that Customs can keep track of. There is also the vast shadow market--not just the cocaine and heroin and freshly laundered money but also cut-price Claritin and steroids and banned...
...participants in your forum on trends of the future, "Around the corner" [March 20], said the shower is the last bastion of contemplative solitude because it's the only place he's not hounded by electronic devices. But he has the power to turn off his BlackBerry, iPod, cell phone and any other electronic leash he wears. These so-called communication devices in many cases alienate users from the people around them. Electronic communication is not conversation. It lacks the characteristics of human interaction: the physical, mental and emotional sharing of thoughts. Tracey Gilpin Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S. Harvard...
...with closed specifications, such as the one governing Word, this kind of adoption cycle just isn’t possible. The upshot: lots of cell phones can view web pages, increasingly many can play mp3s, but if you want your phone to open Word documents, you have to pay for the privilege. The ones that are best at doing it are the ones that run a Microsoft operating system. Aside from this relatively petty convenience, the amount of innovation that has been stifled as a result is anyone’s guess. But one thing is certain: because many, many...
...take the $750 million.” But Battelle, who is the author of the book “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture,” said in a phone interview from his home in San Rafael, Calif., yesterday that some young Web entrepreneurs who turned down multimillion-dollar offers early on reaped rewards in the long...
...self into a situation that actively prevents worrying or outside interaction. Concerned about gluttony or over-indulgence? The all-inclusive setting makes it in your monetary interest to eat and drink more. Can’t get away from your life back at home? Overpriced Internet access and phone rates will force you to keep outside contact (and its stressful connections) to a minimum.So with much of the isolating work done for us, we took to the beach. I can’t say that there weren’t some setbacks to this complete calm. There were some airport...