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...role of Gates' technical assistant. Gupta's job is to see that researchers get their ideas in front of the people in charge of the Windows Media Products that use that technology. Back in January of 2003 Gupta's group came up with a telephony prototype that connected the phone to the PC. When a call comes to the user's phone, it rings on the PC, and shows the user who's calling. A prompt allows the user to transfer the call to his mobile phone or home or office phone and then take the call...
...followed by 100 zeros) possible ways to make money. John Skelly Mons, France Despite Google's refusal to turn over data on people's Internet use to U.S. prosecutors, the company is actually betraying its customers' trust by retaining information on every search and resultant Web-page retrieval. If phone companies logged the content of everybody's phone calls, consumers would be outraged. Perhaps Google's respecting the privacy of its customers is not congruent with the goal of Internet domination. Ed R. Bauman Santa Monica, California, U.S. I trust Google to protect my privacy a whole lot more than...
...homeless man into our entryway? My little sister Kirsten, who is a freshman enduring this same process, sought my advice about blocking the other day. Being the sensitive big brother that I am, I ignored her and kept walking to the Science Center with my friends. After an angry phone call from my parents that night, I’ve decided to share some words of wisdom with Kirsten, and while I’m at it, give some advice to the entire freshmen class.Choosing your blockmates is a very important decision. After all, these are the people you will...
...friend once told me he'd be happy to hear Neko Case sing passages from the phone book. It's no wonder. As on Case's previous three studio albums, the voice on her latest release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, sucks you in with its seemingly effortless power and range, an intoxicating quality that blends the best of country and gospel. Her voice is the strongest instrument on the album. Every song feels as if it were written around...
...Case, 35, never does sound like she might as well be singing from the phone book. Her lyrics, heavy on the imagery, set a vivid mood even on those songs, like the title track, where the details of her narrative seem fuzzy. From start to finish, Fox Confessor is filled with tales of loss, hard luck, and longing that leave much to listeners' imagination. Take, for example. the opener Margaret vs. Pauline, a story about two young women: one graceful, with "an ingot in her breast to burn cool and collected," the other unfocused and resentful, whose "jaw aches from...