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...Group of Death any team could play solidly and still lose three games. Sven-G?ran Eriksson has England playing exceedingly well, including its historic 5-1 shellacking of Germany in qualifying. But England has a problem. Beyond Beckham and speed merchant Michael Owen, the team lacks world-class talent. Sweden, meanwhile, could be out of luck. It's a low-wattage squad that coach Tommy Soderberg says will rely on teamwork and spirit. "In Sweden we want a team that can work without a hierarchy, a team that is based on the dialogue between the players." This is easier when...
Clones' visual effects can be buoyant (Anakin makes a pear float, in a literal fruit loop) or imposing (the final vista of an orange sky). And they give a vertiginous kick to the fight scenes. A mile-high car chase has cool dips and speed bumps. An arena battle begins as a Gladiator knock-off and then escalates, with lumbering monsters that recall the peerless work of stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen. A light-saber duel in the dark has loads of drama and glamour...
...company based in Oakland, Calif., Pay By Touch may be the best thing since the express-checkout lane. It allows shoppers to authorize credit-card and bank payments using a fingerprint, a copy of which they have placed on file. "People like it for the same reason they like speed passes at gas pumps--mobility and speed," says Frank Pierce, Indivos' vice president of marketing. The company is testing the system at retail outlets, including fast-food restaurants, around the country...
This trend has Big Music running scared, at a speed that makes its fight against Napster look like a stroll through the easy-listening section of Sam Goody. Hilary Rosen, the tough-talking president of the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) who led the legal charge against Napster, feels almost nostalgic about 2000, when file sharing was the sole problem. After all, only 11% of Napster users ever transferred their stash of tunes onto a CD; the rest kept them on a computer. Since piracy has gone portable--and local--it is perceived as more of a threat...
...story illustrates the danger--of expensive misunderstandings and much worse--posed by business partnerships in the digital age. To speed their delivery of new products and services, more and more firms are asking partners for help. New Internet-based software makes the sharing much easier. But the collaborations also put trade secrets at risk. Start-ups like LynkUs are looking for established partners willing to share their customers. Big firms like WebMD are trying to legitimately absorb new ideas from start-ups. Manufacturers like Ford are sharing research with partsmakers like Lear and consulting them on product designs. Stores like...