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Moore's law holds that computers will continually get faster, but there's no corollary that says users will bother to buy them. Consumers no longer feel the need to upgrade to the latest hardware every time Intel unveils a speedier microprocessor or Microsoft releases a heftier version of Windows. According to the consumer technology-research firm Odyssey, home users nowadays are perfectly willing to go almost five years between PC purchases. Meanwhile, the computer industry, mired in its worst-ever sales slump, is desperate to dream up a compelling innovation that will put the forced back in forced obsolescence...
...Officials in Virginia argue that the trial should be held in their courts because the Virginia legal system will provide a speedier trial and permits the execution of both men, unlike Maryland's. Further, they say, Maryland's current moratorium on the death penalty (which will end next year) means justice may not be meted out in that state quickly enough. (Virginia, on the other hand, has executed 86 people since 1976, more than any state but Texas.) The threat of the death penalty, prosecutors argue, could make Malvo more likely to turn against Muhammad and provide key testimony against...
...move to dark meat chicken accompanies a new cashier system—installed in an effort to make Wrap service speedier and more accurate...
...around $300, use a technology called EV-DO and can access the Internet at a rate of up to 2.4 megabits per second. That is about four times as fast as the general packet radio service (GPRS) phones, the most sophisticated models currently sold in Europe, and 250 times speedier than Japan's i-mode service. Verizon is rolling out a service that is only about 2% as fast as EV-DO but is piloting technology already used in South Korea and hopes to match those speeds by the end of the year...
...marked something of an epiphany for Fauci. Returning to Washington, he set out to mobilize the government against the disease. He successfully lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to make AIDS drugs more widely available. He set up speedier protocols for testing new AIDS drugs. He invited AIDS patients to participate in the NIAID advisory process. Practically overnight, he became one of the leading advocates of AIDS causes and a hero to the gay community...