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...While Europe's fears of missile defense are grounded in real fears of a Russian escalation that would directly threaten their security, its concerns over genetically altered crops may be more culturally based. To be sure, the continent's headline writers use terms such as "contamination" to refer to the introduction of genetically altered seed in Europe, whereas such practices are commonplace in the U.S. But while some in Washington may suspect this concern disguises a more basic economic nationalism, it may also be a reflection of deep philosophical differences. "There's a fundamental difference in attitude at work...
...justice faster than the Justice Department ever could. Now AOL and computer maker Gateway are trying to prove him right. The online giant and the PC maker announced Tuesday that they had tapped privately held chip maker Transmeta - a good chunk is held by AOL and Gateway, actually - to use both its new Crusoe processors and an adaptation of the Linux operating system to power a new generation of Internet appliances. The strategy is part of "AOL Anywhere," and the deliciously timed announcement - don't think AOL boss Steve Case doesn't know this is Break It Up Week...
...Universities are some of the richest institutions in the world. My school, Stanford, has an endowment larger than Milton Berle's. It has purchased ridiculously expensive pointy metal art installations and put them in the middle of a playing space for faculty children just because it had to use up some art fund. It needs money like I need a call from Milton Berle about that endowment joke...
...Finns. A whopping 70% of the inhabitants of this small country straddling the Arctic Circle carry mobile phones--the world's highest penetration (and more than double the U.S. rate). It's a phenomenon attributable to liberal telecom-licensing policies (which stimulated early innovation) and to Nokia's effective use of its home base as a laboratory. Citizens of this otherwise low-key society are addicted to mobile text messaging and mobile banking, and primed for mobile commerce and whatever else comes along...
MAKEUP EYEGLASSES--For those with serious vision problems, the patented "double pivot adjustable nosepiece" allows for simultaneous cosmetic application and spectacle use...