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...have finally reached the tipping point. Well over 6 million people now own a Palm--the personal digital assistant that accounts for 79% of the market--and use it for everything from managing their calendars to playing infrared Pong. While there are some advantages to having a PDA that runs Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system--most new Pocket PC-running machines feature color, digital music players, handwriting recognition and ClearType, a way to make pages more readable on small screens--Palm remains the standard in the handheld world. There are something like 3,000 programs written for the Palm...
...little people--you know, people like McCartney and Dylan and whatnot. Divas--Aretha, Mariah, Whitney, Sisqo--have no need of surnames. So up-and-coming R.-and-B. singer Mya (much like one of her contemporaries, Aaliyah) is already a bit ahead of the game. She doesn't use her last name, Harrison, professionally. Yes, she's on her way to divadom...
...part of this program to raise awareness about public schools, so I set off to accomplish the two things I've wanted to do since I was 15: find out what teachers talk about in the faculty lounge and commandeer the p.a. system. I was going to use my light-rock deejay voice and keep repeating that principal has the word pal in it until everyone got really creeped out. I was planning on being Principal for Half...
...central square." Then a notice for a seminar on e-commerce by the Peruvian Science Network (rcp), a nonprofit organization that has spurred the launch of more than 500 public Internet centers across the country, piqued his interest. Taking advantage of rcp's free technical assistance and low use rates, Mamani set up a site hawking his jewelry online. Today he is a cyberentrepreneur. Nearly 80% of the $800 he makes each month is earned on the Internet, and he is "concentrating on international sales." The clerks at the local post office and courier service know him on sight. "There...
...some ways Mamani is typical of Latin Internet users. Most are male. Most use a computer chiefly for business purposes. Many get online not from home but from work, school or public machines like those available at Internet cafes and at sites like RCP's. Most are relatively young...