Local and long-distance telephone service, forced apart by the government 20 years ago to create competition, are rushing back together by way of corporate mergers.
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Intel Readies 64-Bit Pentiums
Battling back against AMD’s increasingly popular Athlon 64 processor, Intel is poised to bring 64-bit computing to its desktop CPU lineup when it unveils its P4 6XX series. The processor family could be announced as early as later this month.
IBM, Sony, Toshiba to unveil ‘Cell’ chip
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The highly anticipated microchip that will power the Sony PlayStation 3 video game system will be described in detail for the first time Monday by its developers, IBM, Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp.
Pentagon sites: Journalism or propaganda?
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to add more sites on the Internet to provide information to a global audience — but critics question whether the Pentagon is violating President Bush’s pledge not to pay journalists to promote his policies.
Goapele’s Voice Soars New Heights
For a woman whose name means ‘to go forward’ in Setswana, the South African language of her grandmother, Goapele lives her name. The Bay Area native’s debut effort, “Even Closerâ€? was a 14-track masterpiece that she co-wrote and co-produced independently which went on to sell an unprecedented 130,000 units. Now Goapele is back on the musical scene with her highly anticipated sophomore effort, Change it All on Skyblaze
Sideways
The deeper the former gets lost in women, the more the latter seems to take to alcohol. Though their methods of dealing with denial are decidedly different, it quickly becomes clear that these pathetic protagonists share a desire to escape from their fading youth and their failed ambitions. This is the poignant premise underlying Sideways, an alternately superficial and nuanced mood piece written and directed by Alexander Payne (About Schmidt).
Norful’s Grammy Nod
In the coming months Norful will prepare for a spring 2005 nationwide, church-based concert tour. In addition, there is the January 30 broadcast of his performance on Robert Schuller’s "Hour of Power" and the February 22 broadcast of his appearance on BET’s "Celebration of Gospel V."
Morgan Freeman: Million Dollar Baby Interview
Morgan is up for a Golden Globe for his latest performance as Eddie ‘Scrap Iron’ Dupris in Million Dollar Baby, where as the film’s one-eyed narrator, he plays an ex-boxer-turned-janitor-turned-ring trainer-turned-philosopher, wise beyond his lowly station in life. Here, he talks about that role which is generating some Oscar buzz, too.
Coach Carter
Because the film presents a fairly-faithful rendering of actual events, don’t expect a sugar-coated, "happily-ever-after" Hollywood finish and you won’t be disappointed. That being said, Coach Carter, nonetheless, is ultimately unusually satisfying, as it transcends typical sports flick fare, given its sobering suggestion that tough times might call for tough love and tough measures
Best & Worst Black Cinema
Unfortunately, there were just as many bad Black outings as good ones, with the year being marked by an extraordinary number of embarrassing Stepin’ Fetchit-style showings. If the Black Hollywood renaissance ushered in by Halle and Denzel’s Oscar wins only means returning to another era of minstrel shows, I’d just as soon pass.
