The next Microsoft web browser has shrunk in size, won't run on a conventional PC and excludes Java support. The diminutive cell phone, not the Internet, is the catalyst that is driving Italy toward the electronic age. Everywhere you look in Italy, children, adults and even seniors, gathered to chat in the piazzas, are talking on the devices. Tivoli comes out of obscurity Innovation by a company unknown to consumers and obscure to all but hardcore system administration circles is about to make life easier for those technically inept and disinterested. The threat is not new, but with consumer adoption of always-on connection technologies, more home computers are potential targets.
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If you think your sweetheart will be spending too much time in front of the computer this Valentine's Day, or if you just want to put a little zing in your love life, here's 10 Techno Love Tips you can follow to make the love of your life turn off the technology and turn on to you. The operating system wars are heating up again, but this time it's not on your desktop, but in the palm of your hand. Fueling the handheld evolution is price reductions, marketing efforts by technology companies to get the devices into the hands of corporate workers and affordable wireless technology that will allow access to the Internet over the airwaves. Don't miss our product reviews section which features software and hardware reviews by our staff and our gizmos columns , lighthearted and informative mini-reviews of hot new gadgets.