New Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department said it was investigating Microsoft's investment in Canadian software maker Corel, which makes a competing product to Microsoft's Office. The move was hailed by Canadian-Americans and cited by conservatives as proof of Ashcroft's sensitivity to oppressed minority groups. As a computer virus disguised as a photo of tennis star Anna Kournikova swept across the Internet last week, experts scrambled to analyze how it could mainly affect the systems of male users ages 12 to 55. Parents need to recognize that otherwise these kids would be alone.
Online communities provide ample spaces to explore identity, be happy or sad, get mad, act out.
This is the work of adolescence. Yeah, I got lucky. But I would have made a lot more money if I'd gone other places. With up to 30,000 residences, the new town's tech infrastructure will be marketed to telecommuters. If some guy gets in a fight with his wife and wants to get the hell out of the house, he can go over to the school and plug in his computer - he'll have the exact same connectivity.