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It Can't Be Stopped!
Cyberspace was born of a military need to decentralize defense computers, a revolutionary feat at the time. Today the Net's reach has extended far beyond the imagination of its creators, and the future seems limitless.
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Rural, but Not Remote
Nebraska goat farmer Bobbie Brewer finds everything she needs to keep her herd healthy on the Net. And now she's peddling goat-milk soap in the city without leaving the farm.
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Voices in Space
A high-speed digital phone line makes casting the foreign-language voices of Aladdin, Mickey, and the rest of the Magic Kingdom gang a crisp and efficient process.
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Tracking Space Trash
Advanced communications networks originally developed to watch for missile invasions are now being used to watch for a different kind of space invader: orbiting garbage from old rockets.
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We Build Together
Founded by eight women in South Africa, Masizakhe (we build together) works to find and download from the Net vital information and adult education programs they would not be able to afford -- or perhaps even know about -- otherwise.
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Message from Sarajevo
When Eric Bachman set up an email system in the former Yugoslavia to promote peace and humanitarian aid, he couldn't have known that three years later he would rely on the same network to tell his family that he was still alive.
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The Virtual Checkbook
Intuit Software started with a simple idea: a program to balance your checkbook on the computer. Now it is poised to help you transfer money from your account to anywhere in the world without ever touching an ATM.
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The Web Way to Fame
A San Francisco a cappella group finds its fans in cyberspace -- and saves money on postage.
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Fool's Gold
Two Gen-X brothers started an investment newsletter in 1994. The original print version attracted 340 subscribers; the online version is now a must-read for tens of thousands.
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Bees of the Invisible
Busy in their cyberhive, the staffers of HotWired find that connecting on the Net
means much more than sending information through a wire.
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The Ultimate Taxi
Hop into Jonathan Barnes' ultra-hip techno-cab, and you can surf cyberspace
while riding through the streets of Aspen.
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