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Broadband Access at 17%: Where Is Everyone Else?

Amid all of the noise about the broadcast networks trying to sell their new fall programs to advertisers in a process that has become known as "upfronts" and the future of the 30- and 60-second commercial, the Washington Post slipped in an interesting factoid: "that 17 percent of all households -- and most workplaces -- are equipped with high-speed Internet access."

Is everybody else on dial-up? What are these people doing? Do you think it has anything to do with cost?

Check out the whole article on the Washington Post web site; the direct link is:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901712.html

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Cheaters Never Prosper

Finally made it through the Washington Post article about a self-described "professional cheater" -- as in video game cheater.

Let's go to the source for a taste of what this article is all about:

Today's video games are anything but easy, the 24-year-old will tell you. And to get through the intricate, challenging, mind-numbing levels of City of Heroes and The Godfather, two games he's currently stuck on, he needs help.

Web sites such as 1Up.com provide gamers with tips, tricks, tutorials and outright cheating strategies for games. Magazines such as Tips & Tricks, boast of their "Cheat Code Blowout!" Or 150-page strategy guides, the Cliffs Notes of gamers, last year drew $67 million in sales, according to the NPD Group.

... Or how about MyCheats.com, a Wikipedia for the gaming set?