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    Fiber Optics to the Home

    March 2000

    Fiber optics has helped push the telecommunications system into hyperdrive. But only when fiber connections reach all the way into the home will the technology´s promise be fully realized.

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      Mind over Muscles

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      The Bell Labs of Biology

      This chemist’s dream is to understand how the human body works - molecule by molecule.
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      Software Patents Tangle the Web

      A profusion of new software patents on Internet business methods puts our notions of intellectual property to the biggest test yet.
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      Companies Squeeze the Patent Pipeline

      The Technology Review Patent Scorecard shows corporations focusing more than ever on intellectual property-but with sharply contrasting strategies.

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