The Word on the Week - News Briefs

Better Switch to Decaf: Starbucks said last week it will offer high-speed Net access at its stores, after a franchise was torched and baristas beaten by grande-mochaccino drinkers who couldn't download Yanni MP3s at 56K.

Thwak! Pow! Ka-Blam! Online animation company Stan Lee Media, whose namesake created Spider Man and the Hulk, admitted last week it was under SEC investigation for possible stock shenanigans. "To hell with those bloody Beltway bean counters!" bellowed its cigar-chomping general counsel, J. Jonah Jameson.

The Cruelest Months: In quiet moments, Cheat Sheet often ponders: Will MarchFirst make it to February first?

Digitable Assemblery: President-elect W hosted a high-tech economic summit in Austin last week. Panels included "Driving Directions to My Ranch -- on the Web!" and "Cable Modem or DSL in the White House: Let Condi Decide."

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