Investors, entrepreneurs and people across the tech industry are partying like its 1999, but this time the music isn't likely to stop.

It's a boom, not a bubble. We are in the midst of an extraordinary flowering of creativity and invention in technology, centered around the Internet. And unlike the last time, when the party came to an ugly halt in early 2000, this time the inventions are mostly going into the market and helping people build profitable, sustainable businesses.

Fast Forward: The new Net boom - Mar. 17, 2006

The American Society of Magazine Editors recently announced its 2006 National Magazine Award finalists—and we're proud to report that GQ received five nominations. We couldn't be more excited, and we're celebrating by posting the recognized stories below

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Spoiler warning: This article discusses what happened in the "Sopranos" premiere. Didn't see it and don't want to know? Stop reading now.

“Let me tell you something, AJ,” Tony Soprano said to his son in the middle of the sixth season premiere of “The Sopranos.” “I don’t care how close you are. In the end, your friends are going to let you down. Family, they’re the ones you can depend on.”

Tragically, Tony Soprano was wrong. Maybe dead wrong.

‘Sopranos’ returns with a bang - Sopranos - MSNBC.com

Boston’s civic leaders, speaking with almost one voice, want to spend perhaps $20 million to make wireless Internet service available throughout the city.
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Strings Attached - The Boston Globe

MANY Brazilians cannot read. In 2000, a quarter of those aged 15 and older were functionally illiterate.

Economist.com

The NSA has the ability to eavesdrop on your communications—landlines, cell phones, e-mails, BlackBerry messages, Internet searches, and more—with ease. What happens when the technology of espionage outstrips the law’s ability to protect ordinary citizens from it?

Big Brother Is Listening

Possibly the least personal Spike Lee joint in the entire history of cinema, the bank-heist-hostage-policier-cryptoterrorist thriller Inside Man nevertheless manages to be a most enjoyable sampling of the director's treasured "my way" eccentricities.

Inside Man by J. Hoberman

As America approached the third anniversary of its involvement in Iraq, I had gone to Baghdad to observe not the war itself, but how it is being covered by the press. But of course, the war is inescapable. It has no battle lines, no fronts, not even the rural– urban divide that has usually characterized guerrilla wars. Instead, the conflict is everywhere and nowhere.

The New York Review of Books: Baghdad: The Besieged Press

Five years ago, Al Gore was the much-mocked pol who blew a gimme with his stiff demeanor and know-it-all style. Today? C’mon, admit it: You like him again.

American Prospect Online - The New New Gore

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The speed of light is a constant.

• Apples fall to earth because of gravity.

• Elevated blood sugar is linked to diabetes.

• Elevated uric acid is linked to gout.

• Elevated homocysteine is linked to heart disease.

• Elevated homocysteine is linked to B-12 deficiency, so doctors should test homocysteine levels to see whether the patient needs vitamins.

ACTUALLY, I can't make that last statement. A corporation has patented that fact, and demands a royalty for its use.

This Essay Breaks the Law - New York Times