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Focuses on the Linux computer operating system that was created by Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds. Childhood and life of Torvalds; His popularity in Internet personality polls; Reasons that his system is a threat to Microsoft Windows Corp.; Free distribution of the product to anyone on the Internet; Maintenance of the system by a network of volunteers, called open-source development; Ability of the software to run for months without crashing.

The article discusses the DNA age in which technology is able to crack the genetic code, and then questions whether we can change our biological destiny. The author examines the human genome, the way that modern scientists can use genetic testing, and how the cost of that testing is dropping. The article lists the ways that genes can be analyzed to determine how much we will weigh and what our intelligence quotients (IQ) and our children's IQs will be.

Features the XBAND Video Game system. Misconceptions about online games; Cost concerns. INSET: Share the wealth, by Paul Hyman..

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "My Crowd" in the March 2006 issue.

Presents information from an article in `Los Angeles Times,' newspaper on a student that was expelled from California Institute of Technology for using E-mail for sexual harassment. Details of expulsion; Information on punishment for Jinsong Hu.

Cites an item from the `Los Angeles Times' which reports that experts say white-collar criminals who view computers as efficient tools for stealing competitive secrets are a formidable threat to computer security than clever hackers. Focus on organized gangs and corrupt employees.