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There's nothing like the thrill of last-minute holiday shopping. Some consider it frustrating, but I prefer to think of it as a challenge. If the person stuck on your list has a computer, you're in luck. This week we'll toss up a bevy of last-minute gift ideas guaranteed to please.

It definitely helps to know a little about the person in question -- in this case, his or her computer wants and needs. You can spend a little or a lot to get something useful or just fun.

It's hard to remember now, but the first BlackBerry devices weren't phones. They were two-way e-mail pagers that couldn't be used for calls.

Now a New York-based startup is betting it can fill the niche the BlackBerry abandoned. It has made a sleek, $100 e-mail pager called the Peek that hits Target Corp. stores Monday.

Elatia Harris

Elatia Harris

Elatia Harris

Edward B. Rackley

The final scene of the 1968 Planet of the Apes (Rod Serling script, starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall) is worth enduring the tortuous acting. It's a very different ending from the 2001 remake with Mark Wahlberg, and distinguishes the original Apes as true science fiction. Marky Mark's version is a generic action film.