31.   At computer trade shows, the latest components are demonstrated by legions of models in miniskirts.

32.   At first glance, this appeared to be a typically disorienting trade show, with garish displays, bubbly booth babes, and the odd inept magician.

33.   At a party in January at the Macworld trade show, the ever-discreet Tevanian told a reporter the challenges of working with Jobs.

34.   At a recent L.A. trade show she saw comic book companies ready to market POGs, signaling an inevitable national rollout.

35.   At the time, he was too young to open a checking account, and was refused entry at computer trade shows.

36.   At the trade show, the hotel loaned out devices equipped with Bluetooth, a radio technology that lets a wide range of equipment communicate wirelessly.

37.   Atlanta is also certain to be remembered for the corporate clutter that left downtown with a feel more closely aligned with a trade show than an Olympics.

38.   Attend trade shows and conventions.

39.   Backed by a growing parade of computer-industry heavyweights, the Linux movement rallied yesterday in San Jose, Calif., for its biggest-ever trade show.

40.   At the sprawling Comdex trade show this week, Bennett no longer had to be shy about what El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Sharewave does.