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Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday?

The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery.

Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young, single men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.

According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)

Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

The 56K modem is on its way out. Today it's DSL or Cable high speed access. What does the future hold? How about...

Video on demand:
In the beginning, broadband users will find that they can view better video clips. Eventually, those clips will be collected into video-on-demand services. The killer applications will be those services that offer feature-length movies or TV shows on a pay-per-view basis. With current broadband connections, movies on demand aren't feasible, but observers agree that technological improvements virtually guarantee that it's only a matter of time.

Voice and video telephony:
Cable television companies are already offering long-distance telephone services over the Internet for cable modem users in specific areas. Voice service is easily augmented with video to create true videoconferencing using the Internet.

Billing, banking, and shopping:
Whoever offers your broadband service will appreciate the ability to bill you online. Increasingly, they will offer other vendors, such as credit card companies, the same ability. Media-rich shopping and banking will follow suit, making today's e-commerce sites look clunky in comparison.

Software:
Downloading or purchasing software online will become much easier, but broadband offers the possibility of renting software on a per-use basis, potentially changing the way all software is bought and used. A word processor, for instance, could become enabled within a browser, whose user might be billed by the minute. Additionally, Internet content, such as websites, will feature increased functionality that might include tiny chunks of software that will download quickly and transparently.

Summary:
Eventually, the lines between all these products and services might be blurred, giving rise to websites that offer content that is endowed with telecom-like or software application-like functionality. It remains to be seen how all these new capabilities will manifest themselves in the broadband future. But with broadband availability to become nearly universal within five years, tomorrow's Web certainly won't look much like today's.