Blame Rooney Mara (or the androgynous computer-hacker character she plays in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), but the spring couture shows in Paris this week definitely had a punk-rock attitude.

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An Australian girl with a pink bandanna on her head was giggling loudly at the computer behind me as I read.

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In a step beyond the virtual pet Tamagotchi, computer simulations like the PlayStation game Tokimeki Memorial provide the lovelorn with the experience of dating a girl.

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