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...Apple’s OS X, have been gaining ground in recent months . The scrappy Cupertino-based consumer electronics firm has seen a substantial increase in laptop sales, and has even released a series of advertisements poking fun at Vista’s more intrusive features, such as User Account Control . In these ways, Vista’s shortcomings may have been contributing to Microsoft’s market share loss to Apple...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Don’t Pull the Plug | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...savings on import costs with an appreciating yen and make up for some losses expected in export sales. He says that some Japanese firms have accumulated profits in the past years and can now be expected to live off of this while the yen stabilizes. If you take into account exchange rate and inflation, the current level is much weaker than in the beginning of this decade," says Omori. "Firms have diversified their procurements and improved hedging, and have been able to cope with stronger yen - if it is a short run." However, says Omori, if the exchange drops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Strong Yen Problem | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...difficulty in analyzing huge sets of astronomical data like Borkin’s is that they are often viewed two-dimensionally, akin to the way three-dimensional visual information is translated into two dimensions by the human eye. This can be limiting for astronomers, who must take into account dimensions other than length and width like depth and velocity, according to Goodman...

Author: By Hee kwon Seo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brains Shed Light on the Stars | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...visual representations of history and identity are of course riddled with historical contingencies. As the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Byron Rushing notes, “We must account for the messages conveyed by the Commonwealth’s most widespread symbols,” and no doubt confronting the artifacts of the past is something all societies must do. The point of the bill—to establish a commission to discuss these semiotic issues—is a healthy expression of our willingness to articulate our orientation with the past. Hopefully, though, the commission will find that...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: The Semiotics of the Seal | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

...avoid excessive costs for member states," potentially opening the door to backsliding. Mahi Sideridou, a Greenpeace policy analyst, said the agreement had offered little beyond "some misplaced protectionist language to appease heavy industry." There are other uncertainties. Officials are already muttering that a promise to make biofuels account for 10% of fuels used for transport by 2020 would have to be amended in the face of already soaring food prices. And some countries are balking at the European Commission's recently unveiled proposals designed to make energy markets more competitive by splitting up companies that both sell energy to consumers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EU Pledges Deeper Emissions Cuts | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

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