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Right now, however, the maglev only travels the length of the 11-mile test track at Yamanashi, and as I discovered, that's a very, very quick ride. The train begins moving on wheels; the levitation doesn't kick in until the cars reach 81 mph. After a bump and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Go, Speed Levitator, Go! | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

Finally, the NCAA Tournament is over.I write this with the utmost relief. Critics and professional sports writers thought this year’s tournament a comparative dud, devoid of drama and first-round upsets. An Elite Eight that featured three No.1 vs. No. 2 matchups and a No. 1 vs...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOONER OR TAITER: NCAA in Buenos Aires? Ay Caramba! | 4/3/2007 | See Source »

And so what if we like bubble baths? It also happens that we like the Earth, and bubble baths are a far more environmentally sound use of our water than those inefficient UMass boys are accustomed to.

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MALCOM X-FACTOR: Harvard Likes Bubble Baths? | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

Google makes virtually all its money--$10.6 billion in revenue last year and $3.1 billion in after-tax profit--selling advertisements. But except for a few endeavors like Google Maps, it's a media firm that produces no content. Rather than take on established media outfits as outright competitors, Google...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Gooses Big Media | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

But will YouTube and sites like it ever deliver media companies the sort of return on content that they're accustomed to? Google's big stroke of moneymaking genius was to sell ads linked to its search results and sell them to anybody. With five minutes and a credit card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Google Gooses Big Media | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

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