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Ever since it started out as a humble search engine 11 years ago, Google's goal has been to organize the world's knowledge. In 2004, it took a big step in that direction with Google Books, a project that aims to digitize as many books as possible and make them available to the web-using public. The project proved controversial from the start, with U.S. publishers accusing the Internet giant of copyright infringement. Google eventually came to an agreement with them over the issue. But as a New York court tries to decide whether or not the agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: European Publishers Fight Against Google Books | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...received from the government to Goldman Sachs and other investment banks. Geithner was also asked whether he thought the government's bailout efforts, which have actually allowed a number of banks like Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo to grow, has only exacerbated the too-big-to-fail problem in the banking business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner Defends First Year Of TARP | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...least two years, said current committee chair and Professor of English and African and African American Studies Werner Sollors.In the past few decades, faculty bodies coordinating ethnic studies have shifted from ad hoc to standing committees. In multiple instances, students have organized to demand more academic options. The last big student push was in 2002, when a coalition failed to win approval for a certificate in ethnic studies. The committee’s current revival has come in response to interest from the Undergraduate Council and the Ethnic Studies Coalition, an unofficial student group that formed last spring to advocate...

Author: By Manning Ding and Alex M. Mcleese, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Ethnic Studies Committee Revived | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

Finally, no more need to remember the "sboy boy qua" (or what have you) sequence. Easily spoken directions are a big plus...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Press "1" For Creepy Voice | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...Another new tool aims to break world-changing action into its tiniest subparts. IfWeRantheWorld.com, which expects to launch this fall, encourages you to dream big - end poverty! cure cancer! - and then helps come up with small, specific ways you can help achieve progress in those areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Ways to Make a Difference | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

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