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...Given that this is a political year and change is the buzzword, how do Barack Obama and John McCain intend to see us out of this mess? Good question. We don't know, and it's not at all clear that they've thought about it in greater than sound-bite depth...
Interdisciplinary collaboration has become a buzzword of central administrators in recent years because of the notion that the traditional autonomy of Harvard’s schools has hindered growth in interdisciplinary fields such as bioengineering and nanotechnology...
...sites like Doggyspace could be the wave of the future. As social networking changes from a buzzword to an increasingly regular part of life, SNIF Labs' chief technology officer, Jonathan Gips, says online communities based on a common interest will become more prevalent. "There will be more niches," he says. Already Doggyspace is starting to attract non-canine species: a white rabbit named Nixie writes on her profile, "I am a bunny, but I joined this because there is no BunnySpace...
Centuries before globalization became a buzzword, it took on a Portuguese accent. The reason was trade. By pioneering an eastbound passage around the Cape of Good Hope in the 15th century, Portugal dominated the spice routes and became a great mercantile power, establishing a presence in Africa, India, Sri Lanka and East Asia, where it had bases in Japan, China and Indonesia...
...Facebook Opened UpThe word platform reached buzzword status a year ago when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the start of a movement. "Social networks are closed platforms," Zuckerberg told a gathering of about 800 developers in San Francisco. "Today we're going to change all that...