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Let's start with its core competence, operating systems. Vista is a disaster and Windows 7, its successor, is two years away. By then, the market for desktop/laptop operating systems will be smaller, perhaps dramatically so. The sweet spot is steadily moving away from "computers" to mobile devices - phones, mainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Microsoft Is Desperate for Yahoo! | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

The event began with a service in Memorial Church, which included the performance of songs in both English and Chinese. The songs were followed by a few words by Gang Li, the president of the Massachusetts General Hospital Chinese Students and Scholars Association (MGH CSSA), who helped organize the event...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Raise Thousands for China | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

People left homeless by the quake are now housed in 2,885 locations. They are spread across the disaster area; few have any idea of when they will be able to return home. Many towns and cities in this part of central Sichuan province were ravaged by the tremor, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Quake's Homeless Victims | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

But soon China will be faced with an equally monumental task: how to house the 4.8 million people who have been left homeless by the quake. As a result, victims are living anywhere they can. Public spaces of towns in the disaster zone are filled with tents. The Sichuan Ministry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Quake's Homeless Victims | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

The nearby Nanhe Sports Center, where 8,000 quake victims live, resembles a small city in its size and organization. At the gate, people sleep on sacks of laundry detergent. Others pore over lists of injured. The biggest fear is infectious disease, and doctors and nurses wander through the crowds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Quake's Homeless Victims | 5/18/2008 | See Source »

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