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Most of the 3G networks run about as fast as a DSL line. That works fine for transferring modest data files, talking, texting, going online, and even watching video. But, the phone companies don't seem to think consumers and business users will be satisfied by the way their networks operate now. Their next generation of technology will be about ten times faster than the one in the market today. (Read "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cell Phones and Connections Faster than Lightning | 2/19/2009 | See Source »

...weakest part of the market has become gangrenous. Unless it is removed, this infection will continue to spread to the rest of the body. Housing prices have to get to the bottom as fast as possible in order for buyers to enter the market of their own accord. In a economically rational market, people can then have the opportunity to own homes that they can actually afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving the Housing Market By Speeding Up Foreclosures | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...Fast Facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ron Bloom, Obama's Car Non-Czar | 2/18/2009 | See Source »

...recent years the whaling industry has been trying out a different defense - that whale populations need to be culled to reduce their threat to fast-disappearing fish stocks. Whales, after all, eat a lot of seafood, so it would make sense that controlling whale populations would be smart "ecosystem management," as whaling supporters put it. But a new article in the Feb. 13 issue of Science demonstrates that's hardly the case. "Essentially what we found was that...if you remove whales, it has a negligible impact on the biomass that is commercially available for fishing," says Leah Gerber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Killing Whales Save the World's Fisheries? | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...Saturday night’s loss. But it was the 16 first-half turnovers in Saturday’s game that spelled disaster for Harvard. The Lions’ stifling full-court pressure forced sloppy play from Crimson guards and post players alike. Harvard’s porous fast-break defense didn’t help its cause, as Columbia was able to convert easy buckets and set up its press. During one three-minute stretch early on, the Crimson turned the ball over five times.When the first-half buzzer sounded and Harvard headed to the locker room down just...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Turnovers Costly in Weekend Ivy Defeat | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

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