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Does this mean I'm ready to abandon that video altar in my living room? Oh, God, no. When my TiVo box was finally replaced, I ran back to my big-screen TV like a child reunited with his mother. (Not as fast as my kids, who quickly began TiVoing a new stash of Clone Wars episodes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TV Critic in the Post-TV World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...with creative solutions. Superintendent Jerry Vaughn of the Floydada Independent School District in Texas - which has 900 or so students - says he is working toward a partnership with a local wind-power company that would pay for a laptop for every kid in grades 6 through 12. At the fast-growing Forsyth County Schools District in Cumming, Ga., Bailey Mitchell, chief technology and information officer, recently opted to use free open-source software instead of purchasing expensive software licenses from vendors like Microsoft. Mitchell says the decision will save $1.1 million over three years. "We sat back and recognized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Reading, Writing and Recession Work Together | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Alisha Mashruwala chalked another one up for the Crimson with a come-from-behind five-game nailbiter. After taking the first set in short order, 9-1, Mashruwala’s play turned shaky and she dropped the next two 9-5 and 9-6. However, excellent scrambling and fast reflexes in the front court earned her a 10-9 victory in the fourth set. The final set was no contest as Mashruwala pulled away 9-5 to take the match 3-2 and raise her career five-game match record to 4-0.Guruge capped the evening...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Ends Regular Season On High Note | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...more wired for an individual sport. I just felt so much more passion for it.” And his passion he followed. By age 13, West was competing in the U.S Junior Open. By 15, he was swinging his racquet at the World Juniors in New Zealand. Fast forward to the present, and the 20-year-old is just shy of the top collegiate ranking in the U.S. His win against Detter is one of the best of his life. “For me especially, getting a chance to play the second best player in the country...

Author: By Justin W. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: West Tops Nation’s Best Competitors | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Fast Facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Avigdor Lieberman | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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