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CLEARED. DAN BROWN, 41, author of The Da Vinci Code, of copyright infringement; by London's High Court. Authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh had claimed that Brown had copied the "central theme" of their nonfiction book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. Both books propose that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child and that their bloodline lives on today...
...falsify[ing] the figure of Christ" on its way to becoming one of the best-selling (40 million copies) adult novels in history; of allegations that he lifted a theme--that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child--from another book, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail; in a verdict by Britain's High Court that clears the way for next month's release of the film version of the book, starring Tom Hanks; in London. Brown, who acknowledged reading Blood during his research, called the charge "utterly without merit...
...next 50 years--a whole range of trade opportunities will come with it. So will resources, as fossil-fuel deposits in the ocean floor become more accessible. ArcticNet researchers are already mapping out the undersea terrain with sonar and analyzing the geopolitical implications of finding the long-sought Arctic Grail. Their proposals should help the government deal with an international legal dispute already under way: whether the Northwest Passage is within Canadian waters, subject to domestic security and environmental regulation, or an international strait. "Our success will not necessarily be measured by the quality of science, but also...
...next breakthrough came in 2000, when Google figured out how to make money with its invention. It had lots of users, but almost no one was paying. The holy grail turned out to be advertising, and it's not an exaggeration to say that Google is now essentially an advertising company, given that that's the source of nearly all its revenue. What Google did was master the automation of online advertising, perfecting a model developed by GoTo.com (later renamed Overture and eventually sold to Yahoo!). Here's how the system works. If you're a company selling sneakers...
TIME: What's the holy grail of ratings...