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...what's the catch? While many of the free word processors, photo-editing programs and games lack the rich features of their retail counterparts--the word processor in Google Docs, for example, has just 11 fonts vs. the dozens in Microsoft Word--chances are you won't miss what's missing. After all, most people use only a small fraction of the features available. "Software went through a period where it got way too complex. We have a concept that focuses on simplicity," says Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager of Google's free Web applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Shrink-Wrapped Software Dead? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...international efforts to end the conflict. Military solutions are proving futile: the 9,000-odd U.N. and African Union peacekeepers currently in Darfur have failed to stanch the violence, and the planned deployment of 17,000 more has been delayed by Sudanese-government intransigence, insufficient troop contributions and a lack of equipment--notably helicopters, a critical component when policing a region almost the size of Texas. Attempts to get the warring parties to negotiate a settlement have gone nowhere. The rebels' goals vary wildly, and their personalities are prickly. "You can't have a peace process until [the opposition groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Moral Clarity in Darfur | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...notable example occurred in November when anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82 put forth a proposal to foster “civil dialogue.” Due to a lack of quorum, the motion was tabled until the next month’s meeting...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child and Benjamin M. Jaffe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Council Proposes Quorum Change | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Part of the problem, according to the report, is the lack of any official policy on parental leave, which leaves many student parents at the whims of their advisers...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: For GSAS Parents, a Baby Balancing Act | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...Press critics can decide how much truth is in Clinton's claims that the media put its thumb on the scale for Obama. But taking the fight on purely political terms, the verdict is clear: Clinton's jabs at the media gave her a focus and energy she lacked through Obama's long string of February victories. The battle fired up her supporters, it offered an explanation for her losses, and it may have inspired some journalists to turn up the heat on her opponent to prove their fairness. (It didn't help that in the days before Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clintons K.O. Favorite Foe: The Media | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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