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...Google's sentiment may be, in business terms it was "effectively a suicide note" when it came to the search business, as one rival Internet executive put it. "Google is done in China, at least for now." If you Google Baidu, nearly every press story that pops up will mention its fierce rivalry with the Mountain View, Calif., company. Baidu executives now don't quite know what to make of the prospect of life without it. "Things have gotten very strange very quickly," says one. (See 25 sites we can't live without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Searching Questions: Internet Searches in China | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...heinous as the crime was, it did not happen without warning. Again and again, leaders up and down the 1-502nd's chain of command were either unable or unwilling to recognize the clear signs of breakdown that the unit's soldiers were exhibiting, not to mention the increasing homicidal threat that Green was becoming to Iraqi civilians. As this first of two excerpts from TIME contributing editor Jim Frederick's new book, Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death, demonstrates, Green should have been a soldier of concern for the unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downward Spiral of Private Steven Green | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

...doubtful. While it's true that more trees suck up more carbon, they also produce more dark, heat-absorbing foliage, which somewhat counteracts the benefit. In addition, one extra tree per acre per year doesn't make much of a dent in the atmospheric carbon load, not to mention that it's still unknown what the effect would be in other kinds of forests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Eastern Trees in the Midst of a Growth Spurt | 2/6/2010 | See Source »

...This is not just hyperbole; among those who have cited the Apollo program as their inspiration to go into science and technology are Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (who now runs a space company). Imagine today’s world without these individuals, not to mention the many thousands of others who were inspired by Apollo, and one gets a sense of the devastation Obama’s decision can wreak on our economic and cultural future...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin | Title: Elegy for the Future | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

...cast members do earn their keep by “working,” peddling T-shirts at a boardwalk store owned by their landlord. Beyond that, little mention is made of any professional goals or aspirations. Angelina’s explanation of her job is an unintentional punchline (“I’m a bartender,” she tells us, “I do, like, you know, great things.”), and the larger objective of Pauly’s DJ gigs is to entice female club-goers. They?...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Distant Cousin Vinny: The Philosophy of 'Jersey Shore' | 2/3/2010 | See Source »

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