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...system used by MC Yan is known as L.A.S.E.R. Tag and is a creation of the Graffiti Research Lab (GRL), a New York City art group founded in 2005 to outfit the world's street artists with innovative, open-source technology. Given that L.A.S.E.R. Tag can be operated from hundreds of feet away, the opportunities for subversion are tantalizing. A message can be written on the face of a major public building and the perpetrators long gone before the authorities pinpoint where the laser came from. In a more everyday context, L.A.S.E.R. Tag's ability to allow artists...
...when Conti-Brown agreed to pitch in with his wealthier roommates to help outfit their new dorm room in Grays, he was surprised when his roommates came back with a $600 coach. Even split among the five roommates, the expense would wipe out most of Conti-Brown’s bank account, which had about $200 in it. Conti-Brown hadn’t even thought about other expenses—like textbooks—yet. “What was I supposed to do?” Conti-Brown says, “Say, ‘sorry guys...
...just a strategic retreat, however. His departure from the military clears the way for him to take up a second five-year term as President and wins him points at home and abroad. But regardless of what outfit he wears, Musharraf has left Pakistan with a tattered constitution patched with amendments and filled now with so many loopholes justifying his rule that it resembles a crocheted doily, ready to be thrown over whatever ugliness the next ruler creates in pursuit of power...
...Dubai to Mauritius, and burgeoning heavyweights like Turkey take out full-page ads in US magazines boasting about their university graduates and gains in GDP. "Your competitors are in your backyard now in a way they never were before," says Alec Hansen, president of the Economic Competitiveness Group, an outfit that advises governments, companies and development organizations. "The world has gotten a lot scarier...
...Milpitas, Calif.-based company that designs, manufactures and sells memory cards, moved its manufacturing base there from Manassas, Virginia a few years ago, partly to be closer to Toshiba, a company it partners with. Yokkaichi already had the infrastructure for both manufacturing and for the large R&D outfit that goes along with making memory cards. "By having it all in close proximity, it reduces overhead costs," says Sandisk president and COO Sanjay Mehrotra, "and that's the name of the game, to be able to produce product at the lowest possible cost." (Notice that had nothing to do with...