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...Chrome operating system last month. (I think the common wisdom - that this was a move aimed mainly at the king of operating systems, Microsoft - is flat-out wrong. Getting into mobile operating systems is a defensive move for Google, not an offensive one.) (Watch TIME's video about the Palm Pre vs. the iPhone...
...begin the difficult reconstruction of Liberia, which is fortunate to have her strong leadership," says Joseph C. Bell, a partner with the Washington law firm Hogan & Hartson who played a key role in ISLP's assistance to Liberia. ISLP has been involved in a dozen projects there--including drafting palm-oil concessions and upgrading the shipping industry's legal regime--which is making all contracts public, though not all are easily accessible. Imperfect as that development is, it's a significantly improved standard for both developing nations and the multinationals that do business with them...
...standing one-way plan would also require a lot of manpower: an estimated 720 more transportation workers and state troopers to police traffic in the Miami area alone, more than doubling what was required before. Worst of all, traffic would slow where the roadway narrows in Palm Beach County. "You?ll have traffic jams backed up for miles," says Metropolitan Planning Organization Director Randy Whitfield. "If you have an accident, it will totally shut down the evacuation...
...character-recognition software to read numbers and run them through databases. The LAPD has 26 scanners all over the city searching for stolen autos, cars associated with crimes and Amber Alert vehicles. In New Haven, Conn., police are using the scanners to track parking scofflaws, while Palm Beach County, Fla., uses the technology to follow gang members...
...into the 21st century with a tour of Chiaia, Naples' superchic art and fashion district. A wave of contemporary art galleries, such as conceptual space Galleria Fonti, www.galleriafonti.it, have turned this quarter into a magnet for collectors from all over the world. Come nightfall, take a stroll along the palm-lined waterfront before winding up at La Barrique, tel: (39-081) 622 721, a new-wave enoteca with moody lighting and rustic furniture that set it apart from ubiquitous neon-lit pizzeria and nautical-themed fish restaurants...