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...presumptuous little sib of a final club president made the fatal error of addressing one PC member as a “fag.” We feel for him­—it’ll be mighty cold standing barred outside the door of every other club besides his big bro’s for the next four years…Harvard’s Greek brofest may also face a dry future, as one rushee’s trip to UHS on bid night has landed the boys in hot water with the national chapter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chatter | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...easy to use and reliable. “The fact that there aren’t as many viruses or spyware for the Mac as there are for PCs definitely makes using the computer a lot more enjoyable than having to constantly fight a virus when you use a PC,” he said...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Macs Gain Ground Among Students | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...toys or that bars employees from bathroom breaks. Yet as bad press surrounding China Inc. grows, so does the number of mainland companies trying to improve their image through good works. While the corporate social responsibility movement in China is still small, it has some big names behind it. PC manufacturer Lenovo began a computer-recycling service last year. White-goods maker Haier has donated nearly $400 million to school tuition for poor Chinese students. All in all, about 25 Chinese firms had issued reports to shareholders and the public detailing their CSR projects by June this year, up from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Community Service | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...lead scientist, "and we first tried it in 1985." Back then, though, detectors were very slow; it took 10 seconds to snap each exposure, and it took all night on a supercomputer to make one usable image. "Now," says Mackay, "we can make images in real time on a PC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Souped-Up Telescope | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...bags--to a sideline computer that can send a pager alert if a player receives a hit or a series of hits that exceed a certain magnitude. The new system for individual consumers works in much the same way except that the helmet uploads impact data onto a PC after a practice or game and a player's family can log in for a Web-based analysis that may suggest seeking medical attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football's $1,000 Helmet | 9/6/2007 | See Source »

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