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...computer for every pocket. That idea has been the core of Palm, Inc.'s strategy. Ed Colligan, president and CEO of the maker of the Treo smartphone and other wireless handheld devices, spoke with TIME's LAURA LOCKE about the future of mobile computing and why Palm joined forces with Microsoft...
...There’s a certain pocket of our student body that’s very conservative that go into his courses or interactions with him with a certain attitude, that they’re going to disagree with him before they’ve heard what he has to say,” says Princeton sophomore Jose Leonor...
...said little as Seoul has increasingly gone its own way in dealing with Pyongyang, openly opposing any form of military or economic pressure on the regime. But hawks in Washington-and Seoul-worry that the projects spawned by cozier North-South ties are putting more money in Pyongyang's pocket, easing pressure on the indigent regime to cut a deal at the negotiating table. (Another round of multinational talks on the North's nukes is due to start in Beijing next week). Pyongyang's charm offensive in the South could have another ulterior motive. Earlier this year when Washington started...
...took 11 samples from the villagers, but could afford to test only six of them, with 1,600 yuan ($200) out of his own pocket. All were positive for HIV. But Henan health officials, reluctant to expose an outbreak that originated in a government-sponsored program, were slow to respond and refused to allow Gui to return to the villages. So he and three students sneaked back in during a long weekend holiday when he knew the gatekeepers might be off duty. For three days he went house to house, collecting samples, counseling patients and explaining how the virus...
...that his views are “quite consistent” with the FDA study. During the trial, the attorney for the prosecution, David Buchanan, attacked Gaziano’s credibility, depicting him as an “expert-for-hire witness” in the pocket of drug companies, according to the AP. Buchanan pointed out that Gaziano has also testified that the there was no proof that the weight-loss drug Ephedra was dangerous.Gaziano said in the interview that he had to answer “very artificial questions” and that “the courtroom?...