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...People don't like dealing with the hassles of cables," says Ruckus CEO Selina Lo. "It's just one rung above plumbing." So Ruckus, a California-based start-up with 57 employees, came up with a better idea: refine wireless networking so that you can more efficiently fling high-speed access around your home without having to snake wires around doorways and under desks. Ruckus routers use hardware and software that direct signals around obstacles, so that wireless works smoothly even in a large home, and even for video, for which stability and speed are vital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SELINA LO: The Wizards of Wireless | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...Winning has been his goal since even before his career in a Crimson uniform began.When visiting during his pre-freshman weekend his senior year of high school, Dawson told his host that if he came to Harvard the team would never lose a game.Although that promise has not rung entirely true, Dawson was a major player in an undefeated year and Ivy League championship in just his sophomore season.And he’s hungry for another perfect year.The Crimson was projected to finish first in the Ivy league before the suspension of quarterback Liam O’Hagan...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL 06: Moving Forward | 9/22/2006 | See Source »

...Regardless, Expos’ pre-writing, draft, and final paper cycle may make the class one of your most time-consuming. For reasons now lost to antiquity, you refer to your Expos section leader as a “preceptor.” Your preceptor occupies a rung on the staff ladder somewhere above TFs. They are the nomads of the academy. It is considered rude to ask them about their tenure status. The number of A-range grades is rumored to be capped across sections, so competition for grades can be intense. That said, grading is sometimes arbitrary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expository Writing | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...home country. From Tarrytown, New York, to Tallahassee, Florida, people are thinking about India. They want to know where Chennai and Hyderabad are on the map. Colleagues in the Midwest are rushing to do a stint working in India, which has come to be seen as a rung on the corporate ladder. Unlike China, which gate-crashed into Western households with everything from kitchen knives to toilet-tissue holders, India has made an unhurried entry through communication portals. But the Indian Elephant must not allow corruption and bureaucratic incompetence to slow it down in the race with the Chinese Dragon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Ascending | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

...Indian from Bombay, I loved reading your stories. From Tarrytown to Tallahassee, people are thinking about India. Colleagues in the Midwest are rushing to do stint work in India, which has come to be seen as a rung on the corporate ladder. Unlike China, which gate-crashed into Western households with everything from kitchen knives to toilet-tissue holders, India has made an unhurried entry through communication portals. But the Indian Elephant must not allow corruption and bureaucratic incompetence to slow it down in the race with the Chinese Dragon. Krish V. Krishnan Wilmette, Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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