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...communicate with your friends in real-time.” A new chat bar appears at the bottom of the user’s browser when signed into Facebook, showing the online status of the user and other friends signed on the networking site. Availability is indicated by a green dot similar to the one on Google’s Gmail chat. Facebook acknowledged yesterday on its blog post that it would be “rolling this out slowly going forward.” As of yesterday afternoon, the Harvard Facebook network was one of a handful of other...
Facebook.com founder Mark E. Zuckerberg will soon shake a lawsuit that has dogged his multi-billion dolllar social networking site since its inception in a Kirkland House dorm room, according to the New York Times. The Times reported yesterday that Facebook and ConnectU—a similar site launched by three Harvard graduates who allege that Zuckerberg stole the concept after working for them—will soon settle their competing law suits. Neither Facebook, ConnectU, nor Facebook’s attorneys returned requests for comment yesterday. A lawyer representing ConnectU declined to comment. According to the Times...
...final round of seniors turn in their theses, a fledgling open-access initiative is encouraging students to make their work accessible to the world. The Free Thesis Project, a Web site run by Harvard College Free Culture, currently allows seniors to upload their theses to an online repository. But while the Web site was launched in April 2007, only 20 students so far have submitted their theses for free and open access. The initiative targeting senior thesis writers parallels a February 12 decision by the University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to adopt an open-access requirement?...
...pivotal in raising political activism and awareness among blacks via the airwaves. His endeavors, which continued to gain momentum with both Bill Clinton administrations and the campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry, have extended this election season to include a free hotline for voters to report poll site irregularities. (Joyner will testify in front of Congress this week on the subject...
...only place the town's booming soundtrack can't be heard is the site of the soon-to-be towers. There, near a concrete hole reminiscent of an open-pit mine, clusters of laborers pour cement and lash lengths of bamboo. Director of Construction Qiu Juping says it will take 1,500 workers five years to finish. These workers, imported from across the country, join 25,000 other migrant laborers to keep Huaxi afloat. They know building the tower will be tough, and potentially dangerous, but say they're proud to be part of something big. "I feel honored...