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...security levels. Microsoft’s browser has been the object of a large number of security vulnerabilities over the past months—vulnerabilities which not only increase the risk that an individual computer can be compromised but which, as a result, also drive up traffic levels and strain computing resources on campus networks as the number of infected machines rises...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: Happ e-Holidays | 12/20/2004 | See Source »

...everything in Buckingham Palace, herself made sure every night that the servants were not wasting electricity but had turned out every light. As one of the King Emperor's principal aides-de-camp afterward said privately: "The War aged him for he was subjected to a peculiar, unremitting strain. He knew that every day everyone he encountered expected to leave the presence of the King with a higher heart and more determined to win the War. It was no uncommon thing in France to hear men worn to the uttermost say, 'If the King can stick this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Silver Jubilee, George V | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...goes awry. One of the things the kidneys keep an especially close watch on is salt. The more sodium you hold, the more water your body retains, storing it first in the bloodstream and then off-loading it into tissues. When your system gets waterlogged, overfilled vessels feel the strain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blowing A Gasket | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...Essentially, we got together, then we all moved apart,” Warren says. The logistical strain of having members in different cities was felt by the band, but they dealt with this by recording most of Presenting over three days in December of 2002. However, scheduling conflicts meant it would take over a year to finish production...

Author: By Emily G.W. Chau and Nathaniel Naddaff-hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Great Unknowns Reintroduced | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...being done to defend us against that fate? Far too little. Work on the one tool that can make the biggest difference in the severity of a pandemic-an effective vaccine-has been underfunded. Thanks to a new technique called reverse genetics, researchers were able to create a vaccine strain from the H5N1 virus in record time-yet the candidate vaccine is just now entering clinical trials, because drug companies have been loathe to invest in a vaccine that may never be used, and governments have been reluctant to fully fund the work. The vaccine won't be ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat That Knows No Boundaries | 12/6/2004 | See Source »

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