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Narendra and the Winklevoss brothers filed suit on September 2, 2004 in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, charging that Zuckerberg used their source code, their business model, and their original ideas to build a competing site. The cases of both sides hinge on a yet-to-be-released analysis of the similarities between the original codes of the Connect-U site and TheFacebook...
Some excellent models for award-winning behavior emerged at this year’s Globes ceremony. Thus I will follow suit and use Natalie Portman ’03 and Jamie Foxx’s shining examples. Upon reaching the podium, I will say, “Wow, I’m so surprised. I thought they were going to give it to Dial 9/11 for Terror. Being in the company of Michael Bay is really extraordinary...
...international sanctions from Syria's main trading partners would pack a lot more punch. Although the U.S. has recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a symbolic show of displeasure at Hariri's murder, European nations that prefer to engage with enemies rather than isolate them seem unlikely to follow suit...
...different funds in their 401(k)s. That not only undercuts the great advantage of those vehicles--ease of use--but it can also put your overall portfolio allocation out of whack, morphing you into a middle-of-the-road investor when an aggressive or conservative allocation might better suit your time frame. "Employees think this is another fund," says David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/ 401(k) Council of America. "But it's an investment-strategy alternative." Life-cycle funds can help you better invest for retirement, but you still have to pay attention...
...DIED. SAMUEL ALDERSON, 90, inventor for NASA and the U.S. military who created the first crash test dummy-an anthropomorphic duplication of an adult male used to measure car safety; in Los Angeles. After developing dummies to test jet ejection seats and parachutes, he refined his work to suit the needs of the increasingly safety-conscious auto industry, introducing the first dummy specifically for cars, called the "V.I.P...