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...right, so it's pretty. Now pick it up and make a call. A big friendly icon appears on that huge screen. Say a second call comes in while you're talking. Another icon appears. Tap that second icon and you switch to the second call. Tap the big "merge calls" icon and you've got a three-way conference call. Pleasantly simple...
...equal amount. (Energy-hungry Americans generate about 20 tons of CO2 per capita per year; Britons, about half that). So for anything between $4 and $40 to offset the equivalent of one ton of CO2, a consumer in, say, Germany might help schools and hospitals in Eritrea switch from fossil-fuel electricity generation to solar panels. The simplicity of the idea is appealing. Consumers and businesses worldwide voluntarily offset an equivalent of 6 million tons of CO2 in 2005, forking out $43 million in the process, seven times the amount spent the previous year. (Even British Prime Minister Tony Blair...
...switch to non-binding early action gave applicants more options. What Harvard has done by eliminating early action gives applicants fewer options,” he said...
...kiss late-September starts goodbye in favor of a post-Labor Day start date. But let go we will; these were traditions that weren’t meant to last, and we should no longer justify them with an irrelevant nostalgia.In the end, the benefits of a calendar switch far outweigh the costs. With a longer and more relaxed winter vacation, easier cross-registration, enhanced access to summer jobs and internships, and—dare we say it—some peace of mind, the new calendar could do more to improve student life at the College than nearly...
...cheap wi-fi a bargain? It depends on your needs. Wi-fi networks are on unlicensed spectrums, and towns like St. Cloud, Fla., initially suffered from spotty performance. "I don't think many broadband users will switch to muni networks unless they're less expensive and sure to work," says Ina Sebastian, an analyst at Jupiter Research, whose survey of online consumers found that only 12% would pay for a citywide service. Some places are waiting for WiMAX, a technology similar to wi-fi but faster and longer range, with fewer interference issues, but it's not yet certified...