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Additionally, anyone who has worked with Microsoft’s software activation system knows how much of a pain it can be to convince the corporate colossus in Redmond that you’re actually not trying to pirate anything—you just want to reinstall your legal copy of Windows. By contrast, when I decided to wipe my hard drive clean and just “start over” with my Mac, the computer didn’t bother me every time it started up about “checking in” with Microsoft?...
...starters, bundling “crapware” with their store-bought PC’s that slowed them down to a virtual crawl, violating European antitrust regulations regarding software bundling, and prematurely cutting off support for Windows XP (the world’s most popular operating system), Apple looks pretty good in comparison. Oh, and did I mention Windows Vista...
...dating service that operates in conjunction with Facebook, Wings allows users to join either as singles or wingmen. With this system, potential matches can hear not just what a potential mate says about himself, but also what his friends...
...polls. In January, she raised $145,000, almost as much as the $190,000 she raised in all of 2009. Medina's debate performance projected a "calm, calm, consistent message that resonated with folks opposed to abortion, for gun and property rights and opposed to the state tax system," says University of Houston political scientist Richard Murray. Medina is tapping into the grass-roots tea party movement and her experience as a campaign worker for Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who is credited with fine-tuning Internet fundraising. Next week, on Feb. 15, the anniversary of the adoption of the Texas...
Since discontinuing mandatory gender verification in 1999, the IOC has championed case-by-case evaluation of athletes with suspected gender disorders. The IOC, which will meet again after the Vancouver Games, is now wondering if that should change. Poorly handled cases like Semenya's suggest that the system is not working. Many athletes who agree to sex testing only learn of their medical condition from sports officials, which can be a shocking and painful way to face such an intimate revelation. María José Martínez-Patiño, who has AIS, was kicked off the Spanish...