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Someone at technology news site, Cnet, came up with the clever idea of running a poll to learn the age of people who use Amazon's miracle book reader, the Kindle. Seven hundred people responded, which puts the survey somewhat below what researchers would expect from Gallup, but it is a reasonable straw poll, nonetheless...
Nortel, a former member of the BCE family, was able to use an earlier power shift that made long-distance competition possible to become a global leader, but it failed to repeat that with cable phone and wireless broadband. Nortel continues to make money on CDMA networks, a wireless protocol still used by many providers worldwide. But in 2007 it sold its GSM division, the 3G standard for the most advanced mobile communication, to rival Alcatel-Lucent...
...line slyly borrowed and modified from Bertolt Brecht’s “Life of Galileo”: “August 6, 1945: Heaven abolished.”The show doesn’t so much end as dissolve, which is meant as praise. Too often artists use History to de-fang the past—think “Schindler’s List”—but Videt finds resonance in events which remain indeterminate, unknown, and unredeemed. The closing sequence is a magical, literally incandescent experience...
...perfect travel buddy. It'll slip in your hand luggage, so no need to lug around a separate laptop case. And while netbooks struggle to run memory-heavy apps, they're perfect for web-browsing, word-processing and e-mail. In other words, 99% of the stuff you use your bulky laptop for now. Here are three little wonders we recommend. (See the best inventions...
...Baroque - the name derives from a word meaning imperfect pearl - theater was not limited to the stage; cathedrals, too, filled with drama and lighting effects. An ornate altarpiece, glittering Roman altar furniture, and Rubens' harrowing Descent from the Cross (1611) all demonstrate the church's use of overwhelming ornament to tug at emotions. (See 10 things to do in London...