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When Microsoft started hunting Yahoo in February, many assumed that the software behemoth would bag the company swiftly and efficiently. Yahoo seemed to be classic weak Web prey, wobbling financially while rival Google continued to dominate the online world. Now, just days after Microsoft's threat to take its modest offer directly to shareholders, Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang is fighting back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight for Yahoo: Five Scenarios | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...result, though, is a cup of coffee that tastes less like a cup of coffee. My first sip of Pikes Place was simultaneously harsh and weak. (OK, actually, my first sip was dominated by notes of overwhelming pain, because of the universal takeout practice of boiling coffee like the cauldrons of Hell so it arrives at its destination warm.) The lighter roast results in some brighter notes, but it also gives you a less full-bodied coffee - yet one that still tasted a little overboiled. (Maybe I'd caught the pot toward the end of its 30-minute shelf life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starbucks' New Brew: A First Taste | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...have to be reactive and on your toes. It requires a lot more athleticism and skill than most players initially think,” says co-President of the Harvard Table Tennis Club Tim L. Kovachy ’09. Ping pong: not for the weak. Or the uncoordinated. In the end, though, the competitors managed to keep their cool in the heat of the competition. “Just play point by point,” Clifford Beltzer ’10 says. “Forget about the score and play your hardest every point...

Author: By Lindsay M. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ballers Unite for Ping Pong Match | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...countryside have been simmering for weeks, and have only recently trickled into Port-au-Prince, where nearly a quarter of the population lives. It's also difficult to know if the protests were organized or spontaneous. If Haiti's history is any example, whenever riots break out its weak security system collapses, giving way to a free-for-all that allows anyone with a vendetta an opportunity to settle scores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Crisis Renews Haiti's Agony | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

While students with laptops frequently complain of spotty wireless signals and weak connections in their dorm rooms, the most recent computer service survey indicates that wireless satisfaction has increased substantially among the student body...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wireless Satisfaction On The Rise | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

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