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...Furthermore, although Vista sales may increase in the short term as a result of this decision, it may also ultimately hurt Microsoft’s market share. The firm’s few competitors in the operating system market, most notably Apple’s OS X, have been gaining ground in recent months . The scrappy Cupertino-based consumer electronics firm has seen a substantial increase in laptop sales, and has even released a series of advertisements poking fun at Vista’s more intrusive features, such as User Account Control . In these ways, Vista’s shortcomings...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Don’t Pull the Plug | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson offense went on a 10-0 tear starting two minutes into the second period. In that frame junior midfielder Nick Smith won all six faceoffs. Over the course of the game he took 11-of-15, before freshman midfielder Andy Parchman went to the X and took 2-of-3.“When you win faceoffs it allows you a kind of luxury,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “If you don’t have the ball much and you make a mistake and the other team is winning faceoffs it really...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Victory Stretches Streak to Four | 3/16/2008 | See Source »

...they helped eachother grow as actors and directors. Afterspending so many hours in rehearsaltogether, they have developed a kind ofshorthand, which Pecci describes as theability to “look at each other right after ascene and be like ‘no,’ and fi x it withouthaving to ask questions.”It is extremely helpful, Renaud says,that the three are able to take risks aroundeach other. In fact, risks proved necessaryin “Old Times.” There were momentswhen the three actors didn’t even agreeon what...

Author: By Tiffany Chi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Menage à Trois in Adams' 'Old Times' | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...dominance in the faceoff category, taking nine of 15. “We knew that replacing John Henry Flood would be a challenge, but Nick Smith has done a great job.” Duboe said. “He’s been a warrior at the X.” —Staff writer Elizabeth A. Joyce can be reached at eajoyce@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second-Half Surge Propels Harvard Past UMass | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...gradually drawn together by the incongruous plot, which combines a bank robbery with a government cover-up. There’s Terry Leather (Statham), a small-time crook and owner of a body shop who has trouble keeping hired goons from smashing his car windows. Then we have Michael X, the hilariously stereotypical fist-raising Black Panther from Trinidad. He’s one of the bad guys, the movie tells us—can’t you tell from the Malcolm X posters and the afro? There’s also a slew of other characters, including Terry?...

Author: By Alec E Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Bank Job | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

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