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10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5
Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
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Olive Press Can backpackers solve Middle East's tourism woes?
An Israeli tourism entrepreneur believes tourism does far more than bring in cash, and has built a top-rated hostel to bring tourists in, particularly the young backpacker crowd.
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Focus Was Shane Todd murdered over high-tech secrets?
Shane Todd, a US citizen working in Singapore, believed he had access to restricted tech. His death in 2012 was by suicide, say local authorities. But his family, suspecting murder, wants the FBI to take part in the investigation.
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Modern Parenthood Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg: Will her 'Lean In' reignite Mommy wars?
Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg: We love to make heroes out of women who succeed in traditionally male-dominated roles and then be catty about their success as we claw out the eyes that were on the prize. Chill on the Mommy wars.
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Al Gore sued for selling Current TV to Al Jazeera
Al Gore sued because the man behind the $500 million deal to sell the liberal media outlet wasn't paid. John Terenzio wants to sue Al Gore for $5 million.
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Whose idea was the sequester? And does it matter? (+video)
The Republicans point to Bob Woodward's book as evidence it's the 'Obamaquester.' Democrats counter with a Boehner slideshow that just resurfaced. The public is left scratching its head.
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Focus Egyptians begin to take back their clunker classrooms
Egypt's beleaguered educational system has long been run by Cairo, with poor results. Only Mongolia and Honduras rank lower among comparable economies. Egyptians now demand better.
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Opinion What superstorm Sandy taught me about the failures of online learning (+video)
When hurricane Sandy closed my campus for a few days, my students and I had to conduct our course online. It was wholly inadequate. Online learning cannot – and should not – replace the real-time dialogue of the in-person classroom.
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Modern Parenthood China adoption diary: School picture day, nostalgia, and a paper clip barrette
School picture day is an American childhood rite of passage, memorializing the awkward growth spurts, braces, and in the case of Madeleine, an experimental approach to hair accessories.
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10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5
Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
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In joining Romney, will Paul Ryan get his 'clear choice' campaign? (+video)
Back in February, long before he got the vice presidential nod, Rep. Paul Ryan urged Mitt Romney to run an 'affirmative' campaign, laying out how he differs from Obama. Picking Ryan may signal Romney's intent to do just that.
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Iran makes its nuclear case – with PowerPoint
The complete set of PowerPoint slides that Iran used during a meeting with world powers are now public.
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Details emerge on Iran's priorities in nuclear talks
Iran says it is willing to lower uranium enrichment levels to end sanctions. But it also set out red lines in PowerPoint presentation at recent Moscow talks.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind The new elevator pitch: Now in five slides or less
Making that initial pitch to potential investors is an essential, and often terrifying step in the start-up process. Conventional wisdom encouraged a pitch of ten Powerpoint slides, but a new trend is pushing consolidation and concision, limiting entrepreneurs to just five slides.
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Horizons Windows 8 will have three versions. What are the differences?
Microsoft says it will introduce three Windows 8 editions, including Windows RT, an version optimized for ARM tablets and PCs.
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Apple's new iBooks 2 fulfills one of Steve Jobs' last dreams (+video)
At the Apple announcement Thursday, the company presented its new vision for textbook. IBooks 2 and iBooks Author aim for more interactivity in school texts, just as Steve Jobs imagined it.
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Tablet computers from India. $35. Worth it?
Tablet computers for a subsidized price of $35 are really slow. But a reviewer finds the Android tablet computers are good enough as education devices.
10/30/2011 01:47 am -
Horizons What's next for Skype?
Skype officially becomes part of Microsoft Friday. But former Skype CEO Tony Bates says user experience will remain largely unchanged.
10/14/2011 08:00 pm -
Editor's Blog Office vacancy: White-collar woes
White-collar jobs are under unprecedented pressure -- not just because of the sluggish economy but because of structural forces like outsourcing and automation.
09/02/2011 09:00 am -
All of a sudden, Congress is full of debt ceiling solutions
With the deadline approaching, the House and Senate are going down two different paths in search of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Here is a rundown of what they are considering.
07/15/2011 09:38 pm -
Rod Blagojevich: As he contemplates jury's message, the bluster is gone
Before his second trial, Rod Blagojevich cast himself alternately as an amiable populist or a political warrior. But now convicted on 17 counts, the former governor is somber and pensive.
06/28/2011 06:04 pm -
Jennifer Egan plays with time, wins Pulitzer
Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel about the passage of time set in the digital upending of the music industry.
04/20/2011 12:14 am -
NASA milestone: MESSENGER spacecraft enters orbit around Mercury
Mercury had been excluded from the travels of instrument-loaded orbiters because of the difficulty of the mission – until now. On Thursday, the NASA MESSENGER started orbiting the planet.
03/18/2011 02:09 pm -
US Army may have used PSYOP against senators. How is that different from PR?
According to Rolling Stone, a general asked a psychological operations specialist to help him get inside the heads of visiting senators. The military asks, was he trying to manipulate the Congressional delegation or just be a good host?
02/25/2011 07:43 pm -
Verbal Energy We speak nowadays in a hail of bullets
The Monitor's language columnist finds the orderly, ordinary paragraph under threat from the bulleted list.
02/09/2011 04:51 pm -
Report: One-third of US teens are victims of cyberbullying
The suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi has brought more attention to cyberbullying. A new study examines the scale of cyberbullying among US teens.
10/08/2010 03:22 pm
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