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...True liquid-crystal display is basically a larger version of the pixel-based technology used in computer monitors. Pro Each new generation of LCDs looks sharper and costs less. Con Problems with contrast and a slow refresh rate mean that for now, it's hard to make large-screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alphabet Soup | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...doctor, have acquired a pasty yellow pallor. Some are getting fat from lack of exercise. His son, an engineer who refused to work for Saddam and now cannot find a job, is hugely obese from years of idleness. The doctor chafes that he cannot use the Internet to refresh his medical knowledge. After years of being cut off from outside contact under Saddam, he had hoped that by now he could tap into foreign research. But the phone lines are too weak to connect to the Web. "I was so hopeful," he says, "and I still find myself contained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living With The Fear | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...make a “private performance” of a work requires making a copy in some meaningful sense. Some of you (who are reading this column on your own glorified copy machine) can see right now how important and easy copying things is by hitting the refresh button on this page a few times, and for those of you following along on paper, I encourage you to try this at home later tonight (or you can just take my word for it). Every time you play a DVD on your computer or take music from...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: Stealing the Law | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...always beats clicking refresh over and over again to find the latest scores...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE GIFT OF GAB': Fans Rally To Support W. Hockey in Title Game | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

Given that it’s about three weeks into term, you’ve probably started to hate your sourcebooks for their content instead of their price. Before going on, let me refresh your memory: You paid 100 bucks for a thick stack of photocopies bound in cheap plastic. That the process of shelling out your hard-earned dough has been made easier through Harvard Printing and Publishing Service’s (HPPS) new online ordering system is nice, but only as the new system that allows me to pay my parking tickets on the web is nice...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline, | Title: Owning Up | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

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