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...that's just a simple mouse: Apple has waged similar battles with each of its product lines. 2000's G4 Cube desktop computer was released with a touch-sensitive area to turn on the computer, eschewing the power button. The latest MacBook laptops remove buttons from the trackpad entirely; users click either with a tap of the finger or by pressing the entire trackpad down. The first iPod had five buttons; the current iPod Touch and iPhone have just two. Apple's even expanding the battlefield to its stores - the elevator in the Tokyo Apple Store has no buttons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on Buttons | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...they're moving faster than 15 or 20 m.p.h. and strike ice, hard-packed snow or another solid object with the head, they're likely to suffer severe injury, and again the presence of a helmet may not make much difference. It's in the middle area - at speeds that are neither very slow nor very fast - that a helmet can play the biggest role. The trick, of course, is that you never know when you're going to be in that gray zone, since even slow beginner skiers can lose control and speed up, and high-speed skiers have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could a Helmet Have Saved Natasha Richardson? | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...Wharton ’11, secretary of the HSMBB and one of the lead organizers of the symposium, said that organizers were pleased with the event, which drew students from Tufts and Harvard Medical School. “I think it’s cool to see an important area of study at the very beginning,” said attendee Aaron P. Mattis ’12. “It seems like something where undergraduates can have a lot of input...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Event Tackles Decision Making Theory | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...ambitious faculty recruitment campaign, hiring almost 20 full professors away from other law schools since 2004. Several professors at the Law School said that Goodman chose to relocate largely because of his and his family’s preference to live in New York, rather than the Boston area. In addition to boasting a roster of international law stars, NYU has the attraction of being situated near the United Nations and Wall Street, both of which provide ample opportunities to study globally relevant issues, Alford said. As a result, he said, he was not surprised that Goodman had received...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HLS Prof To Leave Harvard for NYU | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...affair.“Most of the competitive teams on the East Coast were there this weekend,” Wareham said. “And we look forward to competing with them later this season and beating them.”Wareham pointed out that the one area the Harvard women hope to improve upon as the season progresses is their starts. She said the Crimson needs better consistency in getting off the line, as they were plagued this weekend with rather mediocre starts.Back in Cambridge, the Harvard co-ed squad decided to skip the six-hour van ride...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maryland Road Trip Brings Fourth-Place Finish | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

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