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...manager Terry Francona’s expression comes under scrutiny. Backup infielder Mark Bellhorn’s ability to fill in for Trot Nixon...
BNSF's most controversial technology is the remote-control locomotive, which replaces the second engineer on trains with an onboard computer tied to the main operations center to provide safety backup on long, monotonous hauls. The company will test its new Electronic Train Management system in April. Campbell argues that the remote option will lead to safety improvements, but unions fear trains will become completely automated. "Human mistakes are a big issue," he says. "If an engineer exceeds his authority or fails to acknowledge a signal, the computer knows and can stop it." To cut accidents and boost efficiency...
Rosen Sharma is sure about one thing. His nine-month-old company, Solidcore, a start-up that makes backup security systems for computers, could not survive without outsourcing. By lowering his development costs, the 18 engineers who work for him in India for as little as one-fourth the salary of their American counterparts allow him to spend money on 13 senior managers, engineers and marketing people in Silicon Valley. If he doesn't outsource, in fact, the venture capitalists who fund start-ups like his won't give him a nickel. Sharma's Indian-American team, tethered...
...users a single interface for handling all their organizing tasks. I especially like the home-movie-creation features, which guide you through the process of editing a video. There's also a sound editor for adding special effects to digital music, a photo album, picture-editing tools and a backup feature for saving data files to disc...
...girl in her father's Harlem church inspired the long-running musical Mama, I Want to Sing; of emphysema; in Las Vegas. Under her birth name, Doris Payne, she wrote most of her own material, bridging gospel, soul and rock. As Doris Troy (from Helen of Troy) she sang backup for bands like the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd...