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...search the text of a book using the Sony Reader, and that's a disappointment, since searchability is one of the main reasons to digitize a book in the first place. Google is spending a fortune to scan millions of library books into a massive database because to Google's all-seeing eye, books are a hopelessly inefficient way to store information. That doesn't mean books are obsolete. You can use Google Books to retrieve a single valuable snippet of information from a book, but you could never actually read a whole book on a computer screen. The Sony...
...worrying news is that over the past several months, China in particular has begun to replace the U.S. as the main obstacle to stronger action. During the IPCC negotiations that took place last week in Bangkok, Chinese delegates-with the support of India and other developing nations-tried to tone down the report, pushing to remove the most ambitious possible targets for future carbon-emission levels. The move failed, but it's unlikely to be the last time China and India drag their feet on climate change. "It's clear that the developed world will not move without something from...
Brown looks like it will indeed be Harvard’s main competitor for the overall title, with its only dual race loss this season coming from the Crimson on a very rough Charles River. On a calmer day, on water that is less familiar to both teams, it’s all to play for the Bears...
...Brundtland said she and the other special envoys - former South Korean Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos - will be consulting ahead of the G-8 summit with leaders from the main emitters of greenhouse gases, from the major developing world economies, and from small island nations and the poorest countries...
...very strong relationship with America, from many years' standing. I've visited the main centers of Europe pretty regularly over the years. My father being a minister of the church, missionaries start to be the first influence you have on hearing about what's happening in the developing countries, in India as well as Africa. My father also used to visit Israel twice a year so I learned quite a lot about the Middle East...