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...feeling pressure from Vanguard, the low-cost fund company that specializes in passive index-fund investing as opposed to Fidelity's preferred style of active management. Index investing has soared in popularity. American Funds is a dominant provider of funds sold through financial advisers and has used that network to stoke its growth, as opposed to Fidelity, where only a portion of its funds are sold through advisers and which traditionally has relied on good performance so its funds stand...
...browser and other connected applications also run smoothly thanks to access to Cingular?s EDGE network. Stepping up from the older GPRS data networks, this BlackBerry?s data line sees download speeds of up to about 120 Kbps. It?s not as fast as Wi-Fi or the soon-to-be announced UMTS HSDPA network from Cingular, nor is it as speedy as the new networks from Sprint and Verizon Wireless. However, RIM?s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis pointed out to me that EDGE is plenty good for general BlackBerry activities, and I have been unable to prove him wrong...
...Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a new round of 745 copyright infringement lawsuits against users of online file-sharing programs, including three Harvard network users, the organization announced Friday. According to RIAA Spokesperson Jenni R. Engebretsen, the new litigation includes 75 suits targeting users of university networks for allegedly sharing copyrighted music on i2hub, a software program that allows users to upload and download files over the intercollegiate network Internet2. These lawsuits were filed in “John Doe” format, meaning that the RIAA knows only the IP addresses of the defendants...
What's behind it? A turbulent world that needs some making fun of, the inspiration of new comic venues like cable TV's Comedy Central Network, the increased time that seniors have in their lives to explore passions and hobbies, and a sense of not caring what others think and of doing their own thing that characterizes the baby-boomer mind...
...area, but who is doing the rest?” he added. RISE-PAK’s frequently-updated Top 100 Villages list provides information about the location of villages that need help and informs relief workers about exactly what is needed. The website gleans information from a network of villagers, volunteers, and student call center workers in Pakistan. This kind of technology would have been useful in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when ordinary people wanted to help but didn’t know where to go, Khwaja added. “You and your friends get together...