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...Buffeted by the global economic crisis, India's art bubble has deflated, with some pieces fetching just a quarter of what they once sold for. But art-world insiders say that's no bad thing. The collapse has driven out both the investment-driven buyers and those artists who succumbed to the temptation to produce derivative work simply because it sold well. Says Verma: "The quality is coming back into collecting...
...Beijing That's not PC Chinese Netizens are balking at a new rule starting July 1 that will require all computers sold in the country to carry website-blocking software--a policy that gives the government even broader control over citizens' Internet access. Officials billed the move as a crackdown on pornography, but China's history of Web censorship has activists and Internet users concerned that the preinstalled software will be used to limit free speech and privacy...
...question, Amazon is the most forward-thinking company in the book business. If there's a Steve Jobs of books, it's Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos. His vision is defining the way books will be bought and sold and written and read in the digital world - which is to say, the world. The question is whether there will be room in it for anyone besides Amazon...
...Apparently, they translate well. After a series of sold-out shows, the Chinese version of the show is being hailed as a hit. "I'd never, ever seen anything like that!" a student leaving the show told a Huffington Post blogger. (Read a Q&A with Ensler...
...accuracy rises and costs drop, DNA analysis is becoming increasingly widespread. It's familiar to daytime-TV fans as the leading method to determine paternity; do-it-yourself tests are now sold at drugstores. Footballs used in the Super Bowl are marked with DNA to prevent counterfeiting; officials say there's just a 1 in 33 trillion chance of getting the pigskins' genetic sequence right. In recent years, DNA evidence has also been instrumental in identifying human remains. Authorities established a massive genetic database following the Sept. 11 attacks, and DNA science helped give closure to the relatives of victims...