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...whenever you buy your next computer. For the Premium edition Microsoft recommends a 1Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM, as well as a respectable graphics setup, but I think you'll need quite a bit more power to get the full, smooth experience. The laptop Microsoft loaned me to test Vista had 2Ghz and 2GB, so be careful not to buy more Windows than...
...With government supporters urging all Lebanese to go to work as normal, the strike marks a critical test of the relative strength of the protagonists after nearly two months of political gridlock and worsening sectarian tensions...
Hillary Clinton's announcement that she is forming a presidential exploratory committee is the least surprising news of the 2008 campaign cycle so far. Her 2006 Senate re-election campaign, which she won by 30 points, was a test run, in which she built the fundraising machinery and other infrastructure for a national bid. But the dynamic of the race is very different than it was even six or eight months ago, and the challenges she faces have shifted. That shows in the early polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, which are far tighter than anyone might have expected...
...each day's practice session, they sat beneath a coil of wire that sent a brief magnetic pulse into the motor cortex of their brain, located in a strip running from the crown of the head toward each ear. The so-called transcranial-magnetic-stimulation (TMS) test allows scientists to infer the function of neurons just beneath the coil. In the piano players, the TMS mapped how much of the motor cortex controlled the finger movements needed for the piano exercise. What the scientists found was that after a week of practice, the stretch of motor cortex devoted to these...
...educators to discuss the goals of an undergraduate education, according to Gordon, who is also the head of the independent Hong Kong publisher Chameleon Press. Shanghai is not currently considering any large-scale educational reforms, and Lewis characterized the Chinese education system, which has remained largely pre-professional and test-driven, as a “grind.” “They are trying to produce people with a set of skills that don’t vary in any way with the talents and interests of the individual,” Lewis said. However, Lewis emphasized that...