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First Scandal, Then the Cover-Up
Halliburton billed more than a $100 million in excess for fuel imported into Iraq (by the way, how galling must this be for Iraqis, who hold the second largest…
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Peter Wayner
Monday March 14, 2005 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Room 271 Free and Open to all! Lunch Served Many of the stores and websites defend their huge collections of personal i…
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Teaching Your iPod to Dance
The problem with the iPod is not only Apple's claim to having a monopoly on legitimate sources of purchased downloaded music (that is, Apple's claim tha…
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What if your Sony could read you Haiku?
A comment on my blog notes that iRiver music players do not have proprietary loading technologies. That comments prompts further reflection: Why do Sony and A…
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Germanys E-Health Card to become Online ID Solution
Germanys Cabinet has announced its new 'eCard' (PDF German) strategy that essentially will render the 'GesundheitsCard' (HealthCard) into a univ…
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Singapore Ranks #1 in Network Readiness
The World Economic Forum releases its annual report card on "network readiness." Singapore moves to #1, the U.S. drops to #5. Here's the report.…
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Andhra promotes one-girl child families
BBC reports that Indian state Andhra Pradesh will offer cash incentives to parents to have one girl, and one girl only. (Pictured is local hero, Sania Mirza, t…
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Brown People Want to be Free, Too
David Brooks odd column yesterday reveals how conservative thinking has shifted on "brown-skinned" people. Recall that Brooks applauds Wolfowitz for…
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Kids with Cameras -- support it
My friend Julie Brof pointed me to this very cool website today for an organization called Kids With Cameras. The organization is responsible for the Oscar awa…
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The One That Got Reported
This is Steve Bell's cartoon in the Guardian. We can't prejudge the reactions of Coalition troops as they seek to protect themselves in a hostile and o…
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Who Will Lead the World Bank?
I think the trial balloons of Wolfie and Carly have popped. There was the Washington Post op-ed that critiqued Carly (suggesting that it would be contrary to th…
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Rehabilitating Wolfie
David Brook's latest column begins: Let us now praise Paul Wolfowitz. Let us now take another look at the man who has pursued - longer and more forcefully…