Welcome to North Korea, Part I
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You could easily tell who the North Korean citizens were. Each had a pin on his or her shirt, right over the heart, featuring either the beaming smile of Kim Il Sung, the Great Leader and Eternal President of Korea—the only official head of state who is dead—or a more innocuous pin with the North Korean flag on it.
Could Amazon’s Lending Library End in Court?
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This explains so many questions about the new Amazon Kindle Lending Library: why it has so few books, why you can only browse the books from your Kindle, and why you can only check out one title per month.
PW has learned that the overwhelming majority of publishers with titles featured in the program …
Sugar, and candy, do not make kids hyper
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In my favorite of these studies, children were divided into two groups. All of them were given a sugar-free beverage to drink. But half the parents were told that their child had just had a drink with sugar. Then, all of the parents were told to grade their children’s behavior. …
Stay the Troy Davis Execution
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Georgia absolutely should not execute Troy Davis next week. No one should ever be executed when there is this much doubt in the case record. This is very disturbing and scary.
In an extraordinary hearing in June 2010 ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court, Davis’ attorneys were finally allowed to present evidence of his …
In Detroit, Two Wage Levels Are the New Way of Work
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Interesting. Companies that have the freedom to set their own pay and benefit scales are able to create more new jobs than they would otherwise be able to. That’s certainly unexpected.
They are a cornerstone of Chrysler’s unlikely comeback: 900 employees turning out a Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle every 48 seconds of …
Steve Jobs Resigns
Letter from Steve Jobs
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. …
Sprint to Get iPhone 5
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Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, closing a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another channel for selling its popular phone.
… Sprint will also carry the iPhone 4, starting at the …
Who wants to live forever?
Do you want to live for a long time, in decent health? If the rate of innovation in medical science doesn’t slow down, you just may be able to.
If Aubrey de Grey’s predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first …
Once a Global Also-Ran, Hyundai Zooms Forward
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Maybe I should get a Hyundai for my next car.
Engineers from General Motors Co. took apart Hyundai Motor Co.’s Elantra sedan in 2009, studying the engine and trying to predict what the Korean auto maker might do next. When the latest Elantra launched this year, GM engineers were surprised: The compact sedan beat …
Can Matt Damon Bring Clean Water To Africa?
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Ignore the too-cute by half photo that gives Matt Damon a halo and give the article a shot. It’s a pretty interesting look at the effort to bring clean water wells to Africa and the unconventional ways that Matt Damon is pursuing this goal.
Still, even after White had led dozens of projects, he …