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Windows XP a hot item on Amazon

The no-longer-widely-available operating system is now No. 15 among software products. The highest selling version of Vista is No. 41--of course it also comes standard on all new PCs.

Wed, Jul 09 16:32:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story 

 

 

Globetrotting YouTube dancer shares his tech secrets

The man behind "Where The Hell Is Matt" forced high-quality video into YouTube's embeddable player and is quietly a big fan of the player offered by YouTube competitor Vimeo.

Thu, Jul 10 04:00:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story 

 

 

At the heart of August Kleinzahler"Compared to the sheer, unrelieved ugliness of Kleinzahler's New York, the London of T. S. Eliot's Waste Land seems almost pastoral." Marjorie Perloff revels in "the poet of simple, stark recognition" who exhibits a "remarkable gift for rhythmic variation, syncopation and taut stanzaic structure".

 

 

Clive Sinclair's po-mo Wild West

Tom Shippey relishes Clive Sinclair's "funny, slanted take on America, pop culture, and academics on the make but off the leash". Cowboys of all descriptions abound in his new work of Creative Nonfiction - or, as Sinclair prefers it, Dodgy Realism.

 

 

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shares Tumble

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM The stocks of the two lenders at the heart of the housing market fell to 17-year lows on concerns that they are having trouble raising capital and may need a government bailout.

• Times Topics: Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac

More Economics News

• Stocks Mixed Amid Financial Sector Concerns
• Paulson and Bernanke Call for Reforms
• Some Retailers Post Solid Gains

 

Rice Warns Iran That U.S. Will Defend Allies By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and ALAN COWELL  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s remarks in Europe came as Iran tested missiles for the second successive day.

• Total Cancels Gas Field Project in Iran

 

Army Sharpshooters Have Olympic Medals in Their Sights

By KATIE THOMAS

Members of the Army Marksmanship Unit, a little-known squad dedicated to training and employing Olympic-level shooters, have won 21 Olympic medals.

• Slide Show: Army Marksmen
• Two Concerns for Olympics: Air and Access
• Rings Blog | Go to Complete Coverage »

 

 

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