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December 04, 2008

gleans at 6:15 PM MT, 12/04

 

Review: MiBook is cheap, colorful e-book reader

The difficulty in finding the finest olive oil Oil pressed from the first green olives is a taste like no other. But fraud means that finding a good one is hard <== just one damn thing after another

Israel 'prepared to attack' Iran nuclear plants Israel has drawn up plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities but concedes it would probably fail without back-up from the US

Endangered truffles set to be reared in test tubes French scientists will try to create black truffles in test tubes in an attempt to revive an increasingly endangered industry

Life & style

Girls competing for Miss University London 

Betraying the student body? Beauty pageants are often derided, yet top female students are flocking to take part. Emine Saner finds out why

Your memory is bigger and better than expected ... [more]

Publishers Announce Staff Cuts By MOTOKO RICH  Random House announced a sweeping reorganization aimed at trimming costs, while Simon & Schuster said it was cutting 35 jobs

Houghton Mifflin Publisher Resigns By MOTOKO RICH Becky Saletan, publisher of the adult trade division, will leave next week in a sign of further unraveling at the publisher.


Telegraph.co.uk
Resurgent Russia Poses Challenge for Obama Administration
Voice of America - By Andre de Nesnera One of the key foreign policy questions facing the incoming Obama administration is how to deal with a resurgent Russia

 


VNUNet.com
IBM's Linux-Based Virtual PC Solution Faces Channel Questions
CRN - By Joseph F. Kovar, ChannelWeb The new Ubuntu Linux-based virtual desktop PC architecture released Thursday by IBM and a couple of its software partners could save customers money compared to traditional Microsoft-based PCs, but that depends on whether ...
IBM’s idea to save more than $1276 on a corporate PC TG Daily
IBM Takes Dead Aim at Microsoft With Virtual Linux Desktop TechNewsWorld
Computerworld - CNET News - Register - NewsFactor Network
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Telegraph.co.uk

Happiness Can Spread Among People Like a Contagion, Study Indicates
Washington Post - By Rob Stein Happiness is contagious, spreading among friends, neighbors, siblings and spouses like the flu, according to a large study that for the first time shows how emotion can ripple through clusters of people who may not even know each other.
Strangers May Cheer You Up, Study Says New York Times
Study suggests good cheer may spread itself FOXNews
WebMD - Los Angeles Times - Forbes - Bloomberg
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