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Google's new operating system to take on Microsoft

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience.

 

Google to launch Chrome OS

 

'MPs breaking tax laws'

 

Internet stalker arrested

 

Laser attacks on planes increase

 

Man survives 200 wasp stings

 

Official: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S.

 

'Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963' by Kevin Starr

By Tim Rutten  The author's multivolume chronicle of the Golden State closes with a wide-ranging, stimulating look at the pivotal years after World War II.

 

The Napa Valley restaurant scene

By S. Irene Virbila Restaurant Critic Reporting From Napa Valley >>> Restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila visits Napa establishments, including Bardessono, Brix Bottega, Hog Island Oyster, the Fatted Calf, Meadowood, Ad Hoc and Ubuntu.

 

Measurement cannot change human nature, and it is human nature and behavior that cause economic dislocations as well as economic advance... more»

 

Why is it that people who set themselves up as moral paragons seem to have the hardest time living up to their own standards? ... [more]

 

Be wary of PR teams presenting incorrect misrepresentations of touchy subjects ... [more]

 

Sex may have evolved primarily as a defense against parasites ... [more]

 

Toddlers know more about grammar than they can say ... [more]

 

Britain's top ten walks

Discovering the beauty of Britain on foot lifts both body and soul, says Nicholas Roe. Here we pick the ten of the best British walks.

 

Down the Mississippi: Christian car repairs

 

Medieval stews are back on the menu

 

Simmered pork belly and new season veg

 

10 vodkas put to the test