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Darwin, Ahead of His Time, Is Still Influential By NICHOLAS WADE The New York Times February 10, 2009 Darwin's theory of evolution has become the bedrock of modern biology. But for most of the theory's existence since 1859, even biologists have ignored or vigorously opposed it, in whole or in

[Medianews] Why University Museums Matter

Art Review Why University Museums Matter By HOLLAND COTTER The New York Times February 20, 2009 NEW HAVEN - Cease and desist is the advice I give university administrators toying with thoughts of closing their campus museums and peddling the art, as Brandeis recently threatened to do. Just st

[Medianews] The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives

The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times February 17, 2009 The cellphone is the world's most ubiquitous computer. The four billion cellphones in use around the globe carry personal information, provide access to the Web and are being used more and more to navigate t

[Medianews] Packing the Right Credit Card

Packing the Right Credit Card Frugal Traveler - A New York Times Blog January 27, 2009, 5:30 pm Traveling frugally means more than just cadging free bar snacks in Bologna or hopping low-cost flights between third-tier European airports. To keep costs to a minimum, you have to plan well in ad

[Medianews] Giving Up the Cellphone Contract

Giving Up the Cellphone Contract By JENNA WORTHAM The New York Times February 21, 2009 Maybe Tony Soprano was onto something. As the lead mobster in the HBO series "The Sopranos," he and his crew often turned to prepaid cellphones, presumably to avoid wiretaps. But now these pay-as-you-go pho

[Medianews] While You Were Out: Apple's Years With and Without Steve Jobs

January 22, 2009 While You Were Out: Apple's Years With and Without Steve Jobs Sam Grobart looks at what effect the departures of Steven P. Jobs have had on Apple and its products. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/22/technology/20090122_JOBS.html ***

[Medianews] Photo Geo-Tagging on the Cheap

Photo Geo-Tagging on the Cheap Frugal Traveler - A New York Times Blog February 18, 2009, 9:53 am Regular readers of the Frugal Traveler may recall my experiments with using GPS. Back in 2007, when I drove cross-country, I hung a Sony GPS-CS1KASP from my rearview mirror; it tracked my progres

[Medianews] Digital Archivists, Now in Demand

Fresh Starts Digital Archivists, Now in Demand By CONRAD DE AENLLE The New York Times February 8, 2009 WHEN the world entered the digital age, a great majority of human historical records did not immediately make the trip. Literature, film, scientific journals, newspapers, court records, corp

[Medianews] Why Television Still Shines in a World of Screens

Digital Domain Why Television Still Shines in a World of Screens By RANDALL STROSS The New York Times February 8, 2009 SUBSCRIBERS to print newspapers have gone missing, as everyone knows. Book publishers are also wondering where readers have disappeared to. And yet television stands out as th

[Medianews] The Ink Tank: a daily roundup of editorial cartoons

The Ink Tank: a daily roundup of editorial cartoons http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/cartoons/020209inktank/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/cartoons/021609inktank/ *** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET * ***

[Medianews] A Radical Vixen Retakes the Stage

Spring Theater Special A Radical Vixen Retakes the Stage By CHARLES McGRATH The New York Times February 22, 2009 JANE FONDA, it's hard to believe, is 71. While the rest of us have just about managed one life, she's had half a dozen. She has been a sex kitten, a fashion model, a radical and war

[Medianews] Exploring a 'Deep Web' That Google Can't Grasp

Exploring a 'Deep Web' That Google Can't Grasp By ALEX WRIGHT The New York Times February 23, 2009 One day last summer, Google's search engine trundled quietly past a milestone. It added the one trillionth address to the list of Web pages it knows about. But as impossibly big as that number ma

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