Newsweek International articles from January 2008

Newsweek International archives from January 2008

Thailand's Juan Peron.(Nations to Watch)(Thaksin Shinawatra)
January 7, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plots his return from exile. A 26-minute campaign video, distributed recently to millions of rural Thai voters, spoke volumes about the strange state of politics there....

Mexico's 33rd State.(Nations to Watch)('Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants')
January 7, 2008... Byline: Tony Emerson Jorge Castaneda's new book shows how U.S. policy on immigration backfired, and what's to be done. They were by one count the largest protests ever to hit a string of major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles. Bigger...

The End of The Affair.(Nations to Watch)(South Africa)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Scott Johnson; With Karen MacGregor in Durban And Kim Gurney in Johannesburg Like a number of hot emerging markets, South Africa's made great progress in recent years -- but its leadership is faltering dangerously. In late...

Messing With Success.(Nations to Watch)(Kenya's Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Alexandra Polier Under Kibaki, Kenya has blossomed. So why is the man responsible about to lose the election? One look at the open sewer pouring into the river in downtown Nairobi, and it's hard to believe that this sprawling...

Welcome To Normal.(Nations to Watch)(Kim Dae Ho and Lee Myung Bak)
January 7, 2008... Byline: B. J. Lee South Korean voters are shifting away from the idealistic extremes to embrace a new pragmatism. Five years ago, Kim Dae Ho was feeling upbeat. South Korea had just advanced to the World Cup semifinals, and its 7...

Russia's Big Energy Secret.(Nations to Watch)(Gazprom's lacks supply of natural gas)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova in Astana Putin wields gas as a weapon. But the reality is that Russia can barely meet its own growing demand. Gazprom, the Russian natural-gas giant, is often portrayed as the 1,000-pound...

China's New Boss And The 'L' Word.(Next 2008; POLITICS: XI JINPING)(leadership )
January 7, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Ansfield and Melinda Liu Rarely has the word-of-mouth surrounding a new Chinese star differed so dramatically from his official resume. Xi Jinping was anointed in October as the likely successor to President Hu Jintao as...

Luggage To Fit Every Yacht And Private Jet.(Next 2008; LUXURY)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Nick Foulkes The changing behavior of the superrich dictates innovation in high-end goods. Predictions should come with a health warning, as they have the habit of confounding those rash enough to make them. So with this caveat...

A Bottom-Up View Of Human Genetics.(Next 2008; BIOLOGY: TIM HUBBARD)(Encyclopaedia of DNA Elements)
January 7, 2008... Byline: William Underhill The Sanger Institute was a modest and little known cluster of buildings in Cambridgeshire when genomics expert Tim Hubbard arrived in 1997. Burgeoning spending on genomic research has led to a rapid expansion --...

The Bitter-Sweet Taste Of Success.(China 2008)(empowered women and gender equality in China)(Cover story)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Huang Hung; Huang Hung is a blogger, publisher and one of China's most influential print media entrepreneurs. China's rise is empowering its legions of working women. But they're finding the rewards aren't so sweet. I am an...

Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors.(Global Investor)(global economy)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Ruchir Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The global economy is about to shift. Inflation will determine the direction. One of the harder realities to come to terms with...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(quotations)(Quotation)(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... "It's like my mom saying how great I am." Iowa voter Matt Fagerlind, casting a skeptical eye on Bill Clinton's endorsement of his wife, Hillary, for the presidency. Bill has spoken at campaign events across Iowa as the Jan. 3 caucuses...

Panicked About Expensive Food And Oil? Don't Be.(Periscope; ECONOMY)(news briefs)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil Patrick Falby Barbie Nadeau Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert and Larry Kaplow Skyrocketing energy prices and food inflation have been held up as major threats to the global economy in 2008. Just last month, oil was in...

Creating Product Buzz.(The Technologist)
January 7, 2008... Plug "Shinkansen N700" into a search engine and back come scores of photos and comments about the smooth ride, dizzying speed and comfortable work areas of Japan's newest bullet train. The attention is not a coincidence. It's the result of a...

We Need You To Disperse, Por Favor.(The Technologist; IMMIGRATION)(Phraselator)(Brief article)
January 7, 2008... Byline: Jennifer Ordonez In May, Latino protesters at a rally in Los Angeles failed to heed warnings to disperse -- warnings shouted at them in English from a noisy police helicopter. Hundreds were injured in the ensuing melee, which might...

Mail Call: A Turbulent Time.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 14, 2008... Readers of our Nov. 19 issue's coverage of 1968 were divided on how much that year still shapes the West. "We are who we are today in Europe thanks to the '68ers," one remarked. But another said, "I wonder if the true lesson of 1968 is that...

All Sizzle But No Steak.(World Affairs; FRANCE)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Tracy McNicoll The French president says his reforms so far were appetizers. The main course is coming. Is France's speedy maitre d' better at the sell than the service? Over the past eight months French President Nicolas...

The Ghost Of Simon Bolivar.(World Affairs)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras Nearly 200 years ago Venezuelan patriot Simon Bolivar declared his country a free and sovereign state, and went on to liberate four other South American nations from Spanish colonial rule, envisioning a...

When Greens Go Corporate.(Business)(WWF International teamed up with Lafarge)
January 14, 2008... Byline: William Underhill They start wondering whether the gain to their wealth and clout is worth the tossing at night. As partnerships go, the current team-up between WWF International, one of the world's best-known champions of the...

Clouds Over The State Hugo Built.(World Affairs; Photo Essay)(Hugo Chavez)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Nine years ago Hugo Chavez became President of Venezuela, inspiring his countrymen with a message of hope. Incomes rose. Hospitals and schools were set up in the barrios. Now progress is giving way to a "Disneyland economy where nothing makes...

The World's Cheapest Wheels.(Business)(Tata Nano)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf; With Keith Naughton and George Wehrfritz When Tata Motors set out to build a $2,500 car, people said it couldn't be done. This week the company will unveil its vehicle of the future. Tata Motors is best known as...

If The World Could Vote.(Point of View)
January 14, 2008... The U.S. Presidential election may be the most undemocratic in the world. Only some 126 million Americans vote, yet the result is felt by 6.6 billion people. Indeed, in some ways it matters even more to non-Americans. The president is...

Come To The Cabaret.(Arts)(popularity of cabaret shows)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell; With Jessica Au in London and Amber Haq in Paris Today's geopolitical climate has created the perfect conditions for a revival of the satiric musical genre. And it's no longer just dancing women in sequins. ...

It's All About Real Estate.(Global Investor)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Holger Schmieding; Schmieding is chief European economist of the Bank of America. The real concern for the global economy in 2008 will continue to be fallout from the subprime-mortgage crisis in the U.S. It's the New Year, but...

A Happy New Year.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove And Jenna Crombie The gifts have all been returned, the champagne bottles recycled, and there is no longer any excuse for overindulging. Or is there? After all, nothing combats the postholiday blues like a little...

Hot Spot: Murano Urban Resort, Paris.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy When it comes to high-end hotels, the City of Lights tends more toward the stuffy than the streamlined. The Murano balances the equation, bringing a sleek, ultracontemporary option to the bourgeois elegance of the...

4 HOURS IN: UTRECHT.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Kristin Luna With its tree-lined canals and candy-colored houses, this small, scenic city in the central Netherlands could be Amsterdam's little sister. It's also home to one of Europe's largest and best universities, giving it a...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(Sidra's golden pacifier)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... In case being born with a silver spoon in one's mouth isn't quite good enough, the Italian company Sidra has created an 18-karat-gold pacifier inlaid with pave diamonds, with a tiny diamond heart dangling from the pink model. After all, even...

There's Always Diet And Exercise.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Sana Butler A week at a luxury boot camp can help you cross "lose weight" off your list of resolutions. At the five-star Blue Palace Resort & Spa on Crete, guests wake up to two hours of cardio, followed by two more kinds of...

So You Want To Be A Rock Star.(The Good Life)(Guitar Hero and Rock Band)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: N'gai Croal Now that the holidays are over, it may be a little easier to find two of the hottest gaming options of the gift-giving season: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock bundle ($80 to $100, PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii; red...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
January 14, 2008... "My mother always said democracy is the best revenge." Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the 19-year-old son of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, after he was named to succeed his mother as head of the Pakistan People's...

Middle East: The Other Christmas Rush Is Christians Fleeing Arabia.(Periscope)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Vivian Salama, Stefan Theil, Adam B. Kushner, Noelle Chun, Sarah Kliff Christmas is usually a time to celebrate the arrival of Christians in the Holy Land. But this year, as Patriarch Michel Sabbah of the Latin Rite Catholic Church...

The Peachfuzz Billionaires.(The Technologist; TECHNOLOGIST)(young entrepreneurs)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Steven Levy The myth of the peachfuzz billionaire has emerged. This new Horatio Alger typically launches his first start-up in middle school, and somewhere between the campus computer-science lab and a move to Palo Alto hacks up a...

Putting A Robot In Your Guitar.(The Technologist; MUSIC)(Brief article)
January 14, 2008... Byline: Brian Braiker Few words in the English language deliver quite the frisson of robot -- except, perhaps, guitar. Now those two words have come together, like chocolate and peanut butter, in Gibson's first-ever self-tuning Robot...

Finding The Right Stuff.(The Good Life; TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: NaGai Croal The oft-exchanged phrase among tech journalists at last weekas Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, amore of the same,a was a fair assessment of the gadgets on display. But we did dig up some products worth...

Letters.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 21, 2008... Mail Call: Print vs. e-Reading Readers of our Nov. 26 story on Amazonas e-reader, the Kindle, had reservations about digital books. aOne objection is the lack of the ability to browse before I decide to buy; the other is the likelihood of...

The Factory Of Factories.(Business)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil How Germanyas nimble manufacturers are besting not only their Western rivals, but the Chinese, too. If you think farm machines are boring and low-tech, you havenat seen the Lexion. The worldas most efficient...

Anybody But Bush.(World Affairs)(George W. Bush)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Stryker McGuire; With Christopher Werth In London, Antonio Oliveira E Silva In Paris And Katka Krosnar In Prague Europeans donat know much about the race for the U.S. presidency. But they know whom they donat like. The people...

Leaders For A New Age.(World Affairs)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Jeremy Kahn; With Stryker McGuire in London and Owen Matthews in Moscow As the post-boomers take power, they could bring big change in the U.S., Europe and beyond. Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done...

Supply-Side Nation.(World Affairs; THE MONEY CULTURE)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross The post-boomer career path--at nearly every level of the income ladder--is more like a maze than a straight line. Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential primaries, itas clear that a post-boomer...

Sorry, Not Interested.(World Affairs)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Michael Levitin Serbia refuses to give up Kosovoaeven if it means giving up its shot at entering the European Union. Thereas a dark joke going around Serbia these days: aRussia finished the cold war with Americaaso Serbia is...

Money For Nothing.(Business)
January 21, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz; With Jason Overdorf in New Delhi and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop in Singapore Asians are once again battling massive cash flows, but unlike in 1997-98, the tide is coming in. The New Year dawned in Hong Kong with...

The New Generation Gap.(Arts)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz and Charlene Dy The daughters of immigrants often make career choices their moms donat understand. When Katherine Chon was in fifth grade, she drew a adream treea representing the path she hoped her life...

For The Love Of Pashtun Music.(Arts)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Fasih Ahmed A pair of talented cousins wins an unexpected following in Pakistan. Haniya Aslam was sitting in her family home in the turbulent, deeply conservative North-West Frontier province of Pakistan in October when a...

A a[euro]Cinnamon-Skinneda[euro][TM] President.(World View)
January 21, 2008... To much of the world, Obama is not black but dark-skinned, like anyone of the poorer two thirds of the planet. The news about Hillary Clintonas collapse in the U.S. Democratic Party primaries was premature, to put it mildly. And Barack...

Nuclear Help Wanted.(Business)(plan for more nuclear power plants)
January 21, 2008... Byline: William Underhill; With Jesse Ellison and Joanna Chen Plans for new plants have created a steep demand for engineering talent, but the students have fled. Israel is usually reticent about its nuclear-power plant near Dimona....

How Green Is A Mini?(Business; ENVIRONMENT)(Tata Nano)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf and Fred Guterl Tataas Nano may put millions of new drivers on the roads. It may also herald a new source of pollution. The unveiling of Tata Motorsa apeopleas caraaperhaps the most anticipated vehicle in more...

a[euro]Pakistanis Know I Can Be Tougha[euro][TM].(Interview)(Interview)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Fareed Zakaria Pervez Musharraf spoke to NEWSWEEKaS Fareed Zakaria at the presidentas Camp Office in Rawalpindi last week. Zakaria: What do you make of reports that the United States is thinking about launching CIA operations...

Aid And The Unraveling Of Pakistan.(Point of View)
January 21, 2008... Democracy suffered a string of setbacks in 2007, many thanks to oil. Gushing oil revenues helped Vladimir Putin consolidate authoritarian rule in Russia, Hugo ChA vez expand populism in Venezuela and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confront the West. All...

Kenneth Branagh: A Man For All Seasons.(The Last Word)(Interview)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Ginnane Brownell Kenneth Branaghawho won Oscar nominations in the 1990s for aHenry Va AND aHamletaaseemed to vanish after a few flops and his divorce from actress Emma Thompson. But 2007 was the 47-year-oldas comeback. He directed...

The Long Career.(Arts)(John Ford)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Malcolm Jones Westerns, comedies, dramas and silent filmsaa new box set proves John Ford mastered all at Fox. Between 1920 and 1952, John Ford made more than 50 movies at Fox Studios (which became Twentieth Century Fox in the...

This Songa[euro][TM]s For Iraq.(Arts)(Star Academy winner Shada Hassoun)(Interview)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Babak Dehghanpisheh The winner of the Arab version of aAmerican Idola talks about the emotional visit she made to her homeland. Last year Shada Hassoun managed to pull off what politicians in Baghdad still havenat: the...

Passing The Devalued Buck.(Global Investor)(more foreign companies are investing in US)
January 21, 2008... Bush's mortgage-freeze plan sets a disturbing precedent. What's next, a moratorium on car payments? As 2008 gets underway, the United Statesa dependence on foreign-supplied capital is becoming ever more apparent. The question for the New...

The Kiwi Boutiques.(The Good Life)(New Zealand's inns )(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Traveling to middle earth doesnat mean you have to settle for middle-of-the-road accommodations. New Zealandajust now hitting the height of summerahas some boutique hotels dazzling enough to match its scenery. Most...

Hot Spot: Sakenohana, London.(The Good Life)(Sakenohana Restaurant)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove IN the midst of historic Mayfairajust a stoneas throw from the rococo splendor of the Ritza the latest gastro-haunt for Londonas hip haut monde serves simple Japanese fare in slick, A1/4ber-modern surroundings. ...

4 HOURS IN: SAN JOSA.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Lyric Thompson Costa Ricaas capital is also the coffee capital of Central America, and manyathough certainly not allaof its economic and cultural activities revolve around the caffeinated crop. Tour the pride of the city, the...

Dashing Through The Snow.(The Good Life; OUTDOORS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove Forget that old Flexible Flyer hanging in the garage, or even the handcrafted wooden toboggan. Like vehicles of all sorts, sleds are now being made from a variety of lightweight, high-tech materials, drastically...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
January 21, 2008... aWhat worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex.a Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, on Barack Obamaas edge over Hillary Clinton aHaving a physical, archival high-fidelity master...

Periscope: Africa In Crisis.(Periscope)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Scott Johnson; Michael Hirsh; Tracy McNicoll; Raina Kelly; Jennie Yabroff; Jeneen Interlandi Kenya Is A Nasty Surprise But It Is Hardly Another Rwanda In 100 days during the spring of 1994, more than 800,000 Rwandans, mostly...

Black Market In Bad Code.(The Technologist)(zero-day programming)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Time is the hackeras enemy. The countdown starts as soon as a hacker learns about a security loophole that makes an Internet site vulnerable to a break-in. Security and software firms have, by and large,...

Battle Lost, Industry Born.(The Technologist; VIDEOGAMES)(Brief article)
January 21, 2008... Byline: Matthew Philips In the $10 billion videogame industry, war has always been marketable. But one war in particular has captured the imaginations of gamers: World War II. More than 100 titles are dedicated to the struggle between the...

Mail Call: Shaping Giuliani.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
January 28, 2008... Readers of our Dec. 3 profile of Rudy Giuliani questioned his electability. One said, "Haven't we had enough of the politics of fear and divisiveness?" But another observed, "Giuliani's intense mix of moral certitude and ethical relativism...

China's One Child Left Behind.(World Affairs)(one-child policy)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu; With Jonathan Ansfield in Beijing and bureau reports Beijing's family-planning rules are slipping as the rich and powerful break the single-baby rule. It wasn't just the sex. On Dec. 28, at a gala launch of...

The New Gordon Brown.(World Affairs; EUROPE)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Stryker McGuire; With Christopher Werth in London After Months Of Missteps, The Prime Minister Is Revamping His Image--Again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again: it's a strategy that works better in sports than in...

The Populists Retreat.(World Affairs; LATIN AMERICA)(left-leaning Latin American presidents)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras Why Latin America's firebrands are softening their rhetoric--and emboldening the opposition. A rather chastened Hugo Chavez recently addressed his fellow Venezuelans on his weekly television program, "Alo...

The Slow Fall of The Greenback.(Davos Preview)(US dollar)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar and John Sparks The dollar is as weak as it's been in more than three decades. Its slide is ushering in a new economic era. Immigrants to New York used to be greeted with signs like "Help Wanted: No Irish Need...

Fruits of Their Labor.(Business)(British economy)
January 28, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Fifteen years of record growth is finally changing what it means to be middle class in Britain. A quiz for the world traveler: Which country downs the most champagne outside France? Which boasts the world's...

Why Debt Hasn't Killed Us Yet.(Davos Preview; Point of View)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Diana Farrell and Susan Lund; Farrell is Director and Lund Senior Fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute For nearly a decade, many economists have warned that the U.S. trade deficit cannot keep swelling indefinitely. At some point,...

'Kept In a State of Limbo'.(Point of View)(George W. Bush's omnibus bill that will allow refugees to migrate to US)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Anna Husarska; Husarska is senior policy adviser at the International Rescue Committee. Christmas came a day late for the inhabitants of Tham Hin, a Burmese refugee camp along the Thai border. On Dec. 26, U.S. President George W....

Tales From The Crypt.(Books; RUSSIA)(Book review)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Andrew Nagorski Recently released documents from the Soviet archives reveal a wealth of buried atrocities. Joseph Stalin never had any problem finding willing executioners. Everyone from his Politburo colleagues to the...

Ibrahim Gambari: We Don't Do 'Regime Change'.(The Last Word)(Interview)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Patrick Falby Ibrahim Gambari is the U.N. point man on one of the world's toughest regimes to charm, Burma. Since taking the job in May, Gambari has visited Rangoon several times, urging the junta to respect human rights and...

Where The Sari Meets Chanel.(Design; TOP SHELF)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy; Reddy, a fine artist based in Mumbai, is a contributing editor at Vogue India. Trailblazing designer Diane Von Furstenburg is credited with introducing the wrap dress to the world, but the Indian Subcontinent's...

Avoiding The Abyss.(Global Investor)(economic recession)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Barton Biggs; Biggs, the famed Wall Street strategist, is a managing partner with Traxis Partners hedge fund in New York. The U.S. stock market has just had its worst January start in history, and other bourses around the world are...

Gaining Speed.(The Good Life)(various winter sports facilities)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Tara Weingarten There's a new game in town for thrill-seekers: a lightning-quick tear down an icy half-pipe. Eight Olympic bobsled tracks around the world are open to the public, allowing adrenaline junkies to pull up to five G's...

Hot Spot: Angkor Village Hotel and Resort.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Adams Siem Reap Aimed at tourists visiting the Angkor Wat temple and surrounding sites, these luxury accommodations consist of a lodge in central Siem Reap and a resort closer to the main temple complex. Ambience:...

4 Hours in Bologna.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Nina Scott More than 40 museums are tucked inside the medieval walls of this vibrant, ocher-colored city at the crossroads of northern and southern Italy. Tour the Municipal Palace for a dazzling exhibition of paintings,...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(Caran d'Ache's 1010)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... The Swiss company Caran d'Ache pays homage to watchmaking with a new limited-edition fountain pen. Known as the 1010--for the time at which a clock face is considered balanced, and which almost all watch ads display--the pen's body resembles...

A Foot Massage With Every Filling.(The Good Life)(Swiss Smile)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Sophie Grove A visit to the dentist need no longer be an exercise in dread. Some daring whitecoats have done away with dismal waiting rooms and antiseptic offices in favor of slick design and sumptuous spa menus. One new practice...

Keeping Up With the Beemers.(The Good Life)(Audi S5)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Tara Weingarten Audi's inner beauty nearly eclipses its fetching skin on this S5 coupe. For so long, Audi played catch up to BMW's performance machines; lately, it has pulled alongside--if not beaten--its Germany competitor. At...

Perspectives: Quotes in the News.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Quotation sources: Agence France-Presse, AP, Agence France-Presse, AP News, Reuters, AP "We've got too much at stake at this time in our history to be engaging in this kind of silliness." Barack Obama, Illinois senator and...

Why Voters From Kenya to Korea Embrace The Accused.(Periscope)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Tepperman ; Barbie Nadeau ; Rana Foroohar ; Roxana Popescu ; Tony Dokoupil In the last few months, developing countries from South Africa to South Korea and from Kenya to Thailand held open elections. And an alarming trend...

Escalating Spam Wars Take Their Toll.(The Technologist)(spam mails)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland SPAM HAS NEVER BEEN CHEAPER. ONLINE-MARKETING FIRMS ARE falling over themselves to offer spam campaigns of millions of addresses. These e-mail blasts are disturbingly inexpensive. Pro Software Pack, for example,...

Dad Can't Handle These Toys.(The Technologist; EDUCATION)(WildPlanet's Hyper Dash)(Brief article)
January 28, 2008... Byline: Brian Braiker Any parent with a child between the ages of 3 and 11 can tell you that technology has crept into nearly all aspects of playtime and nearly every type of toy. The Hyper Dash, introduced recently from WildPlanet, is a...