Who would have guessed?!
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Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience yesterday that Microsoft
’s Windows product is collapsing and must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
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While Microsoft recently extended the date when the XP software will be available for low-cost PCs, it doesn’t plan to listen to some other complaints, including that Vista is too big. “Vista is bigger than XP and it’s gonna stay bigger than XP,” Ballmer said. “We have to make sure it doesn’t get bigger still.”
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Subprime was just the beginning. Wait until California’s prime borrowers start handing their keys to the bank.
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We all know how much money we spend on food each week, but what about families in other countries, particularly those less fortunate than us? This photo essay shows an interesting comparison.
Look at all the processed, packaged, junk food the American family eats compared to the rest of the world.
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The more and more I get sucked into the world of foods (via my gf), the more I appreciate not having to pay a lot. This is at least a good intro into a world past “Three Buck Chuck.”
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The U.S. is wrestling with the worst food inflation in 17 years, and analysts expect new data due on Wednesday to show it’s getting worse. That’s putting the squeeze on poor families and forcing bakeries, bagel shops and delis to explain price increases to their customers.
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If you’re like most Americans, you probably don’t know a lot about the quality of your tap water. Using data on contamination levels provided by community water systems and compiled by the University of Cincinnati, Forbes.com determined some of the U.S. cities with the cleanest drinking water. Check out how your city stacks up.
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Beijing Wanbao

US-speed vehicle with a maximum speed of 1,336 kilometers jet engine (with Sina Technology)

“North American Eagle,” with jet engine (with Sina Technology)

In the desert test “North American Eagle” (science and technology with Sina)

Like the North American Eagle fighters (with Sina Technology)
In the United States, the state of the desert, one [...]

In a mixed prison in Turkey, was imprisoned in a cell adjacent to the male and female prisoners in the prison under the nose of the cells on the walls of the middle dug a hole the size of 9 cm. Chongqing Evening news, such as mad thirst two of the prisoners through the hole [...]