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For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions
- Wednesday December 30, 2015
- Business | Noam Scheiber and Patricia Cohen, The New York Times
With inequality at its highest levels in nearly a century and public debate rising over whether the government should respond to it through higher taxes on the wealthy, the very richest Americans have financed a sophisticated and astonishingly effective apparatus for shielding their fortunes.
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Blurring the line between apps and books
- Thursday June 7, 2012
- Written by Amit
Stephen Elliott, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: An app for the iPad and iPhone called "The Adderall Diaries."He's not exactly a programmer - better to call him a writer. And the...
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WikiLeaks, Facebook and the perils of oversharing
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by Reema
The recent release of internal State Department cables by WikiLeaks, assisted by a coalition of news outlets in the United States and Europe, has been viewed as a national security matter -- have confidential sources been compromised? Could relations between...
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Web attackers point to cause in WikiLeaks
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by Reema
They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements. But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks, which began on...
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Computers help social animals to see beyond their tribes
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by editor
IBM researchers in this laboratory nestled next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been forced lately to confront a limit on computing power: The human brain just isn't processing data any faster.It's a shame, too, because the brain...
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Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
- Monday February 21, 2011
- World News | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
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Web attackers point to cause in WikiLeaks
- Friday December 10, 2010
- World News | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements. But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks, which began on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, suggested that the loosely organized group called...
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WikiLeaks, Facebook and the perils of oversharing
- Monday December 6, 2010
- Technology | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
The recent release of internal State Department cables by WikiLeaks, assisted by a coalition of news outlets in the United States and Europe, has been viewed as a national security matter -- have confidential sources been compromised? Could relations between the United States and Russia (or Italy or France or Pakistan) be permanently damaged? But o...
- www.ndtv.com
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Blurring the line between apps and books
- Monday October 25, 2010
- Technology | Noam Cohen, New York Times
Stephen Elliott, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: An app for the iPad and iPhone called "The Adderall Diaries."He's not exactly a programmer - better to call him a writer. And the app that he conceived looks a lot like an electronic book. That is, most people who buy the app will do so to read ...
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Spoiler alert: Whodunit? Wikipedia will tell you
- Saturday September 18, 2010
- World News | Noam Cohen, New York Times
At the end of each performance of the Agatha Christie play "The Mousetrap," the person revealed to be the murderer steps forward and tells the audience to "keep the secret of whodunit locked in your heart." Even after 58 continuous years of performances in the West End of London, the play's twist ending has been largely preserved by reviewers, guid...
- www.ndtv.com
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For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions
- Wednesday December 30, 2015
- Business | Noam Scheiber and Patricia Cohen, The New York Times
With inequality at its highest levels in nearly a century and public debate rising over whether the government should respond to it through higher taxes on the wealthy, the very richest Americans have financed a sophisticated and astonishingly effective apparatus for shielding their fortunes.
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Blurring the line between apps and books
- Thursday June 7, 2012
- Written by Amit
Stephen Elliott, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: An app for the iPad and iPhone called "The Adderall Diaries."He's not exactly a programmer - better to call him a writer. And the...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WikiLeaks, Facebook and the perils of oversharing
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by Reema
The recent release of internal State Department cables by WikiLeaks, assisted by a coalition of news outlets in the United States and Europe, has been viewed as a national security matter -- have confidential sources been compromised? Could relations between...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Web attackers point to cause in WikiLeaks
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by Reema
They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements. But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks, which began on...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Computers help social animals to see beyond their tribes
- Tuesday June 5, 2012
- Written by editor
IBM researchers in this laboratory nestled next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been forced lately to confront a limit on computing power: The human brain just isn't processing data any faster.It's a shame, too, because the brain...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
- Monday February 21, 2011
- World News | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
- www.ndtv.com
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Web attackers point to cause in WikiLeaks
- Friday December 10, 2010
- World News | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
They got their start years ago as cyberpranksters, an online community of tech-savvy kids more interested in making mischief than political statements. But the coordinated attacks on major corporate and government Web sites in defense of WikiLeaks, which began on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, suggested that the loosely organized group called...
- www.ndtv.com
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WikiLeaks, Facebook and the perils of oversharing
- Monday December 6, 2010
- Technology | Noam Cohen, The New York Times
The recent release of internal State Department cables by WikiLeaks, assisted by a coalition of news outlets in the United States and Europe, has been viewed as a national security matter -- have confidential sources been compromised? Could relations between the United States and Russia (or Italy or France or Pakistan) be permanently damaged? But o...
- www.ndtv.com
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Blurring the line between apps and books
- Monday October 25, 2010
- Technology | Noam Cohen, New York Times
Stephen Elliott, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, just introduced his first piece of software for sale: An app for the iPad and iPhone called "The Adderall Diaries."He's not exactly a programmer - better to call him a writer. And the app that he conceived looks a lot like an electronic book. That is, most people who buy the app will do so to read ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Spoiler alert: Whodunit? Wikipedia will tell you
- Saturday September 18, 2010
- World News | Noam Cohen, New York Times
At the end of each performance of the Agatha Christie play "The Mousetrap," the person revealed to be the murderer steps forward and tells the audience to "keep the secret of whodunit locked in your heart." Even after 58 continuous years of performances in the West End of London, the play's twist ending has been largely preserved by reviewers, guid...
- www.ndtv.com