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Q & A: Tip of the Week: Satellite Images J. D. Biersdorfer (Circuits)The latest version of the Google Earth features historic maps, information from National Geographic and Discovery Networks on geographical and historical sites around the world 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Q & A: Face Detection Can Be Plural J. D. Biersdorfer (Circuits)Does the face-detection software on digital cameras work if there are a lot of people in the picture? 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Q & A: Getting Prognosis on Battery Life J. D. Biersdorfer (Circuits)Rechargeable batteries are given a certain number of charge cycles before they wear out, but what exactly is a charge cycle and how can I find out how long my battery will last? 08AM Mar 11, 2008
State of the Art: Apple Offers New Goodies in Leopard System David Pogue (Circuits)Apples new version of Leopard lists 300 new features, including a Braille font and a Danish spelling checker. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Copy Video From Your PC, and Then Watch It on Your TV Stephen C. Miller (Circuits)SanDisks Sansa TakeTV is aimed at people who want to take digital video from their computers and watch it on their TVs, without getting too high-tech about it. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
A Walkman With Flashy Features to Compete With Those i Devices Stephen C. Miller (Circuits)Sony Ericsson W580i Walkman has many similar features for those who want a phone that offers music, the Internet, pictures, organizer functions and, oh yes, calls. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Grab Those Free HDTV Signals and Feed Them to Your PC J. D. Biersdorfer (Circuits)The PCTV HD Ultimate Stick, which sells for $130, includes a telescoping antenna for broadcast television. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
To Point the Naked Eye, or Certain Telescopes, a Guide to the Stars Ivan Berger (Circuits)The Meade mySKY device gives you guided tours of the night sky, leading you to specific celestial objects and presenting facts and folklore about them. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Off the Couch, Potato: The Programs You Crave, Relayed From Home to Your Handy Traveling Laptop Stephen C. Miller (Circuits)Slingbox Solo connects only to a single audio/video source, but with the current crop of digital HD/DVR set-top boxes, thats all most consumers need. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Game Theory: In 1 Box, 3 New Games Filled With Puzzles and Fights Charles Herold (Circuits)Orange Box actually consists of three separate new games developed by Valve Software, and it also comes with a couple of old games for good measure. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Basics: Digital Music to Please Even the Snobs Lawrence M. Fisher (Circuits)Serious music lovers probably fancy digital music servers a jukebox for digital music files, a hard drive to store the files and software to pump it through an existing stereo system. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Book Lovers Ask, Whats Seattles Secret? Julie Bick (Books)Though the big publishing houses are still in New York, the Seattle area is home to Amazon, Starbucks and Costco, companies that increasingly influence what America reads. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Samuel J. Hamrick, Who Wrote as W. T. Tyler, Dies at 78 Stuart Lavietes (Books)Mr. Hamrick was a former officer in the Foreign Service who, under the pseudonym W. T. Tyler, wrote spy novels about the adventures of burnt-out cases. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Books of The Times: The Amazing Adventures of the Midcentury Comic Book Trade Janet Maslin (Books)The Ten-Cent Plague is the third book by David Hajdu to take a subject suitable for fans hagiography and turn it into something of much wider interest. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Books of The Times: Why Knowledge and Logic Are Political Dirty Words Michiko Kakutani (Books)There are few subjects more timely than the one tackled by Susan Jacoby in her new book. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
A $100 Million Donation to the N.Y. Public Library Robin Pogrebin (Books)The librarys venerable lion-guarded building is to be renamed for the financier Stephen A. Schwarzman. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Western Authors Celebrate a Master Felicity Barringer (Books)A weekend conference in California dedicated to Wallace Stegner was partly a discussion of the authors works and partly an homage to Stegner by writers he influenced. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
The Funny Pages | Sunday Serial: The Lemur Benjamin Black (Books)Chapter 9: They had been in bed together all afternoon, Glass and his girl, and now at evening he was sprawled pashalike in his undershorts against a bank of pillows. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Crime: Dirty Work Marilyn Stasio (Books)Denise Minas novel features a journalist with a talent for articulating nationwide annoyances. Also reviewed: New crime novels by Will Lavender, Lawrence Goldstone and Robert B. Parker. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Essay: Amis and Islam Rachel Donadio (Books)Martin Amiss angry, off-the-cuff comments about Islam set off an old-fashioned literary donnybrook in Britain. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Archive: Book Review Podcast (Books)This week: Antonio Skrmeta, author of The Dancer and the Thief; Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles; Rachel Donadio on Martin Amis; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news. Bob Harris is the host. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
The Medium and the Message James Poniewozik (Books)In his second novel, the book-cover designer Chip Kidd nurses the tension between word and image. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Wok On Jane And Michael Stern (Books)Jennifer 8. Lees obsession with Chinese food takes her on a three-year, 23-country odyssey. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Birder of Paradise Robert Sullivan (Books)Jonathan Rosen takes a poetic, philosophical approach to his favorite outdoor activity. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
Ego Check James Parker (Books)A TV journalist wounded by his sons scathing book flees to Italy, and into his own head, to brood. 08AM Mar 11, 2008
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