BROOKLYN — Can we have too much freedom?Page TwoPosts written by the IHT’s Page Two columnists.That’s the question behind my latest Currents column, where I discuss what “Downton Abbey” and “Girls,” two wildly popular television shows set 100 years apart, have to tell us about ourselves and our society — especially when it comes to personal freedom and its consequences.What begins on ‘‘Downton’’ as...
Feb
07
TIMESCAST: PC Industry Shifts as Dell Goes Private
Label: BusinessFebruary 6, 2013By Fritzie Andrade, Zena Barakat, Emily B. Hager, Erica Berenstein, Krishnan Vasudevan, Kriston Lewis, Abe Sater and Robin LindsayTimesCast Media+Tech: The effects of Dell’s landmark deal. | Kit Eaton reviews video editing apps. | The entrepreneur and inventor James Dys...
Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Confused and Terrified Patient
Label: HealthThe Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
Well: Think Like a Doctor: A Confused and Terrified Patient
Label: LifestyleThe Challenge: Can you solve the mystery of a middle-aged man recovering from a serious illness who suddenly becomes frightened and confused?Every month the Diagnosis column of The New York Times Magazine asks Well readers to sift through a difficult case and solve a diagnostic riddle. Below you will find a summary of a case involving a 55-year-old man well on his way to recovering from a series of...
Gadgetwise Blog: This Robot Does Do Windows
Label: TechnologyThe robots at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show fell largely into two categories: floor cleaners and toys. But there was an exception.That was a robot taken cleaning to new heights – literally. It is the Winbot 7 Series from Ecovacs, and this robot does do windows.The Winbot works much like any of the floor cleaning robots, only it works on vertical surfaces. Stick it outside on your window glass...
Panetta Speaks to Senate Panel on Benghazi Attack
Label: WorldWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told Congress on Thursday that it would take two to three years to add the 35 new Marine security guard detachments that the United States plans to deploy to improve the security of American diplomatic compounds abroad. “We are working with State now to identify specific locations for the new detachments,” Mr. Panetta said referring to the State...
Feb
06
DealBook: As Unit Pleads Guilty, R.B.S. to Pay $612 Million Over Rate Rigging
Label: BusinessLONDON – The Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday struck a combined $612 million settlement with American and British authorities over accusations that it manipulated interest rates, the latest case to emerge from a broad international investigation.In an embarrassing blow to the bank, its Japanese subsidiary also pleaded guilty to criminal wrongdoing in its settlement with the Justice Department....
Well: Getting Into Your Exercise Groove
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.This isn’t meant as an insult, but you are physiologically lazy. So am I. So are we all. Using treadmill testing, scientists have definitively established that, like other animals, humans naturally aim to use as little energy as possible during most movement. So when we walk or run, our bodies tend to choose a particular cadence, a combination of...
Well: Getting Into Your Exercise Groove
Label: LifestylePhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.This isn’t meant as an insult, but you are physiologically lazy. So am I. So are we all. Using treadmill testing, scientists have definitively established that, like other animals, humans naturally aim to use as little energy as possible during most movement. So when we walk or run, our bodies tend to choose a particular cadence, a combination of...
Bits Blog: Most Facebook Users Have Taken a Break From the Site, Survey Finds
Label: Technology Facebook is the most popular social network in America — roughly two-thirds of adults in the country use it on a regular basis.But that doesn’t mean they don’t get sick of it.A new survey by the Pew Research Center‘s Internet and American Life Project, conducted in December, found that 61 percent of current Facebook users admitted that they had voluntarily taken breaks from the site, for as many...
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