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iPad: There may be an app for that
Ever since Apple announced it earlier this year, the iPad has been hailed as the Savior of Everything, from Savior of the Publishing Industry to Savior of the Comics Industry.
In reality, it’s neither of those.
The publishing industry has to contend with a few issues before ebook readers (like the Kindle and to an extent, the (more)
Tune into The U on the new 1620 AM
For those who have managed to avoid hearing a radio broadcast by the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ student radio station, The U, the excuses regarding lack of broadcast power off-campus have now lost their value.
Google’s ethics face trials with Chinese business
Google’s motto is, “Don’t Be Evil.” In a New York Times interview with the company’s head of operations in China, Kai-Fu Lee championed the easy access to information that Google provides as a panacea for China’s struggling rural class.
iPad offers innovative, cheap computing to students
No doubt that by now you have seen multiple reviews of Apple’s iPad, but we at The Current didn’t want to jump the gun. We wanted to highlight as many of the features that students would use on the device in the review- so we gave the iPad a proper test, passed it around the office, did our homework on it and even took it on the road.
The end of Alzheimer’s?
The soil of Easter Island could possibly be housing the cure to Alzheimer’s disease. A drug, known as rapamycin, was recently discovered in the ground on the island. The drug has already shown that it can extend the lives of animals and now it is showing promise that it could reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

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