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Tech News In Brief - 5/20/10

May 20, 2010
Confusing app now available for all to get confused by!New Video standard - (where are the geeks in the house. holla.)Apple selling more iPads than...

Geithner delays exchange rate report

Apr 5, 2010
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced he would be delaying his report on exchange rate policies due April 15. The biannual report, first...

The bill

Jan 20, 2006
I've found myself completely fascinated by the receipts you get after you pay for dinner here....

CQ's finest

Jan 19, 2006
A few days ago I got a chance to visit a local high school class (actually called middle schools here). Of course, it turned out it wasn't just...

On the Culinary Edge

Jan 17, 2006
I’m usually an adventurous traveler, particularly when it comes to eating. My family traveled lot when I was a kid and my sister and I were...

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Getting around in Chongqing

Jan 16, 2006
CHINESE ETIQUETTE LESSON III: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF GANBEI... OR "BOTTOMS UP" IN ENGLISH...

What happens on the overnight...

Jan 15, 2006
There's a saying at Marketplace - "what happens on the overnight, stays on the overnight." The overnight is the shift the producers and hosts of...

Chongqing is the biggest city in the world (on a technicality)

Jan 13, 2006
The other night I was in a cab on the elevated highway that bisects Shanghai. It was the last night of the third and final trip I've made to the...