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A Postcard from New Haven

April 5th, 2008
By Chris Barnes
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Greetings from sunny New Haven! Actually, today was overcast, raining, and cold (although not quite as bad as it is in Ithaca, for sure), but after a five-hour trek from the Hill down to Connecticut, we're here nonetheless. Why, you ask? The Yale Daily News hosted a conference this weekend on the web operations of college newspapers, and I came here with a delegation from The Sun, including Assistant Web Editor Mike Wacker '10 and editors emeritus Julie Geng '08 and G. Scott Russ '10, to attend the conference. We're all really excited to be here; every paper does things differently, so everyone had some experience to share with each other. Read More

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It's a Mobile World

January 25th, 2008
By Chris Barnes
In my column today, I wrote about Apple's new ultra-mobile notebook, the MacBook Air. This svelte little machine retails for $1799 from Apple's online and retail stores, but if you live on the hill, there's a better option. Read More

Not Just a Hobby

January 7th, 2008
By Chris Barnes
Bill Gates, the famous founder of Microsoft, gave his last keynote address to the International Consumer Electronics Show last night in Las Vegas. Gates has now delivered 12 addresses in his many years at the helm of the software behemoth, so the event was marked by a great deal of reminiscing and retrospection. Although the video montages were quite entertaining (perhaps even Oscar-worthy, considering the current strike-induced lack of quality programming) and while the event did give some fitting closure to Gates’ lengthy career, the real meat and potatoes of the Microsoft keynote were presented by Robbie Bach, the company's president of entertainment and devices. Read More

Happy Thanksgiving

November 20th, 2007
By Chris Barnes
The Sun has currently stopped printing for the Thanksgiving holiday break. CornellSun.com will continue to update you on breaking news throughout that time. Regular publication will resume on Monday, November 26th. From all of us at The Sun, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Read More