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Lisa Miller R.I.P. on Facebook The uses and abuses of virtual grief. Published Feb 17, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Mar 1, 2010 Minutes after news broke that the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was dead, a suicide at age 40, the prayers and condolences started pouring in. More than 80,000 people became "fans" of McQueen on Facebook in the first week. In the first day, messages ..

On the Web, privacy has its price. TECHNOLOGY How Well Do You Know Google? Can you pass this trivia test—without looking up the answers on you-know-what? By Daniel Lyons | NEWSWEEK Published Feb 17, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Mar 1, 2010 Google recently introduced a new service that adds social-networking features to its popular Gmail system. The service is called Buzz, and within hou..

By Matthew Philips | Newsweek Web Exclusive Feb 12, 2010 PHOTOS Whenever an airplane crashes, investigators focus on the black-box data, which may explain why the plane went down. Though most drivers don't realize it, two thirds of new U.S. automobiles have black boxes, too. They're called "event data recorders." These devices tell the airbags when to deploy, but they also record the car's spee..

EU summit on Greece A half-hearted effort Vague European promises of “solidarity” with Greece may not be enough Feb 11th 2010 | BRUSSELS | From The Economist online Reuters “PRETTY catastrophic”. That was the verdict of a depressed-looking diplomat, at the end of a Brussels summit on Thursday February 11th that saw European Union leaders issue a ringing, but alarmingly vague, pledge of ..

The US budget Budget day Barack Obama is caught between a rising deficit, stubborn unemployment and political paralysis Feb 1st 2010 | NEW YORK | From The Economist online AFP A MEETING between Barack Obama and Republican members of the House of Representatives last week proved to be an unusually frank, if polite, affair. The president sought to put the members of the minority party on the spot ..

SPONSORED BY: An Image Problem David McNew / Getty Images By Jason Chaffetz | NEWSWEEK Published Jan 7, 2010 From the magazine issue dated Jan 18, 2010 Since being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives a year ago, I have boarded an airplane twice weekly to commute between my Utah congressional district and my office in Washington, D.C. Each time, like every other passenger, I stand in li..

America's health-care bill Obama's Christmas present Dec 24th 2009 From Economist.com The Senate votes to brings affordable health care for Americans a huge step closer AFP/AP IT WAS, critics and admirers agreed, the most consequential vote in the Senate for more than 40 years; since, in fact, the bill that created America's state-run health scheme for the elderly back in 1965. On the morning of..

Copenhagen climate talks Better than nothing Dec 19th 2009 | COPENHAGEN From Economist.com The accord delivered by the Copenhagen climate talks is hardly far-reaching AFP EVEN its biggest fans—if such people exist—would be hard-put to find the Copenhagen Accord on the climate a rousing success. "Many," admits Ban Ki-moon, "will say it lacks ambition." Despite the emotional support and demand..

America's foreign policy Is there an Obama doctrine? Dec 17th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition “Just war”, not just war. And affordable, please AFPCicero didn’t get one of those BY HIS own admission, Barack Obama received his Nobel peace prize when his accomplishments were still “slight”. But he has big plans—including signing a new nuclear-arms reduction treaty..

London as a financial centre Foul-weather friends Dec 17th 2009 | HONG KONG, LONDON AND NEW YORK From The Economist print edition How London risks losing its global appeal Illustration by S. Kambayashi AT THE start of the 1960s London’s status as a financial centre was in gentle decline, reflecting Britain’s waning importance in the global economy. Then the American government helpfully imp..