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If you're like eighty percent of Internet users, you click on "Internet Explorer" to access the web. So what would it take to make you switch away from that browser? The Computer Guys & Gal join us to discuss the best ways to explore the web -- and whether other programs' claims of cool new features actually live up to the hype.
John Gilroy, WAMU Resident Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
Allison Druin, WAMU's Computer Gal; Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab and Professor in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland
Bill Harlow, WAMU Computer Guy; and Hardware & Software Technician for MACs & PCs at Mid-Atlantic Consulting, Inc.
Both presidential candidates are courting young voters. But students in several states, including Virginia, are getting mixed signals about whether it's safe for them to register to vote from their campus addresses. We discuss how murky guidelines are likely to affect youth voter registration across the country.
Sujatha Jahagirdar, Program Director, Student Public Interest Research Group, New Voters Project
They're stories that might seem like odd local examples of environmental change: ants devouring the jungles of Venezuela and elk destroying the landscape of U.S. national parks. But scientists say these phenomena are not random -- they're being driven by the disappearance of predators from many corners of the world. Join Kojo as we talk about the decline of meat-eating beasts -- and hear about controversial ideas for restoring their numbers in the wild.
William Stolzenburg, Freelance Wildlife Journalist; Author, "Where the Wild Things Were" (Bloomsbury)
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