Indeed, and justifiably so when you consider that she's a professional TV-serial writer herself. Her previous works include Wagh El-Qamar (Face of the Moon), starring screen legend Faten Hamama and Shams Youm Gedid (The Sun of a New Day) starring Nelly Karim, among numerous other small screen classics.

The thrilling woes of that thing called 'love story'

It's the only off note in this otherwise irresistible anthology of 27 love stories sure to make hearts flutter well beyond Valentine's Day. My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead was edited by Eugenides at Dave Eggers's behest, to benefit the Chicago chapter of 826 National, his writing programs for teens, a cause as worthy as amour.

Unlike Zadie Smith, who commissioned new stories by hip young writers for "The Book of Other People," her anthology for Eggers's literacy project, Eugenides sought suggestions rather than submissions from contemporary authors.

Net Neutrality's not anti-property, it's about our property

It took 17 rounds, but when the FCC's $4.638 billion reserve was met late last week, it meant that the FCC's mandated open access rules would necessarily come into play. Under the proposed rules, 22MHz of the spectrum to be auctioned would be subject to open-access regulations, meaning that the company winning the auction would not be able to control what kind of devices are attached to the network or how the bandwidth is used.

"Everybody throws the word 'open' around and says open is wonderful," Cleland said.

Skincare for Acne: Newest Skin Care Solutions for Scars and Blemishes

Skincare-News.com discusses advanced treatment options for acne scars.

What are acne scars? According to Skin Care: Beyond the Basics, (acne) scars form when "the skin, in a desperate attempt to heal itself, produces lots of collagen to try to compensate for the lack of normal skin functioning." The result can be anything from a red spot or macule, to a raised scar to the typical 'pit' scarring commonly seen with more aggressive forms of acne.

Microsoft, the sleeping giant, wakes again

Yahoo's board of directors has decided to reject the offer, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday. The person, who is close to Yahoo management, said the company planned to tell Microsoft in a letter Monday that the deal undervalues the Internet company and fails to offset its risk if regulators were to overturn the merger.

Although Yahoo doesn't want to sell to Microsoft, it has few alternatives. Many analysts expect Microsoft to sweeten its offer, and Yahoo to accept it.

If it wins Yahoo, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant will have pulled off by far the largest acquisition in its 33-year history to try to keep Google from getting further ahead.

"Microsoft tends to be a reactive company," said Mark Anderson, an entrepreneur and author of an industry newsletter that counts Gates and Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer among its subscribers.