From Chaos, Order: W3C Standard Helps Organize Knowledge

Latest Press Release from Sir Tim Berner's Lee's organization, W3C, regarding developments in data storage technology, with a view to promoting standards and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web.–SKOS Connects Diverse Knowledge Organization Systems to Linked...

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime   HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...

McCain’s loss is the Senates gain, McCain dismember's colleagues, Full Tran...

Uber pundit and American proclamationist David S Broder of the Washington Post recently indexed the short comings of Senator John McCain’s run for the Oval Office. "he had limited interest in, and capacity for,...

Man got 9-foot tapeworm from restaurant

Considering they can get 50' long, and it was a free bonus, I don't know what he was complaining about !" CHICAGO (AP) — A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a...

Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes

"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...

DIY tractor culture in Poland

This exhibition happened earlier in the year in Berlin, but I still love the concept."In the '60s Poland it was almost impossible to acquire a tractor in Poland. Agricultural machines produced by the country were available mainly for state-owned enterprises. For private...

Iran: War or Privatization: All Out War or "Economic Conquest"?

EXCERPT: "Washington has no interest in the imposition of a privatization program on Iran, as an "alternative" to an all out war. In fact quite the opposite. There are indications that the Bush adminstration's main objective is to stall the privatization program. "by ...

Cyber-dissident Huang Qi kidnapped, foreign journalists arrested in Sichuan

UPDATE: 5:04PM EST - June 14Huang Qi and the other activists are still missing and no more information is known about them at this time.PREVIOUSLYThe organization 'Reporters Without Borders' is concerned about the...

Government: Diviing Up the Cellphone Pie

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Feds are auctioning Wireless Networks amongst the Big Telecommunications Giants, diviing up the provinces like so much pie.  Eager to get a Slice are...

Gartner Explains Why Windows Is Broken

"Microsoft's operating system (OS) development times are too long and they deliver limited innovation; their OSs provide an inconsistent experience between platforms, with significant compatibility issues; and...

United Nations: Bali BS Detector !!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Gee, I think I have reported about this previously this many, many times. 15,000 people atteneding this conference in balmy Bali, one can only assume these...

State equities for state companies not abolished: official

"Secretary of the Office of the State Minister for State Enterprises, Muhammad Said Didu, said state equity in state-owned companies was necessary to prevent state-owned companies from posing a burden to the State Budget."The absence of state equities does not mean that state...

RI to allocate Rp100 bln for women`s cooperatives in 2008

"Indonesian Cooperatives and Small-Medium Scale Business Minister Suryadharma Ali has said that the government would allocate Rp100 billion for women`s cooperatives, or an increase of 400 percent. "We have set a target of providing funds to 1,000 cooperatives for women to...

Govt yet to raise dividends for Pertamina and PGN

"State Enterprises Minister Sofyan A. Djalil said he still has no intention to raise the dividends from state oil and gas company PT Pertamina and state gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) which would enjoy a windfall profit from next year`s world oil price...

Zillow Signs Deal With Newspapers

A very good tool that can only get better. Any homeowner interested in getting a ballpark home valuation should check it out."In what Zillow.com President Lloyd Frink is calling a "groundbreaking partnership," the Seattle online real estate startup has signed a deal to...

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