Why Immigrant Workers Are Better

"The fact is that among poor people manual labor does not have the same stigma that it has for wealthier people. Americans, in particular seem to have an aversion to manual labor. There are many people elsewhere who not only have never done anything but manual labor, their...

Why Immigrant Workers Are Better

"The fact is that among poor people manual labor does not have the same stigma that it has for wealthier people. Americans, in particular seem to have an aversion to manual labor. There are many people elsewhere who not only have never done anything but manual labor, their...

British banks shun £10bn cash auction

"British banks shunned the Bank of England’s auction of three-month money on Wednesday, submitting no bids to borrow the £10bn on offer. The dearth of demand for three-month cash – a market that has been strained of late – was the result of “a significant fall in...

Ireland is named 'best country'

"Ireland is the best place to live in the world, according to a "quality of life" assessment by Economist magazine. The country's combination of increasing wealth and traditional values gives it the conditions most likely to make its people happy, the survey found. Ireland...

Russians Producing Human-Like Robots

"In a bid to reduce risk and improve the quality of various services like mining operations, Russian Android Robotics Corp. plans to produce androids in russia and launch them in 2008. At present it offers models that are able to imitate human movements. The given androids...

Lighting 102: Unit 1.1 - Position (Angle)

"Summary: Lighting angle reveals form in a three-dimensional object. To see how light from a particular angle will affect your subject, view the subject from the position of the light. _______________________ We live in a world of off-axis light. The sun does not stay right...

China finds worm-infested US packaging

I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else.  "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday. The pine wood nematodes were found...

Adobe Releases Flash Player Upgrade

"Adobe Systems Inc.'s upgrade for its Flash Player, released on Tuesday, adds support for one of the latest video encoding standards as well as new audio support. The upgrade, called Moviestar, applies to Adobe's latest Flash Player, version 9. A beta of the upgrade will be...

Paramount and DreamWorks Drop Blu-ray

"In unexpected news today, Paramount and DramWorks Animation have announced that both studios will drop their support of the Blu-ray format in the next-generation DVD format war and will now exclusively publish content on HD-DVD. As such, major upcoming home releases of...

Dell Slips in Customer Approval; Yahoo Tops Google

"Dell Inc.'s consumer satisfaction dropped in the past year, signaling that a $150 million effort to improve customer service and product quality may have fallen short, a report found. Dell's score dropped 5 percent to 74 out of 100, putting it near the bottom of the...

Rockhampton quality of life to receive $44 million upgrade

Central Queensland's coal-fuelled economic boom continued its impact on the housing market today, with the announcement of a $44 million lifestyle resort in the unremarkable regional hub of Rockhampton.