UK troops 'given too many tasks'

" The military mission in Afghanistan has failed to deliver what it promised - as troops are being given too many tasks, a report from MPs says. The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee says...

McCain Suspends Campaign, Obama Will be at Debates

Democratic Senator Barack Obama has stated that he wants the debates to continue, while Republican Senator John McCain announced the suspension of his campaign. Less than a day after a New York Times article came...

Audacity of Cowardice, Hopelessness: Why Does Much of America Avoid the Tough...

"Audacity of Cowardice, Hopelessness: Why Does Much of America Avoid the Tough Tasks? Just a few short months ago, many Americans including current Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said the “surge” in Iraq would not work.  He was against...

Ubiquity Rocks Tweeter's World

Thanks to a quick Summize search, I've been exposed to the world of Ubiquity. It is currently the number one trending topic on twitter and averages about 4 tweets per second. More people are tweeting about...

People who Sleep More, Work Better!

"People who Sleep More, Work Better! Options   Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by anyone ...

Bees Lose Buzz When Sick

A study done by British researchers shows that bees can get sick and recover after the immune system actively fights off viruses or parasites. Researchers said on Wednesday that bumblebees can get ill and seems to...

A good night's sleep can boost the memory... but only 21% of us get the recom...

Some experts say that less than eight hours of sleep is already good.  Anyway, what all these researches are leading us is to the fact that a good sleep really helps boost memory. We should grab sleep whenever we can catch it.  "Sleep appears to strengthen...

Men who do housework may get more sex

"NEW YORK - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. The average dad has gradually been getting better about picking himself up off the sofa and pitching in, according to a...

New York's transit 'bloat' woes

With transit hikes set to roll out this week, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is facing increased media and public scrutiny on its spending habits. Today the New York Daily News released a...

Lotus Symphony, not so Good

"The IBM Lotus Symphony is made up of Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations, the tools support Windows and Linux desktops and are designed to handle the majority of office tasks that workers typically perform.It also supports...

Serge the Concierge: TaskBin (India) versus GoPlan (Portugal)...Oh! Baby it's...

If you are old or worldly enough you might have gotten the Cat Stevens connection. I always have a number of projects in the works.I thought it would be a good way to use a couple of them to test Taskbin from Mango Spring (India) versus GoPlan from We Break Stuff...

BlackBerry Without the BlackBerry: You Can Say "Yes" to Crack!

Research in Motion may well get a whole new group of kids hooked on their crackberry... existing smartphone users!"RIM has announced that they're essentially planning to offer BlackBerry service ... without the BlackBerry. The company plans an app suite that will turn its...

Official: Powerpoint Kills Your Brain

I personally loathe PowerPoint, which reduces all communication into a series of sales pitches; it disturbs me that kids are taught PowerPoint over creative writing. The article below discusses an Australian study...

What's up with Technorati's Traffic?

Matt Marshall wonders what's up with Technorati?   Why the huge traffic spike?  "Something fishy with Technorati traffic? — Odd that Technorati, the search engine for blog material, suddenly...

7 Steps Of Mega Adsense Earners

"The Google AdSense program is like finding money in the street. Kids in High School are making thousands of dollars a month with Adsense... Housewives, Retiree's, Mom and Pop's who've never made a dime on the Internet have created full time incomes by simply placing AdSense...

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