Pondering on Bill Gates' Legacy

Beginning in July, Bill Gates will switch jobs for the first time in his adult life, stepping out of a full-time job at Microsoft and moving over to philanthropy. The whole world is a far different place for what he and Microsoft did. At the heart of the high-tech industry...

Drupal Founder Named Biz Week's Top Young Entrepreneur

Congratulations to Dries.  Way to go buddy."While he was still a computer science student in college, Buytaert developed Drupal, a system designed to make it easier to publish, manage, and organize content on a...

Patient turns harsh light on clinics reusing syringes

Investigations are still ongoing in the case of various clinics in Las Vegas to be caught reusing needles, but some patients have already found out that they have become infected with hepatitis C, and many of them,...

Bill Clinton's $700,000 stock windfall

"The spring before his wife began her White House campaign, former President Bill Clinton earned $700,000 for his foundation by selling stock that he had been given from an Internet search company that was co-founded by a convicted felon and backed by the Chinese government,...

Current TV Network Files For $100M IPO

"Innovative but unproven": perhaps the most concise and perfect definition of the entire new media/web 2.0/user-gen/social medial landscape."Current Media, the parent company of Current TV and Current.com, has filed...

Kanye Releases Statement on Mom's Death

"Grammy-winning singer/songwriter KANYE WEST has released a statement following the death of his mother, DONDA, on Saturday. The statement reads: "Kanye West, his family and friends would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and kind words that have come in...

Shakira Gives $40 million to Latin American Foundation

 "Washington, Sept 29 : Pop star Shakira is contributing 40 million dollars to help reconstruct areas in South America hit by recent natural disasters. The pop star will contribute the amount from the foundation...

Gere Apologizes for India Kissing Controversy, Shetty Fans Angry at Magistrate

A contrite Richard Gere has apologized for causing such a fuss by kissing superstar Shilpa Shetty, redirecting public attention towards the AIDS awareness and prevention program he was there to promote in the first...

Al Gore: Last man standing

"When I heard about the Terra Pass gift cards being handed out at The Oscars, it reminded me of the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences. I thought about Luther, The 95 Theses, and the righteous rebellion against money and influence. Apparently, I wasn’t the...

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