Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy

"The word “privacy” now appears on Google’s home page, with a link to the company’s privacy policy. With that one word, the Web search giant heads off the growing controversy over whether its previous practice ran afoul of a California law, the California Online...

Breakthrough: Concentrated Solar Power All Over Southwest US

This looks very good, folks. "Breakthrough: Concentrated Solar Power All Over Southwest USby David Sassoon - Jan 17th, 2008* Clean Energy* Big Business* Clean Tech Sector* Investors  ....the solar power...

Google's Board is Anti-Anti-Censorship

So much for not being evil. Google's board of directors has recommended that shareholders vote against a proposal to prevent the company from engaging in proactive censorship efforts."Google did not explain why its board recommends shareholders vote down the anticensorship...

Alien Labor Gains Net Hollywood Math :: MAXINE

"We often hear how producers of a successful Hollywood movie, you know, one that had very strong attendance figures (box office) is never is able to turn a profit. Many joke that what is actually happening is “Hollywood Math” (while others call it creative accounting)...

Age no bar

"What has age got to do with friendship? Manu—my 2 year old son with his best friend Mr. Alok Dasgupta-my 80 years old neighbor. Earlier he used to run to his house when the door was open but now he asks us to take him there. "Uncle paas jaan hai". Over there he keeps Mr....

N.J. woman collects Silly String for serious use

"STRATFORD, N.J. - In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly...

And the Crowd Goes Wild in NYC: Jeter is a man on fire

"Derek Jeter collects his fifth hit of the night, a home run over the fence in dead center to put the Yankees up 8-4. He misses the cycle by a triple. The Yankees fans are just going wild, chanting his name well...

NASCAR Foundation has success in blood drive (Nascar)

" Collects more than 1,800 units of blood on Sept. 11 anniversary Official Release September 13, 2006 03:53 PM EDT (19:53 GMT) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, 11 tracks across the country participated in The NASCAR Foundation Blood and Marrow Drive and...

NowPublic and Flickr Beat CNN to the Punch

"Anyone who remembers the London subway bombings probably recalls the dozens of cellphone-camera photos of disheveled victims and twisted metal[amp]nbsp;in the chaos of the London underground -- pictures that became a powerful sign of how important "citizen journalism" or...

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