Finally, A Temple of Science for Rational Belief

I heard about this a few weeks ago from Marcia Tanner via the Crumb new media curating list, and was completely intrigued by the idea - a temple to science, created by conceptual artist Jonathan Keats. I can't quite believe that no one has done this before. My favourite...

Pakistani puts Kidney up for online Auction

After body, life and many other weired stuff a Pakistani national has put up his kidney on a Pakistani auction website. So far no bidders have come to avial this offer.The Kidney business in Pakistan is unregulated and foreigners can buy kidneys from impoverished Pakistanis...

Move Your Business from Windows to Linux

"Windows Vista debuted to muffled applause, followed by lackluster sales. Up until June 30, cash-strapped businesses looking to avoid the cost of upgrading to new Vista-compatible hardware could still purchase trusty Windows XP. Now, however, Windows XP is available only as a...

Mad Catz Brings HDMI to All Xbox 360 Owners

"Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider announced today the release of the Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit, a revolutionary new accessory designed to allow owners of the Xbox 360 console to connect directly...

The Maturing of New Economic Models

Jimmy Wales turned 58, but the party wasn't for his birthday. Wales, of Wikipedia was joined by Larry Lessig a prime mover behind the "Creative Commons" licenses which offer an alternative to traditional copyright law which has been strained to the breaking point by the...

Emblaze`s Emoze push-email technology made available

"Emblaze Ltd. (LSE: BLZ.L) announces today that its Emoze push email and PIM will be available for users to download via the Download! folder on Nokia Nseries devices. An Emoze download icon will be located in the Download! folder and will enable the users an easy and...

Curse of the Cursor Continues

The patch for Microsoft's cursor vulnerability is giving grief to Realtek users. Yikes. "Installing Microsoft's Tuesday patch for a "critical" Windows vulnerability is causing trouble for some users. Microsoft broke with its monthly patch cycle Tuesday to repair a bug in the...

Novell CEO “OpenOffice the holy grail”

"Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, said at a media briefing in Sydney that the popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell.OpenOffice is a “multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project....