10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009

'social media today is a pure mess.' ""Social media" was the term du jour in 2008. Consumers, companies, and marketers were all talking about it. We have social media gurus, social media startups, social media...

Yaletown parents camp for four days to compete for kindergarte...

This is officially out of hand. Camping out for four days to secure one of the 44 kindergarten spots in the downtown area? I love urban living, but someone might have reminded the city planners of the past 15 years...

6 new features in Gmail

Indiatimes Infotech   The Internet search leader Google has been adding more bells and whistles to Gmail as part of its effort to gain ground on the longtime leaders, Microsoft and Yahoo in free e-mail. ...

Deal brokered to end Northern Ireland deadlock

A deadlock that has grinded government in Northern Ireland to a halt for 152 days appears to have come to an end. the BBC is reporting that the DUP and Sinn Fein have reached a compromise that will allow the government to begin functioning normally again."The DUP and Sinn...

Chandrayaan-1 gets back to work

" A day after landing India’s first probe instrument on the surface of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was on Saturday getting ready to activate eight other scientific instruments on board the country’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft,...

A child play area at Delhi airport

Travellers landing at Indian capital New Delhi's airport have often complained of problems. Situation is slowly improving after a private company Delhi International Airport Limited took over the management of the...

Parents Neb. have limited time to Get Rid of their Teens

Nebraska's safe haven law was designed to allow folks to drop off an unwanted infant  at a local hospital an other locations without worry of being prosecuted.  What the law didn't account for is parents...

Artificial Trees Capture Solar and Wind Energy

"A London-based startup called Solar Botanic announced yesterday that it has designed lifelike artificial plants and trees that harvest the power of the sun and the wind. The key to the company’s claim is its...

Artificial trees capture solar and wind energy

" "A London-based startup called Solar Botanic announced yesterday that it has designed lifelike artificial plants and trees that harvest the power of the sun, wind and rain. The key to the company’s claim is its Nanoleaf— a supposed energy-capturing powerhouse....

Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

US to sell 75 fighter jets to Israel

US and Israel enjoy very close diplomatic and milrtary ties. Israel buys lot of their military hardware from American companies. For the first time the US Defense department has approved the sale of 25 F-35 stealth-enabled Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) to the Isreal....

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent

It's an "inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell". Advances in solar are going the way of computer processor speed and storage and many other information technologies; increasing power, speed and efficiency, decreasing cost, space, waste.Solar Power to Rule in 20...

Osborne says he won't bail out bust UK bankers

The Conservative Party in the UK is havig their party conference today, and as could be expected they are focusing largely on the economy. The shadow chancellor George Osborne has said that the conservatives would not bail out any banks if they were in power. This is...

Obama gets big Bucks from Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac

Obama calling himself an outsider and agent of change has CEO of Freddie Mac on his Pay Role.  The fact is  that he has received over 500,000 dollars from folks within Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.  Some...

Record number of schools opened in England

The highest number of schools in 30 years were opened in England this term, according to new figures. The number, 180, is including both brand new and refurbished schools."In total 180 new school buildings have been completed in England this term - the highest number for...

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