Tech titans plan to save the planet

president of eTech entrepeneurs Larry Brillant of Google and Jeffrey Skoll founding president of eBay are bringing their money and expertise to bear to fight what they see as urgent threats to the planet.They are putting their money where their mouths are with a start up...

Who are the Obama Economic Team Members

President Elect Obama provided short Biographies of his economic team on his transition website today.  "Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key...

Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers to be released

Malcom Gladwell, the author of Blink and The Tipping Point, decided to focus on "The Story of Success" in his next book, Outliers, by explaining where it comes from, and why. With the release of an excerpt,...

Obama and the Palin Effect - a Mirror on the US Psyche

"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...

Dubai to Host X-Games

I am more of a Winter X Games person with snowboarding and watching Shaun White tear apart the half-pipe. I think the X-Games just happened few days ago and its nice to see the event expand as much as it has...

10 Steps to Building an Online Media Empire

"Many bloggers dream of creating media empires. Few of us come even close. Having a popular blog is just one minor step in the process. It’s what you do next that’s critical. Many people start selling advertising or try and build revenues through affiliates. Some create...

Who Is the San Francisco Hacker?

"San Francisco Department of Technology employee Terry Childs was in a jail cell Friday, accused of illegally locking out fellow authorized network administrators from the city computer network he helped build. But as the case against Childs entered its sixth day, questions...

New Communications Forum Announces Impressive Speaker Line Up

If you`re in the area, Len will be speaking here.  Please drop by and say hello if you`re at the conference."PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Society for New Communications Research today announced the...

Broadband improvements to be explored

"A new advisory group has been set up to look at how Ireland's broadband infrastructure can be improved in the coming years. The International Advisory Forum on Next Generation Broadband Networks will look at how Ireland can get faster broadband speeds at lower costs. The...

Miyowa`s Expertise helps accelerate mass MIM deployment

"Miyowa, a global specialist in mobile instant messaging services, today reinforced its commitment to mass Mobile Instant Messaging deployment by announcing that its MIM solution will be compatible with 700 devices by June 2008 and 1000 by year end 2008. Representing an...

Monaco Media Forum - Where the World's Emotionally Challenged Come To Kvetch

This is Rafat Ali's take on the speech that Barry Diller just gave at MMF.   His take on the Facebook valuation is quite poignant. "Barry Diller is a keynote at the Monaco Media Forum, in a Q&A...

Firm paying staff not to leave Poland

"A PRINT management company is offering incentives to Polish employees at its Warsaw operations to retain their skills in Poland and stop them migrating to Britain. DSR Print Management Ltd, based in Northampton, says it is so delighted with the quality of workmanship and the...

America's Hackable Backbone

Scott Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems offered to test the vulnerabilities for potential access of a nuclear power plant's network via the internet. The plants owner told Lunsford that...

Tom Fortons’s 2005 Scion xA RS 1.0

"Tom Fortons’s 2005 Scion xA was built from the ground up to serve his on-going addiction for modifying cars. This vehicle is a prime example of innovation, technical expertise, and workmanship. This vehicle has been transformed twice in its life. Purchased stock and...

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