The 40th Anniversary Of The Internet On Thursday, 29 October 2009

Forty Years Ago, On October 29, 1969, A UCLA Team Led By Distinguished Professor Of Computer Science Leonard Kleinrock ( Born June 13, 1934, In New York ; America ) Sent The Very First Message Over The ARPANET, The...

Forty battery-powered Peugeot's hit the streets of Glasgow

Forty battery-powered Peugeot 207 cars and Peugeot Eurobus taxis will be used in Glasgow over the next two years in a trial. This is a test by a group including power companies and teaching groups, including the Scottish Government to see how well low-carbon vehicles proform...

The Mouse Passes One Billion Sold :: Symblogogy

"Mice, Mice, Mice - Logitech celebrates the production of it's billionth mouse. Image Credit: LogitechThe Mouse Passes One Billion SoldThis is a campaign that is beginning to rival fast food giant,...

Dalai Lama denies he says the Chinese may have killed 140 Tibetans this week

The AFP reported about one hour ago that the Dalai Lama told Le Monde newspaper in France he suspected the Chinese security forces of firing on a crowd of protesters in eastern Tibet; killing about 140 of...

Hot Wheels, Yes, Mattel's Hot Wheels Turns 40 :: The EDJE

"Man I feel old, at this year’s Toy Fair in New York, Hot Wheels unveiled a design challange for a Hot Wheels car between real automobile designers to celebrate the fact that Mattel’s Hot Wheels...

Forty years on, DNA helps police close in on boy's killer

"Forty years after the murder of Brighton schoolboy Keith Lyon on the Sussex downs, police said yesterday they finally have the DNA which could lead them to his killer. The officer leading the hunt for those responsible for the death of the musically precocious 12-year-old...

Shaping a Sustainable Future

"Shaping a Sustainable Future ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO + ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO Professor Ian Lowe, Spirituality and Sustainability Forum – 6 June, 2007 I begin by thanking His Holiness the Dalai Lama for being in Australia to share with us his...

Deadly Storms Hammer Texas

Lashing rain and howling, 100mph winds have besieged a huge area in Texas, shutting down travel into and out of Dallas."Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about...

Hundreds die from deadly bacteria in Israel

"Doctors said an antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as Klebsiella pneumoniae has killed as many as 200 patients in hospitals across Israel. Elderly patients and people with weak immune systems are particularly...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Journalism Class Meeting Online at iTalkNews.com

Call it cyber-journalism. The Participatory Age has indeed reached the shores of the Philippines, a country which boasts it has one of the freest press in the world, as this journalism class uses as online blackboard another user-generated site, iTalknews.com.

Innovative Commercial Tower O-14 by RUR Architecture to Break Ground in Dubai

"Innovative Commercial Tower O-14 by RUR Architecture to Break Ground in Dubai DUBAI—O-14, a twenty-two story tall commercial tower perched on a two-storey podium, is slated to break ground during the first...

Pope's Islamic stumble baffles the experts

"Pope Benedict is learning the hard way that interreligious dialogue these days is a complex and delicate business. Though he has now affirmed his respect for Muslims, in a long quotation from the official policy...

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