Most Imams in Germany Lack Academic Qualifications

"Muslim immigrants looking for advice on integrating into mainstream society in Germany, won't find much help in their mosques. According to a new study, the majority of imams in Germany are ill-prepared for their own stay in Germany and most lack any academic training. ...

North American Union Quebec Summit

"WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Paul, a maverick Republican from Texas, today denounced plans for the proposed "NAFTA superhighway" in his state as part of a larger plot for merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union. "By now many Texans have heard about the...

The Future Of Copyright Protection Is Here And It Costs $11 An Hour

"It’s no secret that video sites like YouTube benefited from added traffic generated by hosting copyrighted content. But as these sites get acquired, integrate advertising, or just want to avoid a billion dollar lawsuit, they seek to shed their seedy past to stay kosher...

Intel Unveils 40 Gb/s Chip

"A laser modulator that encodes optical data at 40 Gb/s -- a significant increase in speed -- was unveiled Tuesday by Intel researchers. A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) could provide a cost-effective solution...

CAE launches first advanced simulation-based maintenance program for Boeing 7...

"World Airline Training Symposium (WATS), Orlando, June 13, 2007 – (NYSE: CGT; TSX: CAE) – CAE has launched the first advanced simulation-based program for Boeing 737NG maintenance type training. With European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval, this innovative course...

Google's e-mail for Universities

"Google is expanding its empire into universities - with entire campus e-mail networks switching over to using Google's e-mail service. This will give the internet company a "relationship for life" with students - who can carry on using these e-mail addresses after...

The Air Car

"The fiberglass MiniC.A.T. runs on compressed air, and offers zero pollution and very low running costsMany respected engineers have been trying for years to bring a compressed air car to market, believing...

Global Positioning “Goes To Ground” :: Symblogogy

"In a “complex technology made simple” scenario, one does not need specialized GPS Satellites and the systems that pick up their signals in order to determine a specific location in most cities in the United...

Symbology News Invades 3GSM Conference :: Symblogogy

"A PR Newswire release timed for the opening of the world’s premiere conference for GSM mobile phone communications (3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain - February 12-15) highlights the announcement of a...

Swabbie flies F-22, doesn't speak zoomie

Perhaps one of our military readers can shed some light on the differences between swabbie-speak and zoomie-speak.  Regardless, the F-22 Raptor sounds like a real scream."of the continuous challenges he faces is the barrier of "speaking Air Force." I grew up operating...

imp terms

"FORTAN:(Formula Translator) A high level programming language used mainly to solve scientific and engineering problems G-77: The Group of 77 (G-77) was established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven...

Integrating The Online With The Offline

Imagine.  Imagine automatically opening a JPG with Flickr.  Imagine opening a Word document, and getting ajaxWrite.  Imagine making Gmail your default client.  Well, you can!  Here's how (note: mostly only works with Windows XP.  I'm REALLY...

MySpace: social sites will never be friends

Like the posters in your bedroom...A leading MySpace executive has said it is extremely unlikely that there will ever be integration between social networking websites. Jay Stephens, vice president of sales and operations with MySpace, told attendees at the Empathy Marketing...

Bhutan To Get Broadband, Finally

"If you plan to visit beautiful Bhutan, do so early next year and you will be able to use the country’s new broadband network, reports kuenselonline.com. India’s ORG Telecom Limited will build, integrate and test the network which is expected to be operational from...

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