Gordon Brown blames Margaret Thatcher for poor social mobility

So Brown will blame low social mobilty on Thatcher which is maybe a bad move - true or not - as many will see him trying to shift the blame - true or not - for the drowing gap between poorest to richest on...

Traffic Jams On The Information Superhighway Explained :: Symblogogy

"The Harbor Freeway Interchange is the largest and tallest freeway interchange in Southern California. This massive 5-stack interchange connects the Century Freeway (I-105) with the Harbor Freeway (I-110). Nestled...

INDY DownForce And Marketing Blunders :: Symblogogy

"Promotional graphic used by INDY DownForce to promote mobile information alert applications. Non-sponsoring company product married to a log-time IRL racing team and series sponsor from the same mobile products...

Robot Leads Detroit Symphony

NowPublic previously reported on this story here and here, and tonight was ASIMO's big performance in Detroit which, although not a robotastic tour de force, was well-received.UPDATE | 07:27pm - ASIMO receives...

Germany: New Debate Over Car Taxation

Tax hikes at the expense of the German middle class continue. This time, the car drivers are hit... again. An audio comment.

Solid State LapTop Delivers Linux Mobility Option :: Symblogogy

"Enterprise mobility devices take on many forms, WiFi enabled handheld datacollectors, smart PDA cellphones, and adapted laptop computers. The problem with many computer systems that are programmed for deployment...

Motorized Skates take strain from walking

"A 22-year-old Plymouth inventor has created $500 motorized skates that zip users along more quickly than those fancy balancing scooters, and at a far lower cost. Ilya Kaganovich sees his iShoes as ideal...

The Seed Of Enterprise Mobility Celebrates 60 Years :: Symblogogy

"The transistor, the beginning of the move from vacuum tubes in electronic circuits used to amplify an electronic signal, was born sixty years and a couple of days ago when three physicists from Bell Labs, through...

40 Million Electric Bikes Spark Environmental Dilemma in China

You’ll be free from Road Tax and MOT tests, Driving License, a driving test and costly lessons, Congestion Charge, parking restrictions, petrol bills and the sweat of conventional cycling. But is it...

Picture This! Password Technology To Draw Upon :: Symblogogy

"A new layer to the security to mobility devices comes to us, not in the form of words at all, but through drawing something on a picture. Scientists discovered that a drawn graphical sequence that uses a photo...

The Birth Of Mobility Honored At The Smithsonian :: Symblogogy

"Texas Instruments introduces the handheld calculator and the tools that enhance our business, communications, and entertainment lives ... changed the way we all relate to the world we live in forever. The...

FCC wireless auction: Google wins, AT&T wins, Americans lose

"The FCC set its guidelines for how the newly available wireless spectrum frequencies are to be auctioned. In a nutshell, the FCC agreed that networks built on the new spectrum should enable any device to connect to services built on those networks--which is a win for anyone...

John Edwards and poverty: love the message, kill the messenger

"...Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are taking their cues from John Edwards in sharpening their focus on economic issues. So, here's the question: If Edwards is the clear leader and thinker on these issues, why is he still trailing so far behind in the polls and...

Reasons Not To Buy An iPhone

Give Steve Jobs credit: He's managed to get the entire tech community--and much of the rest of the world--talking about a pricey gadget that only a handful have seen or touched.Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL...

Obama campaign first to launch mobile, first to screw it up

"I’ve been yarping for months that no political campaign had yet launched mobile. There’s this massive youth generation that’s setting records for political and community activity, the mobile phone is one of their favorite things in the world, and all these...

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