Poll automation on as Smartmatic, TIM reconcile

" MANILA -- The P11.3-billion project to automate next year’s elections is back on track, just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal. “We were able to thresh out everything,”...

Will Google Wave or Microsoft Vine Replace Twitter and Facebook?

" Google () promised to deliver something spectacular on the second day of the Google I/O conference, and they did not disappoint. Google has just announced Google Wave, a new in-browser communication and...

Playing For Change - Bringing Peace to the World Through Music

'Playing For Change' is a multimedia movement created to inspire world peace, and it's been a popular hit on YouTube this year.  It started off a decade ago, by Grammy winning producer/engineer Mark Johnson,...

Empire State Building to get a green makeover

The iconic Empire State Building in New York is set to get a $20 million green makeover, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the building puts out by 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years. This is...

Revenue investigates Barclays tax mole claims

"Revenue investigates Barclays tax mole claims guardian.co.uk, Monday 16 March 2009 22.00 GMT HM Revenue & Customs was tonight investigating explosive allegations about tax avoidance schemes operated by Barclays...

Merging Art & Commerce: The Developer’s Role in Retail Design

" Merging Art & Commerce: The Developer’s Role in Retail Design ( Public ) Written by Mark Bethel    Mar 04, 2009 at 11:15 AM Art vs. commerce is an age-old battle that developers and...

The Duchy Of Cornwall - UK - The Eden Project Arms Trade Trustees

The Eden Project Arms Trade Trustees: The Eden Project Arms Trade Trustees: Ronald Hampel - BAE Weapons Systems Director 1988-2002. Chairman of Eden Project Trustees. Simon Robertson - Rolls Royce...

Switzerland helps Cambodia repair Banteay Srey temple

Banteay Srey is a magnificent jewel of a temple.  Finely sculpted, with an incredible richness of details, the pink shades of the sandstone come alive in the early morning and at the end of the day. ...

'Impossible Project' aims to bring back Polaroid film

I admire this so much. This is such a great initiative, kudos to these people! "Polaroid may have stopped production of its analogue instant film last summer, but such is the strength of the product's fan base that...

B.C. government bails out Port Mann P3

There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...

Eighth Grader's Invention Protects Birds from Unfortunate Demise

It's not every day an eighth grader comes up with an invention that is innovative and saves lives - in this case, the lives of our feathery friends. Just about anyone with windows has a story about their clear...

NFB makes films free online

This is really exciting news. The archive at the National Film Board of Canada (the NFB) is pure gold and has up until now been fairly inaccessible. "The National Film Board of Canada has launched a new project to allow Canadians to see its films through online streaming....

The Duchy Of Cornwall - UK - Contaminated Seed At The Eden Project...

Deploying their well honed hyperbamboozling skills,the spinners at the 'eden' 'project' theme park are busy attempting to portray this £1M boulder - 'Seed' - as a quasi religious...

Queen opens Wrong Building in The Duchy Of Cornwall - June 1st 2006

' Eden ' Green ? - Ha ! - Read on... Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is the latest high profile figure to be seduced into the pantheon of media ‘ celebrity ' recruits manipulated by Tim...

Big solar power plant planned for northwest China

Two companies in China announced yesterday that they plan to build a huge solar power plant in the northwest, that could be the world's largest photovoltaic project. China Technology Development Group Corp will...

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