Canadian company to photograph every home and building in America

There's a company called "Zaio," headquartered in Calgary, that has begun an ambitious project to photograph and appraise every building in America. "Zaio is in the process of photographing and appraising each and every property in cities across the country. That means every...

Paris Turns 175,000 Kids onto Open-Source Software

This is an idea whose time as come. When kids learn how to "use computers" in school, they are usually taught only one operating system. This teaches them to be consumers and not true users. Also, when a community or city or nation relies solely on one proprietary operating...

DIY Laptop. Build your own at Daily Cup of Tech

How to build your own laptop....Tim at Daily Cup has the details..."Many of us have been building workstations and servers for years. Really, it was quite simple. All you need to do is get the components, snap everything together, and presto! you had a computer! But, if you...

Engineer indicted in alleged plot to sell military trade secrets

"A Chinese engineer was charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from a Silicon Valley company that made military training software and attempting to sell them to Asian governments. Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, a Chinese national with Canadian citizenship, was indicted on...

10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You

"1. "Good luck finding the best deal." With gas prices hovering at around $3 a gallon since spring, consumers are getting desperate. Some have cut back on driving; others have swapped their gas guzzlers for economy cars. And everyone is shopping around for the cheapest gas....