Dollar plumbs new low versus euro

Homework for US Govt to find a solution..."The dollar sank to a new all-time low against the euro Tuesday as concerns about the health of the U.S. banking sector and economy deepened.The 15-nation euro rose as...

Anheuser-Busch agrees to $52B takeover

"The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev.Anheuser Busch Cos (BUD, Fortune 500). said early Monday it had agreed to a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Inbev, heading off what had promised to be a long and acrimonious fight...

VaTech, D.O.E, Russians, collaborators study rare microorganism that produces...

"An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute...

Most Powerful Business Woman touts McCain on the Net

UPDATED  The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...

MIT goes AbuDhabi Masdar green city

" Abu Dhabi's green ambitions don't end with the city. It has persuaded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a graduate school and research institute...

Withdrawn: Govt. to Canadians...

" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided...

BC Homeowners urged to Check Titles: Fraudsters

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly makes you wonder, you come home from work and find another family in the process of moving into your home.  Unrealistic? Yes!  Possible? Most...

Pursuing a Tech Career in Southeast Asia

This is an informative blog by John Rajeski, writing about the ins and outs of living and working in Southeast Asia (but he uses South Korea as a case study here).  His bottomline is that working in any new, alien culture boils down to how one uses the experience...

Samsung Instinct Challenges Apple's IPhone Via Sprint Nextel

"Sprint Nextel Corp. will offer the Samsung Instinct phone, which can access e-mail and get live television programs, starting today for $129.99 each, according to Sprint's Web site. That's below larger rival AT&T Inc.'s $199 price for the iPhone. Unlike Apple's latest...

HP Unveils New Touch-Screen Desktops

This looks pretty cool." YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Following the wave of awe and acclaim over the iPhone's distinctive touch-screen, PCs are joining the latest "hands-on" revolution in tech, led by Hewlett-Packard. The question is whether the innovation will catch on as well...

Bionic hand wins top tech prize

i-LIMB is the most advanced and commercially available prosthetic. Produced by Touch Bionics, it has won the top engineering prize in the UK. " The i-LIMB, a prosthetic device with five individually powered...

Crowdsource Your Branding With NameThis

Q. How many crowdsourcers does it take to come up with a good web 2.0 startup name?A. Exactly 2.0: One to come up with a "playful", "cute", or "quirky" word and the other to remove or add strategically-placed...

Wall Street "In On the Game"

According to senior writer, Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney [former] Republican-friendly Wall Street is backing Senator Barack Obama."And that's what is giving Obama an edge over Republican challenger John McCain, said...

The Golden Collapse

Here's an article from Reason Magazine written by Matt Welch. It's about what happened after the tech crash that happened at the turn of the millenium."Despite the considerable hit that the wave of tech publication closures had on the pocketbooks of freelancers like me, it...

World Science Festival: Get Your Education On

The World Science Festival is on in New York City... a series of lectures, talks and demonstrations aimed at science fanatics and n00bs alike. If I get on the bike now and stop only for fuel, I can be in NYC by...
 

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