Bobby Knight Retires

A lighter subject than I usually post, the famed chair throwing coach has had enough. Like him or not he is the winningest coach in  college basketball.  Igrew up in Indiana and watched the glory days. Remember Steve Alford? Anyone? I guess I'm not a spring chicken...

Exxon Reports Record Profits

Why am I not surprised?"Exxon Mobil made history on Friday by reporting the highest quarterly and annual profits ever for a U.S. company. Exxon (XOM, Fortune 500) shares gained nearly 2% in pre-market trading on...

Visualize Recent Edits to Google Maps

Forget Orkut, Google’s best homegrown social product might just be Google Maps. Today the Maps team has released a “Recent Edits” feature that shows you the most recent updates people have made to...

YouTube Politics, Around the World

There are a few important things to consider when going global with your website, and among the most important of all is to integrate your site with the local culture as much as possible.

An Oil Giant's Green Dream

"If you've filled your tank with gas, or warmed your home with natural gas, there's a chance you sent money to Abu-Dhabi. So it might come as a surprise to learn that Abu Dhabi is this week hosting the world's first Future Energy Summit, a three-day gathering of more than...

Vancouver's Tech Women to Watch Feted at Launch Party 3

The women named on Raincity Studios' Vancouver Tech Women to Watch in 2008 are invited to a presser and photo op before Launch Party episode 3, on January 25th at 5:30 at the Lamplighter Pub on Water St., in Gastown. Maura Rodgers of Strutta rallied up this plan to...

Macworld2008: Fake Apple Keynote 'Leaked' on Wikipedia

UPDATED: "What is Macworld without rampant speculation? This year, though, someone is going the extra mile and is using Wikipedia to spread what looks to be a fake outline for the Stevenote tomorrow. Many blogs...

Gene Marks gives The Worst Business Advice in The World

"I get this question at just about every presentation I give to business owners: "What spam filters do you recommend?" My answer: "None." They all suck. "

Nintendo Wii and DS win Tech Emmys

It's weird how many of my pushing-30 friends have Wiis all of a sudden--even the least likely of gamers. I'd get one myself but I have Zelda addiction issues."The tech Emmys were announced this morning, and among...

Pain-free Needles are High Tech Ceramic Polymer

This new polymerization technology could some day take the pain out of injections and blood draws. Clustered together on a patch, these microneedles can deliver drugs or draw blood efficiently as standard hypodermic needles.

Israeli Extricom on the CMP Channel's 2007 Product of the Year List

Extricom has announced that CMP Channel's CRNtech, the IT Channel's handbook for technology products and services, has named its Interference-Free™ EXWO-404 WLAN Switch to its list of 10 Best Products of 2007, winning in the wireless category. you can read the full article...

Northern Illinois University on High Alert in Response to Threat

NIU officials have announced that they will re-open the campus Tuesday after investigation into the threats have confirmed there is no clear and present danger to students. "University to Re-Open Tuesday12/10/07 /...

A New Discovery May Change The Future Of Tech

"The IBM researchers published in the Thursday edition of the journal Optics Express a significant milestone in the quest to send information between multiple cores on a chip using pulses of light through silicon,...

Why the Nintendo Wii stinks, according to Greenpeace

I seriously doubt this will change any wish-lists this year.  I know if I were twelve it certainly wouldn't change mine.  Interesting to note though."Greenpeace gives Nintendo a zero out of 10 possible...

Smart City Vancouver: Smart21 Intelligent Community Awards

The 2008 Smart21 includes communities from 14 nations, with first-time entries from Puerto Rico, Qatar and South Africa.  Three of the communities named to the 2007 Top Seven list (Tallinn, Dundee and the...

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