Archive for May, 2009

In Nevada, Obama Touts Clean Energy Production and Announces New Projects

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

President Obama touted his clean energy and economic stimulus plans yesterday at an Air Force base near Las Vegas, pointing to the base's vast array of solar panels as a ... Read more..

Nuclear Aims By Pakistan, India Prompt U.S. Concern

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Sometime next year, at a tightly guarded site south of its capital, Pakistan will be ready to start churning out a new stream of plutonium for its nuclear arsenal, which ... Read more..

Ocean monster

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Drilling at the depths on board the Chikyu Read more..

Computer memory

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Bathing in nostalgia at the National Computing Museum Read more..

UK broadband ‘notspots’ revealed

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Research shows there are three million UK homes that need faster broadband under government plans for universal access. Read more..

Quick, quick slow

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A 21st Century tale of two broadband villages Read more..

Gigabit culture

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The broadband revolution that powers Japan Read more..

Facebook sells stake in business

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Facebook sells a 1.96% stake to a Russian internet firm, a move that values the social networking website at $10bn. Read more..

The digital age of rights

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Regular columnist Bill Thompson argues that cutting off access to the net could infringe human rights. Read more..

Micro-blogging service Twitter to ‘launch TV series’

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The social networking site will form the basis of a new celebrity-based competition show. Read more..