Technology & Innovation
All Stories
An economic system that forces people to sell their labor in order to survive is not sustainable. Here's why.
The Economic Times highlights a Duke University/CFO magazine study today and the news is not good. CFOs around the world expect the recession to last well into 2010. Surveyors reported […]
Though the full economic impact will not be known for many fiscal years to come, new studies and anecdotal evidence indicate that immigrants are increasingly returning to their home countries […]
As the economy continues to spiral downward with seemingly no end in sight, the hardest hit industries have had to adapt in kind. Like a Faustian bargain to keep the […]
The advertising industry is in the midst of a massive realignment. And that’s just the way Miles Nadal likes it. Nadal is the chairman and chief executive officer of MDC […]
It was a hot few weeks for global warming deniers like George Will and Matt Drudge. That is until a winter storm slammed the East Coast and buried any chance […]
can we learn spiritual lessons from secular music
Just when you thought poetry was dead, Newser today cites a Telegraph story showing that email and social networking is catalyzing a resurgence in that oldest of literary art forms. […]
Last week, Big Think uploaded a new interview with Clayton Christensen, the Harvard Business School “disruptive innovation” evangelizer. Now Adam Singer on the Future Buzz website, lists a few ways […]
Gmail’s hiccup this morning that wiped out the world’s most popular email program for millions of users across the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe for four long hours […]
Could a fixation on the language of depression economics actually precipitate a worse economic slump? The Times speculates that a eye toward past downturns could increase our complacency with the […]
According to Variety, new technology now enables stargazers to get closer than ever to A-List Celebrities on the red carpet on Oscar night tomorrow. As synthesized by Newser, “Several websites […]
The NYT reports on a recent surge in China’s foreign direct investment. China is taking advantage of a savings stockpile and cheap energy prices to seure itself reliable flows of […]
The first day of Hillary Clinton’s first overseas trip as Secretary of State also happened to coincide with the 67th birthday of North Korea’s “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il. The Democratic […]
In the years leading up to the election of Barack Obama, and in the weeks since his inauguration, African Americans have been accruing historical milestones with unprecedented frequency. First African […]
Just as obesity rates in the countries reach new highs, Americans and Britons are cutting back on healthier and more expensive foods in favor of cheap, fast food alternatives. Domino’s […]
Say No to Prof. Paul Krugman and Bank Nationalization
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that exposure to second-hand smoke could increase your risk of developing dementia and other brain-eating impairments. The research highlighted a 44% increase […]
Prof. Paul Krugman, Bank Nationalization! Never!
Georgia Tech wants to know whether hamsters can help solve the world’s energy crisis. “Probably not,” it turns out, “but a hamster wearing a power-generating jacket is doing its own […]
The mortgage crisis, for most of us, was the moment we realized the security of our housing system was in serious jeopardy. Since then, the failure of banks and the […]
Coming on the heels of Joe Biden’s applause-worthy speech to Munich last week, where he assured European leaders and security officials “strong partnerships to meet common challenges” and promised “to […]
Amidst all the economic tumult, a medical revolution is quietly unfolding, moving us a step closer to the age of genetic therapies, a step beyond the era of pharmacology and […]
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s announcement yesterday of a non-plan of action on a new banking bailout invited not only immediate criticism, but also its first counter-proposal. Hot off the presses, […]
Marking a coup for digital journalism, those wily upstarts at the Huffington Post got a not-bad seat Obama’s first White House press conference. HuffPo’s question, delivered by one Sam Stein, […]
More evidence has emerged to charge Israel with deploying experimental and illegal weapons during the 22-day attack on Gaza last month. Although the use of white phosphorus aroused a short-lived […]
Journalism has always wrestled with the tension between finding fresh, new angles on stories and perpetuating falsehoods and fantasies, though never more so than amidst the click-driven insanity of its […]
The way we use information is about to change. We have spent the last 40 years using computers to recreate our old 19th-century paper documents, and now we have a mess on our hands.
I'm challenging Apple to embrace the Semantic Web by hiring me to replace Steve Jobs as CEO. I've laid out my argument and launched my campaign here.