Bailout: The view from Silicon Valley

While Wall Street writhes in agony, how are things in the land of tech? Well, maybe not business as usual. But there are certainly worse places to be.

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Five killer software freebies you've (probably) never heard

I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little spoiled by all the great freeware...

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The Best of the best, Anti-Corporate Websites

Want an insider tip, a whistle blower account, embarrassing corporate information leaks, the next big M & A activity underground: then these are the sites you visit.

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Google execs cheery about Silicon Valley economy

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--The national and global economy is suffering something between a setback and a meltdown, but Google's top executives said Wednesday they're bullish about Silicon Valley's economic prospects.

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Saudi Billionaire to Wall Street: See You Later - TIME

One of the biggest players in the U.S. stock market won't come to the rescue this time

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Now: Landmark launch of Intel chip developed in India

The chip design industry is growing very fast in India. India's R & D labs have been behind many designs including RAZR, KRZR phones from Motorola, Mobile processors and now we have an entire chip from Intel coming out from India.

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Guilty until proven innocent? It doesn’t end there for some

Following the series of terror attacks in the country, the security establishment recently announced a number of arrests relating to the explosions.While the police acted comparatively quickly this time in tracing culprits, it later turned out that some of those those arrested, whose names the media had readily released, were innocent.

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US air triples deaths of Afghan civilians, says report

US Air raids on civilian areas have killed three times the number of people including woman and children in 2008 as in 2007.This does not even include the number of dead in mortar and rocket attacks on civilians.These murderous actions have only alienated the afghan population form the occupation forces and weakened the government.

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How India goofed up in Kashmir

The display of trishuls and swords by the Jammu agitators along with the national flag, their open espousal of Hindutva, and their demonisation of all Kashmiri Muslims as 'anti-national' only added to the ferocity of the protests in the valley, and put separatists in their forefront.

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Burning incense linked to respiratory cancers

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Burning incense may create a sweet scent, but regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract, researchers reported Monday. In a study of more than 61,000 ethnic Chinese living in...

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Save More, Spend less: 25 Ways to Save More Each Month

Great Tips on making yourself rather than Credit Card and Mortgage Companies richer.

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Men with more wives live longer, says study

Polygamy=Long, Happy Lives: Study finds. New research suggests that men who marry more than once tend to outlive their single-spouse counterparts.

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Libraries step into the age of iPod

By Paul Thomasch NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may be about time to dig out that old library card. Hoping to draw back readers, libraries have vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by their patrons to a...

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The Great American Economy? Take a Closer Look

Our country is in a deep hole. As usual, Congressman Ron Paul sums up the situation succinctly. The politicians who run this country do not want the general public to know how bad the situation truly is. Therefore, governmental agencies spin all data in the most positive way to keep the masses in the dark.

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Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Cut

Steven Spielberg’s recently announced partnership with an Indian group to form a new movie company contains an element of shock: that Hollywood could not come up with a rich enough deal for him.

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Six Flags: A recipe for death and disaster, dangerous.

Six flags theme parks are fast gaining notoriety as places least safe for our families. The latest incident: a 17 year boy decapacitated by a roller coaster is one of over 25 incidents, large and small, many of them resulting in death or serious injury at Six flags theme parks all over the country.

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Union Carbide Mudrer Victims in Bhopal Still Seeking Redres

The survivors of Bhopal, India are still fighting for justice. In December 1984, 40 tons of mostly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas — one of the deadliest chemicals invented by man — escaped from a Union Carbide factory, a result of gross negligence, murdering some 8,000 people, and eventually being linked to 12,000 subsequent deaths

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THE NEGRO CRIME RATE: A FAILURE IN INTEGRATION - TIME

In 1,551 U.S. cities, according to the FBI tally for 1956, Negroes, making up 10% of the U.S. population, accounted for about 30% of all arrests, and 60% of the arrests for crimes involving violence or threat of bodily harm.

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Passport to hell - A day battling India’s stifling bureaucra

Having covered government policy for years, I have lost count of the number of foreign businessmen I have heard complaining about how difficult it was to set up in India. But a visit to a government passport office just outside the capital this week showed it can be just as frustrating getting out.

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Tap Water Rules - (Why tap is safer than bottled)

Spreading the word about reusable bottles became an unexpected business.Tap water is regulated by EPA. Bottled water is regulated by FDA only if it is shipped across state lines. Bottled water produced and sold within the state is regulated by no agency. It is dangerous.EPA has much higher standard of safety than FDA on water.

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America's Top 5 Cleanest Cities:

Portland, Oregon is tops. San Jose, Silicon Valley close second. San Francisco also makes it to the list.

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Why Saudi Ruling Family prefer John McCain over Obama

The impotent but brutal rulers of the oil rich (intellectually bankrupt) kingdom will back McCain in the elections. The reason: they can bank on McCain to keep Iran's influence low in the region and oil prices sky high.How: by keeping US troops in Iraq and possibly striking Iran.

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Third-world lessons for recycling phones

Street repair services for cell phones are a big industry in India. Technicians there get a

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India has abysmal human rights record

The United Nations Human Rights Council should ensure that Indian government takes strong steps to hold members of its security forces responsible for torture, arbitrary detentions, killings, and disappearances, accountable, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

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India has abysmal human rights record

The United Nations Human Rights Council should ensure that Indian government takes strong steps to hold members of its security forces responsible for torture, arbitrary detentions, killings, and disappearances, accountable, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

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India to have more cell phone users than USA by April 2008

India s prominence in the mobile phone sector was reconfirmed after a report by the country's telecom regulatory body suggested that its mobile subscriber base would surpass that of the US by April 2008.

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U.S. Is Top Source of Money Sent Home by Migrants

India gets more money sent back from migrants than any country in the world, according to a new World Bank report that also showed the U.S. was the top source of remittance.Migrants sent $27 billion to India in 2007. China came in second, receiving $25.7 billion and Mexico was a close third with $25 billion.“In […]

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Google Sucks Life Out of Old Media: Check Out The 2007 Share

Blodget's analysis, which was drawn from company press releases, showed that Google is drinking everyone else's milkshake.

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http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/11/iraq-war-al-

The Bush administration says the recent "Anbar Awakening" heralds a new way of winning in Iraq. The truth is more complicated and in many cases it is the reverse of the "positive spin" being put out by Bush Administration.

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US foreclosure activity rose in February - Forbes.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nearly 60 percent more U.S. homes faced foreclosure in February than in the same month last year, with Nevada, California and Florida showing the highest foreclosure rates, a research firm said Wednesday.

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Obama wins Texas (delegate fight)

Obama wins delegate fight in TexasAUSTIN -- Obama Texas State Director Adrian Saenz issued a statement on the projected primary and caucus results that show Senator Obama won more Texas delegates than Senator Clinton.

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Report questions Clinton NAFTA position

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff said someone in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign gave Canada back-channel assurances that her harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were for political show, according to a report by the Canadian Press.

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Deutsche shuns NYC and looks east for equities

Asia is where the action is. Decoupled or not, the credit crunch and ailing US economy means that for the investment banks the region's emerging economies will be of increasing importance, both from a deal flow and also from a markets perspective.Note the latest move by Deutsche Bank. Largely unscathed relative to its peers%2...

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Making the switch from Microsoft Office to Web apps

The only reason I've opened Microsoft Outlook or any other desktop e-mail program in the last year is to test tips. Since I added my ISP account to my Gmail inbox, and moved my Outlook appointments to Google Calendar, I get all the information I need in my browser.

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Mrs. Clinton gets it sincerely wrong

When Texas and Ohio vote in tomorrow's Democratic primaries, they may bring Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency to an end. If she loses either of those states, her bid is over barring the formalities. This is a position few expected her to be in.

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Newt Gingrich opens office in Silicon Valley

On the left coast comes up an office of the far right.

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Engaging India: All is not well in Bombay

In Mumbai, it is that time of the year again. India’s information technology services industry, one of the main pillars of the country’s economy, is holding its annual global outsourcing conference.event has already kicked off with the usual surge of optimism.

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Clinton faces daunting delegate deficit

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton must win 57 percent of the remaining primary and caucus delegates to erase Barack Obama's lead, a daunting task requiring landslide-sized victories by a struggling presidential candidate.

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Obesity growing to be top cancer cause

Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking.

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Offensive Super Bowl Ads Written by Major Clinton Donor

You can't blame an ad agency for Sales Genie's questionable ads during last night's Super Bowl. Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of Sales Genie's parent company InfoUSA, wrote the commercials himself.

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Saudi Arabia beheads two citizens convicted of raping a mino

Saudi authorities beheaded two Saudi citizens Wednesday for raping a child and filming him with a cell phone in the city of Medina, the official news agency reported.

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Saudi Arabia beheads two citizens convicted of raping a mino

Saudi authorities beheaded two Saudi citizens Wednesday for raping a child and filming him with a cell phone in the city of Medina, the official news agency reported.

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How to downgrade Vista to Windows XP

This article explains the tricks and tips, step by step on downgrading a Vista machine to Windows XP.

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Passenger dies at Bombay International Airport, Doctor drunk

Before you travel to India, familiarize yourself with the emergency medical care. It is un-pardonable that Medical help doe snot reach on time in International Airports and doctors and Paramedic staff can be drunk.

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Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity

Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

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AIR INDIA bumps passengers left, right and center

I am actually surprised people still fly this stinking airline. Sucks big time.

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