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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