Solar Plane Set to Soar Over Europe
Wired
Beinahe zwei Drittel davon gingen allein in den vergangenen fünf Monaten verloren. «Der Anstieg der Arbeitslosenquote ist noch nicht vorbei und der Zuwachs im März wird nicht der letzte gewesen sein», sagte der US- Chefökonom der Regionalba...
Windows XP to be retired in 2008
BBC Technology
Microsoft has confirmed that from 31 January 2008 large PC makers, such as Dell, HP and Toshiba, will no longer be able to buy licences for the software so they can install it on new machines. Windows XP is being retired to make way for Win...
Salesforce.com lets you answer customer complaints on Twitter
Venturebeat.com
Die amerikanische Regierung wird in dieser Woche ihren Plan vorlegen, wie Banken und andere Marktakteure von jenen giftigen Wertpapieren und faulen Krediten befreit werden sollen, die seit Monaten den Kreditkanal an Haushalte und Unternehme...
Unemployment Hit 14-Year High Last Month
Gothamist.com
to add jobs. The total number of unemployed persons is 10.1 million now, with unemployment rates for adult men, adult women, whites and Hispanics rising. IHS Global Insight's chief domestic economist Nigel Gault told the NY Times , “Clearly...
A Bigger, Bolder Role Is Imagined For the IMF
Washington Post
Inside a cavernous assembly hall in downtown Washington, dignitaries gather twice a year for routine meetings of the International Monetary Fund. Before long, though, the room could take center stage in the IMF's transformation into a verit...
In Iraq, a Lull or Hopeful Trend?
Washington Post
BAGHDAD, Nov. 1 -- From store clerks selling cigarettes by generator power, to military commanders poring over aerial maps, Iraqis and Americans are striving to understand the sharp decrease in violence over the past several months and what...
Crunch 'cost Arabs $2.5 trillion'
BBC Middle East
The global economic crisis has cost Arab countries $2,500bn (£1,690bn) in the last four months alone, according to Kuwait's foreign minister. Sheikh Mohammed al-Sabah told reporters in Kuwait City that oil-rich Gulf Arab states had postpone...
Forget iPhone, Think Google Phone
Gigaom.com
The Observer of London is reporting that Google might be working with HTC and mobile/telecom giant Orange to build a Google Mobile Phone, which could possibly have Google software inside the device, and would be able to do many of the web t...
Roundup: Facebook nears 200M users and seeks loans, Disney joins Hulu ...
Venturebeat.com
Spanien profitierte bis vor wenigen Monaten von einem Kredit finanzierten Immobilienboom. Er wurde unter anderem ausgelöst von der europäischen Währungsunion. Sie hatte im Rahmen des Konvergenzprozesses an den Kapitalmärkten zu zuvor ungewo...
Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag in Three Months
Wired
Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose — but 16-year-old science fair contestant Daniel Burd made it happen in just three months. The Waterloo, Ontario high school junior figured that something must make plastic degrade, even if it d...
