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Anti-Communist Word Witch-Hunt

June 16th, 2005 at 11:58 pm » Comments (0)

Microsoft has hinted it is censoring certain words on its MSN website in China.



Comics Move Online

June 16th, 2005 at 11:51 pm » Comments (0)

Like everything else online, the funnies want to be free.

Consider the experiment Web cartoonist Jonathan Rosenberg ran at his popular Goats.com comic site last week. For 25 cents, he offered readers access to innovative electronic versions of two 18-page mini-comics that sell for $4 in paper. He invited fans to use a micro-payment system and […]



The 100 Best Products of 2005

June 16th, 2005 at 11:42 pm » Comments (0)

When you’re buying hardware, software, and services, you want the top combination of power, features, reliability, and value. That’s what you’ll find in these World Class Award winners–starting with the Product of the Year.



The Sky Car is Taking Off

June 16th, 2005 at 11:34 pm » Comments (0)

If only the Wright brothers’ Flyer could have been crossed successfully with Henry Ford’s Model-T, then the United States might have taken collectively to the air around the time of the first world war.



Grotesque Stem-Cell Solution

June 16th, 2005 at 11:22 pm » Comments (0)

A Stanford bioethicist has gone back to the drawing board to come up with take two of a controversial method to create cells as powerful as embryonic stem cells without creating or destroying embryos.



Cars Drive Themselves; Trains go 4,000 mph in Future

June 16th, 2005 at 8:00 am » Comments (0)

In the sci-fi movie “Minority Report” cars drive themselves, maneuvering unaided through traffic. Though the film represents a more distant future, amazing cars like these could be parked in your garage as early as 2020.



Living Longer through Hibernation

June 16th, 2005 at 7:51 am » Comments (0)

Sleeping is a great way to get over a cold or the flu. But if humans had the ability to hibernate, we might suffer fewer such insults in the first place.



Fixing the World of Angel Investing

June 16th, 2005 at 12:30 am » Comments (0)

Dave Taylor:
I’ve been working closely with the DaVinci Institute on some of its entrepreneurial efforts, and recently had a chance to interview Kevin Johansen, the sharp and charismatic head of the Entrepreneurial Standards Forum, about the world of angel investing and how it could be significantly improved. It’s a long interview, but darn […]



Finger Scanner Safety Setter

June 16th, 2005 at 12:22 am » Comments (0)

A dashboard finger scanner could prevent thousands of car injuries each year by fine-tuning crash restraint systems to a passenger’s bone density.