Microsoft’s Chairman Bill Gates called on Thursday for a revision of capitalism to spur technological innovation and help reduce poverty in the world.

Researchers have assembled the entire genome of a living organism — a
bacterium — in what they hope is an important step to creating
artificial life.

Sales of music fell at a faster rate in 2007 than 2006 despite digital sales soaring. Global digital sales grew by
around 40 per cent in 2007, the IFPI group said, but this was not enough to offset the sharp fall in CD sales, meaning the overall market is expected to be down around 10 per […]

You may soon not have to drag a reluctant loved one around when out shopping for
clothes, thanks to ‘Intelligent Fitting rooms’ that can help you compare your
dressing choices with personal preferences and fashion
trends.

User-generated videos (UGVs) tallied 22 billion views in 2007, up 70% over 2006, according to Accustream iMedia Research’s "UGV 2005 - 2008: Mania Meets Mainstream" report.

The movie studios are starting to get excited about renting movies digitally (via Apple and others). The pricing seems to be modeled on Blockbuster (+). Figure $3 a rental, another buck or so for HD. That seems ‘fair’, because it’s in the same range as we’re used to. But wait.

With oil industry operatives clearly pulling strings in the background, CNN ran a report about how the world’s rush to embrace biofuels is causing a spike in the price of
corn and other crops and could worsen water shortages and force poor
communities off their land. The voice-piece for this one was a U.N. official.

In the 2001 census, nearly 400,000 people in the UK said that their religion was "jedi." Years later, Star Wars enthusiasts (and brothers) Barney and Daniel Jones decided to make it a reality.

Afrigadget recently blogged about an inexpensive power source for Africa created by Dr. Cedrick Ngalande in Malawi. Today, the blog points to videos of the invention in action.

Brandy the chihuahua was named the world’s smallest hound by the Guinness Book of Records.

Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city’s packed public transportation system.

Turn your favourite office tool from your desk in a common cutlery…this is din-ink. A set of pen caps, including a fork-cap, a knife-cap and a spoon-cap, that replaces the normal pen cap during lunch time!

Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into
space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space
shuttle and a corporate jet. British billionaire Richard Branson and the aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday of SpaceShipTwo,
the vehicle they hope will be able to take passengers […]