Green gambling, but don't let this guy run your numbers, written 6 days ago, Thomas Friedman visited a wind farm near the East Asian gambling capital, Macao. But his rhetoric outsizes his quantitative skills in setting up another "dichotomy" in a "flat" world. The column is a diz...

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ESA Probe Completes Asteroid Fly By, written 7 hours ago, An ESA space probe successfully captured images of an asteroid millions of miles away from Earth

Dell and HP netbook 3G subsidies in Japan- about $370, written 8 hours ago, We knew that netbook OEMs would begin offering subsidies with 3G carriers when all the right factors were in place and that is already happening in Japan.  Our "reader on the streets of Japan", Rob...

More Opposition to Google-Yahoo Deal, written 2 hours ago, Advertisers had been grumbling about the proposed Google-Yahoo search deal since it was announced, and that grumbling just got a little louder. On Sunday, the Association of National Advertisers, a giant trade group, said it objected to the ...

Christian the Lion Online Videos to Leap to the Multiplex?, written 2 days ago, Since Sony Pictures apparently wants to make a movie from the story of the two men who bought a lion from London's Harrods department store, it's a good time to replay one of the many online videos of their reunion a yea...

gdgt weekly already hits number one in iTunes!, written 2 days ago, Wow, we're barely 24 hours out of the gate with our new show at gdgt, and we're already the number one tech podcast on iTunes — as well as the number five podcast, period (trailing my fave show ever, This American Life). Of course...

Simple Paper Flowers, written 13 hours ago, This is a low cost solution to having beautiful flowers at hand for your home, grannies, postal service delivery persons, weddings, and so on. They are very easy to make and look amazing when completed! Everything you need... To begin all you really need i...

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Army gives iRobot another $200 million contract, written 3 days ago, In addition to iRobot's massive xBot contract, iRobot also has a new $200 million contract for PackBots and other military robots.These contracts provide a hard floor under iRobot's stock price, IMHO. With close to $500 million in ...

Photosynthesis Solar Tree, written 23 hours ago, Harnessing solar energy from a Electronic Bonsai tree for the life of our electronics! You can recharge your cellphone and camera with this solar-cell "tree charger."  The tree is composed of modules which can create infinite shape. I ass...

Microsoft adding to its Labs collection, written 2 days ago, As noted by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft is launching yet another "Labs" effort. This one is called Startup Labs, and according to a job posting Friday, it's part of Ray Ozzie's group. The posting didn't reveal much else, say...

DirecTV and TiVo: Together again, written 4 days ago, Great news from a press release I received today: EL SEGUNDO and ALVISO, Calif., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTV), the nation's leading satellite television service provider, and TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator ...

Pirating the Olympics, Then and Now, written 3 weeks ago, Back in 2004, I wrote about how high-quality videos from the Olympics in Athens were being digitized and posted online, in defiance of the networks and the IOC's rules. At the time, NBC's online coverage was restrictive by today's standards ?...

First Test of Google's New Browser, written 5 days ago, Google's new Chrome Web browser will make using the Internet faster and less frustrating, but this first version is rough around the edges and lacks some features, says Walt Mossberg in the first hands-on review.

All systems go for Wilminton, N.C., digital TV test, written 6 hours ago, They're hearty folks along North Carolina's hurricane alley. So although Tropical Storm Hanna hit the Wilmington area with heavy rain and wind Saturday, knocking down some trees and causing scattered power outages, flooding an...

Picasa 3 beta (windows only), written 3 days ago, Again, Google continues to carry out its mission: to try to take over the world. I've just downloaded the Picasa 3 beta. You can now make movies, take screenshots and webcam shots, add watermarks and print captions. It also comes with a new photo vie...

So, Just How Much Are Those Shoes ?, written 2 days ago,

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