Quoted: It is not just office workers who are taking their first steps into virtual worlds. So too are lawyers, as disputes in such environments spill over into real-world lawsuits. Such disputes often concern the trade in virtual goods and services, which are bought and sold for real money. In some countries lawsuits over virtual goods are already common. Unggi Yoon, a judge in the Suwon District Court in South Korea, estimates that Korean courts have heard nearly 300 cases of fraud and more than 60 relating to hacking in virtual game-worlds. Similar fights have broken out in American courts, too. So much for escapism.

I don't know much about semiconductor industry...but this is incredible!

quoted: But 45–nanometer distances are now becoming available and minute distances of 32 and 22 nanometers, once thought to be out of reach, are on the horizon. To give some perspective on just how tiny we're talking: one nanometer is the size of a few atoms, DNA molecules measure around two nanometers in size and a human hair is about 50,000 nanometers in diameter.

A chance to give!!!

From now through December 31, 2007, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. This is the first time the revolutionary XO laptop has been made available to the general public. For a donation of $399, one XO laptop will be sent to empower a child in a developing nation and one will be sent to the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. Up to $200 of your donation may be tax-deductible (your $399 donation minus the fair market value of the XO laptop you will be receiving).

Quoted: The push for next generation broadband in the UK could be premature, say industry leaders.

Leveling the play ground...the first pilot program in Nigeria!

Quoted: The challenges faced by the Nigerian school using the so-called "$100 laptop".

Quoted: For everything Kindle isn't, it remains the best attempt so far at making e-books make sense. To borrow the famous left-handed compliment that Alan Kay ...

Quoted: In four years, Google has built its search engine into one of the biggest money machines ever. From July to September 2007, advertisers spent more than $4  billion on ads targeted to Google searches. And Google just keeps on growing—the $4  billion figure

for later>>>>

Quoted: Why the Iranians see themselves in a very different light