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Live up to the spirit of 'One World, One Dream' The tremendous efforts mainland China made to successfully host the Beijing Olympics in the spirit of fairness and peaceful athletic competition among people of all races and ethnicities have deeply impressed the world. It is this same spirit that animated the founding of the United Nations, as refl Home > Rss Directory > General > WorldPress |
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Swiss Army Knife Launches the Age of the Multitool : Photo: Courtesy VictorinoxThe first spring-loaded Swiss Army knife, the Offiziersmesser, included a single knife blade, two screwdrivers, a can opener and an awl punch. When it was registered as a trademark by Swiss-blade-craftsman Carl Elsener 111 years ago, no one would have believ Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Swiss Army Knife Launches the Age of the Multitool : Photo: Courtesy VictorinoxThe first spring-loaded Swiss Army knife, the Offiziersmesser, included a single knife blade, two screwdrivers, a can opener and an awl punch. When it was registered as a trademark by Swiss-blade-craftsman Carl Elsener 111 years ago, no one would have believ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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The quotable Bill Gates Some of the most oft-repeated comments attributed to Bill Gates through the years were not uttered by Bill Gates. Take for instance "640K ought to be enough for anybody," which he supposedly said in 1981 to note that the 640KB of memory in IBM's PC was a significant b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Crowdsourcing Book Excerpt: The Canary in the Coal Mine First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, "crowdsourcing" describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few. Howe reveals that the crowd is more than w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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The 11 stupidest moments in tech for 2008 Tech is overflowing with creative and hypermotivated people who do a lot of pretty incredible things. But they can be counted on to do some pretty silly things, too -- which is lucky for us, since high-profile pratfalls are part of what makes this industry fun to watc Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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'I live the mobile lifestyle dream...' Whalesong from Barcelona – in pictures Mobile World Congress With thousands of vendors plugging away at the Mobile World Congress, it's clear how difficult it is to find catchy marketing slogans. The barrel has been well and truly scraped. So what to do?… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Microsoft's Office Live snares only 1 million users Microsoft doesn't have its heart in Office Live, it would seem, with only one million users set up so far on the service. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft Office Live Small Biz suffers outage, lost e-mail Microsoft loyalists could be forgiven for feeling a little smug after all of the publicity over outages and lost e-mails at online services run by archrivals Apple's MobileMe and Google's Gmail.Microsoft, it tur Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows Live hits back at Google with Live Search News Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Windows Live hits back at Google with Live Search News--As a part of their "Rome" release, Live Search has a new News product, positioned to compete with Google News. Fring--VoIP, Skype, IM and more on your iPhone (Verdict: very co Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All SAN DIEGO -- Christopher Tarnovsky feels vindicated. The software engineer and former satellite-TV pirate has been on the hot seat for five years, accused of helping his former employer, a Rupert Murdoch company, sabotage a rival to gain the top spot in the global pay-TV wars. But two w Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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From the Eye of a Legal Storm, Murdoch's Satellite-TV Hacker Tells All SAN DIEGO -- Christopher Tarnovsky feels vindicated. The software engineer and former satellite-TV pirate has been on the hot seat for five years, accused of helping his former employer, a Rupert Murdoch company, sabotage a rival to gain the top spot in the global pay-TV wars. But two w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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The 20th Century's Industrious Designer : Photo: Courtesy Library of CongressIndustrial designer Raymond Loewy was a giant in his field. He produced innovative designs in every area from fashion to locomotives. If you admire the Streamlined Moderne style of Art Deco, you've probably admired a Loewy design. You like logos? Then, you lik Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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The 20th Century's Industrious Designer : Photo: Courtesy Library of CongressIndustrial designer Raymond Loewy was a giant in his field. He produced innovative designs in every area from fashion to locomotives. If you admire the Streamlined Moderne style of Art Deco, you've probably admired a Loewy design. You like logos? Then, you lik Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts According to some people, there are only 36 basic story plots that just get reused. Others say there are merely 20. Some people even say there's only one plot, but they probably just watch too many Michael Bay movies. I like the theory that there are only seven plots. It's a nice round number, Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Alt Text: Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts According to some people, there are only 36 basic story plots that just get reused. Others say there are merely 20. Some people even say there's only one plot, but they probably just watch too many Michael Bay movies. I like the theory that there are only seven plots. It's a nice round number, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Top 10: SAP makes a pitch, Apple gets the ditch Intel used its developer's forum this week to lay out its solid-state drive plans as well as talk up its Internet connectivity efforts. The partnership between Microsoft and Novell, once billed as an unholy alliance between enterprise server software rivals, was exten Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Gallery: The First Decades of Seeing the Unseen : Photo courtesy San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtWhat are the social consequences when science allows us to see things that had previously been invisible? Scientists have revealed microscopic life, nanoscale molecules and galaxies billions of light-years away. These images have revolu Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |