January 2009
43 posts
The $438 million bribe from the nation-state →
On July 24, 2007, the European Union, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his sometimes estranged wife, Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz Sarkozy, playing prominent roles, secured the release of five…
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Detailed recipe for sub-prime crisis →
The detailed recipe for nurturing the greediness of the people at all levels, from top bankers to poor borrowers.
The US housing boom, which occurred around 2001-2005 attracted a lot of curiosity and interest. The people and the banks of United States, wondered how to make the most of this consistently escalating prices in the real estate market. People were interested in buying homes and selling...
“We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the...”
– Apple ages with dignity
Chinese economic medicine: Road and rails -... →
Democrats in Washington have put aside initial calls for starting big transportation projects, with the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives allocating less than 5 percent of spending for the…
listening to "Winter: Lux Aeterna - Clint Mansell →
There are very few songs, which become legend and this is one of them
listening to "Worms - Beth Orton" →
Piano with taps…
listening to "04 It's Amazing - Jem" →
It’s really amazing song…
Artificial pheromone can doom the whole population →
A synthetic “chemical sex smell” could help rid North America’s Great Lakes of a devastating pest, scientists say.
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What's behind the G-tag? →
Favicon has become like a watermark on banknote, but made for the web. Who knows it better than Google…
Bush leaves office; job growth worst since WWII →
George W Bush leaves the US presidency on Tuesday with the worst employment growth record of any American leader since World War II, it has emerged.
The previous low had been set by Bush’s father,…
To try or not to try Google: that is the question →
Now I’m afraid of trying any new Google product, since it may get scraped. Last few weeks we have seen news of change in strategy affecting many services, even to their demise, like no uploading…
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Leaked screenshots of next Microsoft Office →
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“While Google will no longer actively develop the Jaiku codebase, the service...”
– http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-for-jaiku-and-farewell-to.html
Jaiku ain't dead →
Jaiku is not disappearing completely from the scene. It would have been an another shock for me after demise of Pownce. Here is what Google has to say about it: While Google will no longer…
Company, a movie as engaging as Departed →
I wonder how many people know that the oscar winning movie “Departed” was remake of great HK production called “Infernal Affairs”. The intensity, the music composition and climax…
How Will Clinton Navigate Between Bill and Barack?... →
Can Hillary corral her commanding personality and submit to President Obama’s direction as secretary of state?
And then, of course, there is Bill himself, whose activities will no doubt be her…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Intel's Classmate comes to... →
A new version of a laptop originally designed by Intel for the developing world is making its debut in the UK.
Maybe a solution for digital-divide seen in developed world.
“The research we did across…
listening to "Paint It Black - Vanessa Carlton" →
yet another version of classics!
listening to "Kein Zur - Wolfsheim" →
One of the best of German songs…
'Bushism' from the 'misunderestimated' president →
I think, never in the history, the president of the USA had such a legacy like that of George W. Bush. The “Bushism” has become a phenomenon in the media. I found some of them on BBC News. But I…
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Blair awarded top... →
A week before he leaves office President George W Bush bestowed the honour on Mr Blair for his work to “improve the lives of citizens”.
I wonder the lives of “which” citizens?!
resident Bush has…
Kepler mission: a search for earth-sized planet
The quest to find a earth-like planet continues. Kepler Mission is a proper addition after european CoRoT mission. CoRoT was kept as an open secret with tedious french connection, even rather very open scientific community has no direct access. I think it will change with Kepler, which has gone social with its own presence in Twittverse. I wish the whole team all the best and am looking forward...
BBC NEWS | What next for George W Bush? →
He has already said he plans to work on his presidential library, and write a book.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | What next for George W Bush? →
He has already said he plans to work on his presidential library, and write a book.
“For his book, publishers have been suggesting that both due to his unpopularity and the state of the economy, he’s not likely to get a big advance right now. He’ll certainly get an advance in the millions of dollars - but the low millions, so $4m or $5m.”
In improving ties with India, Bush can claim a... →
It is possible that the love-fest stoked by Singh and Bush will, with time, come to be seen as Bush’s enduring overseas accomplishment: the cultivation of India, long prickly about empires, as a…
“When empires wane, they live on, as the political scientist David Singh Grewal...”
– http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/11/asia/diplo.php
Hybrid engines | Hacking the hybrid | The... →
PRIUS owners are a lot like Macintosh fans. They appreciate the product’s clean design, ingenious packaging, user friendliness and clever engineering.
Hack the hybrid car →
I knew of tuning the car, but hacking the car is also possible :-) I think car industry is coming of a age finally…
Pirates release hijacked Saudi supertanker -... →
A ransom is believed to have been paid to the hijackers, according to a U.S.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Black holes... →
It has long been debated whether black holes or galaxies came first. In the present AAS meeting at Long Beach, California, it seems to have been solved and pretty amazingly, it is black holes which…
More internet censorship in China | Cracking down... →
Little freedom created as a consequences of free market is creating more annoyance to the chinese government in this crisis period.
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Have you ever left a comment and forgot to check back later for replies? It would be great if you could track all the comments left by others wouldn’t it?
Now you can. When you leave a comment…
A Smaller Number →
One thing you’ll notice as that the homepage of now shows a much smaller number than it used to:
Before Change
After Change
Can you spot the difference?
Before we used…
LiveJournal Migration Made Easy →
In light of recent news, some LiveJournal users may be looking to move their blogs elsewhere. Lucky for you digital nomads, we’ve got a quick and easy way to build your new home on…
Get Picasa for Mac beta →
Top 10 space launches of the year 2008 →
Online FTP client, wow! →
Verify the torrents before downloading →
But even adjusting for inflation and despite their many achievements, shuttle launches cost seven or eight times what was promised: http://hellotxt.com/l/GxvW
2008 Year-End Wrap-Up →
Another year, a few more blogs.
2008 has been a pretty groovy year for WordPress.com and the company behind it, Automattic. We doubled in size and brought new talent on board including some…
