Microsoft To Lay Off 5,000 Employees
The price of Microsoft stock fell to a 20 year low as their proprietary opperating system, Vista, continues to have trouble.
Here is an email from the CEO:
From: Steve Ballmer
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:07 AM
Subject: Realigning Resources and Reducing Costs
In response to the realities of a deteriorating economy, we’re taking important steps to realign Microsoft’s [...]
Is The South Pole Melting?
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What would happen if Antarctica were to get too warm? Scientist believe sea levels could rise 165 feet. Though it is unlikely that it will completely turn to water, it is melting.
Find out more about global warming’s impact on the environment.
Google’s Chrome Web Browser Helps Protect Your Privacy
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Did you think Google.com was just a search engine? Well, they do lots of other things, such as, invented a cell phone, mapping and aerial photos.
Now, they have developed a web browser that helps protect your personal information. Your browsing history, cookies and other Internet activity are treated with special care.
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Safe Web Surfing
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Firefox is the safest way to surf the world wide web according to Mozilla. It is an open source project by the same group that invented one of the web’s first browsers, Netscape. Some years ago AOL purchased the Netscape brand, but the Mozilla group remained independent.
What In The World Is Going On Here?
By Rev. LeRoy Montana
So, there’s this little planet. Eight people live there.
And there’s an apple tree that has seven apples.
Make sure everybody gets an equal share of the apples; socialism?
The apples belong to the planet and everybody gets some; communism?
Somebody doesnt get an apple – maybe they can trade a something equal in value, or, [...]
The Whitehouse Blog
Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov
Welcome to the new WhiteHouse.gov. I’m Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House and one of the people who will be contributing to the blog.
A short time ago, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and his new administration officially came [...]
Waste Gasification
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This technology ought to be taken a step further. A polymeriaztion unit could synthesize long chain fuel hydrocarbons from the methane, butanol is a much better target than ethanol </a>
“…IST Energy in Waltham, MA, the question was how to scale down a waste gasification plant until it fit inside a standard cargo container, a [...]
New Cars for Old
Might work. then again, I can think of other ways to spend the money. Although, compared to the trillions given to the banks….
Highlights of the putative legislation include:
“Drivers who apply for the program must ensure that their vehicles turned in for scrapping match the following criteria:
Vehicles must be in drivable condition;
Be currently registered in the [...]
Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?
Ron Paul: Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?
Texas Straight Talk | Weekly Column
January 19, 2009 by Congressman Ron Paul, TX 14
Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?
The economic situation continues to deteriorate this week as past and future bailouts were discussed on Capitol Hill. The debate was over the accountability of already disbursed TARP money, and on whether [...]
Google’s New Web Browser Let’s You Go Incognito
Web browsing has become safer with Chrome, Google.com ’s browser. You can download if for free. It’s lightweight on your computer resources but heavy duty on surfing the web. Pages load faster.
There is also an awesome feature that is the antithesis of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser — secure browsing. [...]
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