US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference

Thursday, April 28, 2011 On Wednesday, at the first live public news conference ever given by the Federal Reserve (Fed), Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke explained the US central bank’s recent policy to a small group of reporters and answered some questions. The conference was conducted two hours after the release of a report by the Fed’s policymaking committee, […]

Feng Shui Money Frogs

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Australian government to censor 3G mobile content

Thursday, June 15, 2006 Helen Coonan, Australia’s communications minister announced on Wednesday that the Howard government planned on introducing legislation into parliament restricting access to inappropriate or harmful material on so-called “emerging content services”. The government considers 3G mobile communications and subscription-based Internet portals to be emerging content services. Senator Coonan said in a statement that the government was supportive […]

IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community

Saturday, January 15, 2005 United States –”IBM hereby commits not to assert any of the 500 U.S. patents listed below, as well as all counterparts of these patents issued in other countries, against the development, use or distribution of Open Source Software.” [1] So begins the pledge IBM has made to “any individual, community, or company” writing or using software […]

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Sony refreshes VAIO brand for business and entertainment

Thursday, July 31, 2008 From the middle of July, Sony Corporation refreshed their senior laptop brand VAIO from “Video Audio Integrated Operation” to “Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer”. According to Sony Taiwan Limited, this refreshment is an attempt to relocate the laptop consuming market for business and entertainment factors. In the “VAIO Experience 2008” press conference in Europe, Sony promoted their […]

Men isolated to mimic Mars flight

Monday, June 7, 2010 Following a similar experiment in 2009, six men entered an enclosed room in Moscow last Thursday to simulate a flight to Mars. The Mars-500 team consist of a Chinese man, a Frenchman, an Italian, and three Russians. Only the Chinese man, Wang Yue, is a trained astronaut. The six waved goodbye, crying “see you in 520 […]

Interview with Brazilian blogger Ricardo Serran Lobo

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Ricardo Serran Lobo is a Brazilian blogger who writes about his famous neighbor, the politician Roberto Jefferson, head of the Brazilian Labor Party in the Brazilian Congress of Deputies. Jefferson has become a major figure in the ongoing Brazilian mensalão scandal revolving around corruption and bribery. Vizinho do Jefferson [1] quickly became very popular among Brazilians, […]

Police in Britain uncover suspected terrorist plot

Friday, August 11, 2006 The Metropolitan Police’s anti-terrorist branch and security service in London have claimed that a terrorist plot to detonate bombs on nine planes travelling mid-air from the United Kingdom to the United States has been thwarted. Contents 1 Details of plot emerge 2 Flights disrupted 3 Security restrictions 4 Bank accounts frozen 5 Sources