Posts by Jeff Finn
Google e-books to begin on December 6th
The launching of Google e-books, formerly known as Google Editions, will allow users to utilize a range of devices to download three million e-books including classic literature . . More people are reading digitally and Google expects the e-reading market to double in size in 2011 plus they plan to provide the European market with…
Read MoreRussian Satellites crash into the Pacific
The waters near Hawaii is where the Russian aerospace experts suspect the satellites and the upper stage rocket carrying them crashed into the Pacific Ocean after the carrier rocket veered off course after the launch , the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports . The satellites were sent to complete Russia’s GLONASS navigation system .After…
Read MoreEntrepreneur invented robotic pants to allow paralyzed patients to walk
Amit Goffer , a Israeli entrepreneur that was left a quadriplegic in a car crash in 1997, went on a mission to help other victims walk again.He started speculating why the wheelchair was the only way for the paralyzed to get around, short of being carried.So he invented robotic pants , The rewalk that use…
Read MoreThe Europeans are storing Digital DNA in a secret bunker in the mountains
The Europeans are storing Digital DNA in a secret bunker in the mountains near the Swiss Alpine resort of Saanen .European researchers deposited a digital genome that will provide the blue prints for future generations to read data stored using defunct technology. Scientists accompanied by security guards in black uniforms carried a time capsule through…
Read MoreCan you be fired for using facebook ?
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a court case to determine whether Facebook can get you fired. The board filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut, which terminated an employee after she vented about another co-worker on Facebook. Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites are no longer used primarily by college…
Read MoreCompanies that used emergency loan facilities
The details of 21,000 transactions have been released by the Feds that used emergency loan facilities during the financial crisis and the amount they borrowed. Congress ordered the documents to be released and the details have been posted on the Fed’s website The information will disclose the degree of support offered to banks but some…
Read MoreSoldiers face court martial for killing Afghan civilians for sport
The first of the 12 US soldiers that had seen heavy fighting in Afghanistan and was attached to the 5th Stryker Brigade are ,are facing charges on killing Afghan civilians for sport .They face being court marshaled on Wednesday . Staff Sgt Stevens is said to have shot at three Afghan men near the Army…
Read MoreChristmas tree Bomb Plot in Portland
Osman Mohamud born in Somali and is a naturalized US citizen , reportedly made a telephone call saying he would set off a bomb at a tree lighting ceremony in Portland .He was arrested at around 1740 local time (0040 GMT Saturday) on Friday about 20 minutes before the tree lighting ceremony was to occur.…
Read MoreChina should defuse the crises
The only nation with influence in the north is China and it should use its influence over North Korea to defuse the crises since the shelling of a Southern island. So far Beijing as issued statements urging restraint and had refused to blame the North. PJ Crowley ,the state department spokesman said Beijing’s role was…
Read MoreAirport Pat Downs more Intrusive
John Pistole chief of Transportation Security that oversees airport screening has admitted to senators amid complaints ,that the new pat down inspections that checks target sensitive body areas are more invasive than previously. Security is paramount but Mr. Pistole said he understood the privacy concerns but it is important to consider both safety and privacy.…
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