Google’s already outsize ambitions appeared to balloon even bigger on Oct. 25 with the news that it’s apparently testing something called Google Base. The test site, spotted by sharp-eyed Web surfers in Europe, indicate that Google aims to solicit people to post all manner of content on its site. But […]

Magic Johnson dazzled the world when he wore Laker Purple, and took the team through four world championships in the 1980s. The star was in Springfield’s Alden Baptist Church yesterday, reported the Republican. “Today, Magic takes only two of the 26 pills routinely used to treat the HIV virus, and […]

If you had to choose, which of these Dubya originals would you say is your favorite?www.dubyaspeak.com polled their audience. I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees. 167 (19.2%) Part of the strategy is to call free nations together to form a coalition, to share information and to […]

Frank Rose wrote in Wired last week. “Consumers want an iPod phone that will play any song, anytime, anywhere. Just four little problems: the cell carriers, the record labels, the handset makers, and Apple itself. The inside story of why the ROKR went wrong.* (*And what it will take to […]

Tonight I joined many other members of Hidden-tech to learn about health insurance for small businesses in Massachusetts. There is a state program that will subsidize most of your employee’s monthly costs, it was presented by Simon Muil, a Brit who recalled his days using the single payer plan run […]

“The huge divide between the world’s rich and poor is well-illustrated by the yawning gap in assistance offered those who suffer nature’s wrath. According to this op-ed article from Tunisia’s Tunis Hebdo, the failure of the international community to deal more equitably with disaster victims is a sad reflection of […]

925M is a website about telecommunications, that included this info today. “Bet you thought San Fran was getting the best Wi-fi vantage. Well, apparently according to a CNN article today, the world’s largest hotspot, a wireless cloud that stretches over 700 square miles of landscape, is not in any metropolitan […]

Below are two of the top ten reasons that people quit their jobs, according to AOL today. #3 Insufficient Recognition or AppreciationPercent Responding: 34.2% “There is no recognition of my creative talent, training, or skills.”The three major portions of an employee’s total rewards package are compensation, benefits, and the work […]

Meet Ben Bernanke, he’s the next head of the Fed. “A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard University in 1975, he received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. During his years in Boston, he focused on the economic underpinnings of the Great Depression and the losing […]

Sony Stark has a great blog, it really moves along at a fast pace. A recent dispatch: “Mahatma Ghandi referred to them as “God’s Children” and after eating, sleeping and meditating on their turf, I can see why. They are warm, kind, respectful and proud. They are called Untouchables or […]

The Detroit MetroTimes ran a long story about the hottest thing in cosmetic surgery. Designer vaginas. “During Kim’s consultation, Dr. Berenholz asks her a number of frank questions about her ability to orgasm, before and after childbirth. “I’m just really loose down there,” she says with a shrug. Having finished […]

ABC News reported on a pair of twins who have made a career out racist hate.Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans. They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the […]