HI-TECH > May 2009

Dear Carolyn: I've never written in before because I've always thought myself very self-aware . . . until now. I emerged from an abusive relationship two years ago and have dated some since, but nothing with any potential. I recently met someone I'm crazy about, though I'm not sure it's for the right reasons. He mentally challenges me and pushes me to...

A small local company has caught the attention of the country's top energy leaders for its technology that could help fight climate change. Ramgen Power Systems in Bellevue will receive $20 million in federal stimulus money to continue developing a machine that would compress carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants...

              Text: SAN FRANCISCO: Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group's image. A...

                  Text: LONDON: AOL's mega-merger with Time Warner -- which is finally being unwound -- made the headlines both as the defining deal of the dot-com bubble and as a textbook case of a failed integration. The debacle has kept a lot of media writers employed this decade, kicking Time Warner Inc for its missteps....

HAVANA -- Cuba criticized Microsoft on Friday for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's ''harsh'' treatment of Havana. The technology giant recently announced it was disabling the program's availability in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea to come into compliance with a U.S. ban on transfer of licensed software to embargoed countries. TECH `BLOCKADE' The move...

              Text: NEW DELHI: Students aspiring to enter leading engineering colleges will now be able to apply and complete their admission procedures online, as 55 institutes country wide have...

Dear Carolyn: My on-again, off-again boyfriend of four years proposed a few weeks ago, and we are discussing marriage. We have had a tumultuous past with issues on both sides that I think have been worked on and improved. I have several girlfriends and family members who have lent an ear during our breakups and, because of this, are no longer fans of our relationship. I am...

The $12.4 million 'green' computer site will make its own energy and heat. Staff writer Syracuse University has teamed up with IBM Corp. to design a showpiece $12.4 million data center that aims to be one of the most energy-efficient computer operations in the world. The "green" data center under construction on SU's south campus will replace an aging computer bank on the main campus, processing all of SU's administrative data, from student records to professors' paychecks. Thanks to a design worked out by the university and IBM, the 6,000-square-foot facility is expected to use half as much energy as a typical data center. "We think it's going to be one of the most energy-efficient data...

                  Text: SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday encouraged software developers to ride into the future of email with a project called "Wave", which opens inboxes to text, video, pictures, maps and even social network feeds. "Wave" expands the...

Podcast available through: If you like Lenore Skenazy, you might enjoy Susan Estrich Connie Schultz Andy Borowitz It's nice when science takes the time to confirm one's own sneaking suspicions. In this case: that TV crime shows are driving us crazy with fear. In a report titled "CSI: Mayo Clinic...

              Text: SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp is revamping its search engine to counter the dominance of Google Inc in the Web search and related advertising business. The world's largest software company, which is still in talks with Yahoo Inc over a potential partnership, has long been determined to play a major role in the lucrative Web search market after watching upstart Google take a stranglehold. Microsoft, which has been testing the search engine internally under the name Kumo for...

Amadeus Philippines, an information technology solutions provider to the tourism industry, has recently signed a long-term agreement with South East Asian Airlines make the airline's destinations available in the IT firm's Global Distribution System . Under this agreement, Ama-deus Philippines will make Seair's 13 domestic destinations available in its GDS, which is used by over 100,000 international and...

Podcast available through: If you like Larry Elder, you might enjoy Oliver North Austin Bay Bill O'Reilly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the CIA "misled" her about waterboarding. What difference does it make, in the grand scheme of things, whether Pelosi is telling the truth? Maybe the CIA did; maybe the CIA did not. So what? Well, it makes a great deal of difference — and...

              Text: SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc. is hatching a new species of e-mail and instant messaging, but the Internet search leader first wants the hybrid service to evolve even more with the help of independent computer programmers. The free tool, called ``Google Wave,'' runs in a Web browser and combines elements of e-mail, instant messaging, wikis and photo sharing in an effort to make online...

              Text: BANGALORE: Some of the riskiest searches on the internet today are associated either with finding items for free, such as music or screensavers, or looking for work that can be...

              Text: SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned Internet search site in...

              Text: SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz said on Wednesday that the pioneering Internet firm would be willing to sell its online search business to Microsoft but only for "boatloads of money." Bartz's comment came during an onstage...

Dear Carolyn: Each year, my in-laws generously rent a vacation house for a week for their offspring and their families. They asked us months ago about dates and booked the house. One family has since realized that a child's kindergarten starts that week. The parents decided that their child will skip the first week of school. All families involved live near...

              Text: CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA: Twitter Inc.'s co-founders say the rapidly growing online communications company will eventually charge fees for its services, but it's unclear which ones and what will drive revenue. ``There will be a moment when you can fill out a form or something and give...

              Text: WASHINGTON: Micro-blogging sensation Twitter is heading for another screen -- the TV screen. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in a post on the blog of the hot San...

 

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