An anonymous group of G-20 protesters calling themselves the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project published a list of local businesses, community organizations and research facilities that they’ve identified as “places where oppression and injustice exist on a daily basis.”  The Resistance Project is encouraging affinity groups and other organizations to […]

In mid-September, Google surprised its fans with a new service: FastFlip. A user already familiar with Google News will find a few similar elements, but FastFlip takes the experience to a new level, both on a desktop and on a mobile device, allowing users to “browse news like a […]

Sensational media coverage is already beginning to portray anti-G20 protesters as a single homogeneous group preparing for violent opposition to September’s G20 meeting. Some of the reporting has simply been ridiculous with the likes of KDKA, a local CBS Television affiliate, suggesting that protesters are hoarding human feces to throw at police, but even […]

The non-partisan government agency the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report that projected that the Obama administration’s program agenda and budget plans would push deficits up, generating a cumulative near $1 trillion a year, over the next ten years. This is nearly $2.3 trillion more for that period than the Obama administration officials […]

President Obama has named a high tech guru to the position of Chief Information Officer of the United States. Vivek Kundra, who is currently the Chief Technology Officer for Washington, DC will be the first person to hold such a position. His budget for the department is reportedly 70 billion dollars, and his departmental […]

It is frightening to think of how dependent on the internet modern society has become. Perhaps the greatest communication tool in the world to date, the world wide web has a vast amount of servers, databases, and information pages, that serve up useful information in abundance on almost any subject. Its use is growing daily, the useful web2.0 tools that developers continue to add are constantly expanding that use in new ways.

FBI statistics have revealed that the number of women committing bank robberies is quickly growing. The FBI released statistics that indicate that 6.2% of recent bank heists were committed by women. The statistic represents a 25% increase as compared to crimes of 2002 recorded at 4.9%. Although males remain the top perpetrators […]

The world’s third largest economy is showing signs of positive growth resulting from the injection of funds in a stimulus package. Reports from economic analysts in China indicate that their economy may expand 6.6% in its second quarter. China’s economy had slowed to 6.3% in its first quarter. A $585 billion (U.S) stimulus package had been placed into effect by the Chinese government in the past few months. During the decline– its worst since 1999– China has lost over 20 million jobs, due primarily to a major decline in exports as the world economy demands less of the China-produced goods.

Google recently launched a new service called Google Latitude. The service, which is an extension of Google Maps, uses a combination of Global Positioning Systems, WiFi, and cell tower location data.

The economic recession has spared no targets or class. However, as far as recessions go, it is still reasonably early in this one. From blue collar to white, from the middle manager to the assembly line worker, to the construction to the financial sectors, a wide net of reductions, layoffs, and financial downfall has […]