Tag: technology
American 'Budget Heroes' find consensus on how to reform federal budget
In 2008, the Budget Hero game was launched online, It gave game players the chance to try and balance the budget and see the consequences of their actions. More than 170,000 people have played and they have reached some surprising conclusions....
VIDEO: Hugh Grant leads parade of outraged U.K. phone hacking victims
Hugh Grant, Sally Dower and other victims of the British media's phone hacking testified before a British committee examining media excesses and bad behavior. It seems likely that new regulations will come from these actions....
Pakistan set to require telecom companies to block messages from a bizarre word list
In Pakistan, supposedly in an effort to combat the sending of spam text messages, the country has introduced a list of 1,500 words that will trigger a text message to be blocked....
Online, considerable anger over Stop Online Piracy Act
A growing chorus of tech companies and online engineers are criticizing two laws winding through Congress, SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act ,and the PROTECT IP Act, which they say will stifle free speech and undermine the Internet in general....
Nearly a decade after genocide, Rwanda aspires to high-tech future
With high population density and few natural resources, Rwanda is trying to carve out a path to a prosperous future using the model of one of the great Asian economies: Singapore....
Don't need your car today? How about renting it out?
In California, three companies have started up to allow car owners to connect with people are who are looking for cars to rent for a few hours. The pitch is that it's an environmentally friendly way to share your car, make a few bucks and not worry about liability....
Apple's iPod marks 10th anniversary today
On Nov. 10, 2001, Apple unveiled the iPod, a digital music player that would revolutionize the music industry and Apple. In the intervening 10 years, more than 300 million have been sold....
VIDEO: Groupon IPO largest web offering since Google in 2004
The stock offering raised more than $700 million for the online company, which sells coupons for deeply discounted goods and services. Groupon was the first major success in that market, but competition is rapidly increasing....
German composer becomes Internet sensation after putting economic collapse to music
A German musician is making waves on the Internet by turning financial data into often-depressing musical arrangements. Johannes Kreidler has tied musical notes to falling stock prices....
Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, discusses philosophy of censorship
He's been called a terrorist for his Wikileaks site, but Julian Assange has deep-rooted philosophical beliefs that have driven him to do what he does....
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