MaxPower November 5th, 2008
Better than watching the results of the election, which was a foregone conclusion which even the US pollsters couldn’t screw up, was checking out some of new (?) technology that CNN had going on in their ‘war room’. The highlight of which was when from Chicago, correspondent Jessica Yellin seemed to materialize, in 3-D, [...]
Tags: CNN, Hologram, HoloTV, star wars, Technology
Posted in News, Politics, Technology | 1 Comment »
David Gluzman November 4th, 2008
Change.
Growing up in my twenties I recall vividly when Bush went into power, then again when he was re-elected. What could have been with Gore was never to be. It’s been an rocky ride for the entire world these past years. Watching the campaign over the past months has been painful. I vowed that [...]
Tags: 2008, Election, november 4th, obama
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MaxPower November 3rd, 2008
We have seen this story before (see above).
It appear Tesla Motors, the brightest hope of Silicon Valley’s nascent clean-automotive industry, has only $9 million in the bank, says ValleyWag.
The company, which recently laid off dozens of employees and announced the closing of its Detroit office, called an all-hands meeting yesterday evening to inform employees [...]
Tags: automobile, car, Tesla
Posted in Design, News, Technology | 5 Comments »
MaxPower October 30th, 2008
Australia has joined the esteemed ranks of Cuba, China, North Korea and Iran in censoring the internet.
Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy Minister Stephen Conroy admitted the Federal Government’s $44.2 million internet censorship plan would now include two tiers - one level of mandatory filtering for all Australians and an optional level that will provide a [...]
Tags: Australia, Censorship, Internet
Posted in Culture, News, WTF | 6 Comments »
MaxPower October 29th, 2008
Canadians - have you heard about Tax Free Savings Accounts? They are a new creation by the Government which allows saving after tax money, tax free, starting Jan 1/09. In my opinion, in 20 years these will be much much more important then RRSPs. You have $5,000 of TFSA room per year added every year [...]
Tags: bank, Public Service Announcement, TFSA
Posted in News | 3 Comments »