One small step for (a) man!

Today is the 40th anniversary of our moon landing. Who can forget the first sentence uttered on the lunar surface? “One small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind”. Unfortunately, astronaut Neil Armstrong flubbed the rehearsed speech in front of millions of television viewers due to the excitement. [...]

Will Google beat expectations?

Search engine leader Google will be reporting earnings after the close today. Do you think Google will beat expectations or just meet them? Worse yet, will they miss? Not long before we find out.
Microsoft and Google have been going head to head, first with Microsoft challenging Google with Bing. Then with [...]

How would you pay a $23 quadrillion bill?

Josh Muszynski, a New Hampshire man was shocked to look at his online debit card statement and see a bill for $23 quadrillion ($23,148,855,308,184,500 to be precise). He contacted the Manchester gas station where he had used his card, to buy a pack of cigrattes and pay for fuel. They had no idea [...]

What happened to Cuil, the Google killer?

I am not sure how many of you remember the launch of Cuil (pronounced Cool), a new search engine that was going to be a “Google killer” last year. The company was started by Anna Patterson, an ex-Googler. In fact, she had previously started another successful search engine called “Recall” which was really an [...]

Miles Electric XS-500 delayed?

California based Miles Electric had plans to launch a full electric 4-door sedan, XS-500, by end of 2009 which now is rumored to be delayed. The car based on an existing gasoline powered Chinese sedan is to be priced between $35,000 to $40,000.
Miles Electric is known in the U.S. for their “neighborhood [...]

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