Fairly quickly after the release of his iconic poster of Barack Obama , Shepard Fairey follows up with some more political-themed work for Penguin that borrows cleverly from his Obey work. Penguin commissioned the artist/designer who runs StudioNumberOne to create
John Windsor points to news that city council leaders in Bolder, Colorado, have been given a special allowance for riding bikes to and from work. The local Daily Camera says: When the Boulder City Council decided to offer its new
Nokia in Europe have launched a new phone that uses ' Near Field Communication ' to enable functions like mobile payment. With the right retail systems the phone can be used as a credit card or even a pass to
Although critics have been suggesting that Tesco's adventure into the US market has been troubled, Tesco's have hit back by saying that their Fresh n' Easy chain is doing well. Although, they've reduced the number of stores they expect to
The Telegraph has a summary of a discussion that's taking place in the tech industry about whether Microsoft's Windows has not evolved fast enough to keep up with modern computer and mobile use and that upgrades to the latest version
Last week, Los Angeles-based eduFire (www.edufire.com) gave us the details on the firm's recent angel funding. To dig in deeper on what the company is all about, as well as get a better look at the company, we sat down
San Diego-based Internet storage firm Nirvanix has added a new investor, the European Founders Fund, the company announced today. Terms of the additional investment were not disclosed. The European Founders Found (EFF) is an investment firm run by Marc, Oliver
San Diego-based Chumby, a manufacturer of a Linux-based, consumer Internet device for pulling information from the Web, said today that the firm has linked into the New York Times. The company's product--which is part alarm clock/wireless Internet device--now includes a
The New York Times is reporting this morning that high flying electric car company Tesla Motors is suing Henrik Fisker, founder of Lake Forest-based Fisker Automotive, an Orange County firm also designing electric cars. According to the report, Tesla claims
Los Angeles-based advertising technology firm Spot Runner has snagged Mark Rosenthal, fomer chairman and CEO of Interpublic Media, as the firm's new President of Media Platforms and Vice Chairman, the firm said Tuesday. Spot Runner said that Rosenthal will head
Marina Del Rey-based online video on demand firm CinemaNow, and Technicolor, the division of Thomson which provides services to the film industry, said Tuesday that they have partnered in a deal to deliver broadband Internet delivery of movies, TV, music,
Santa Ana-based STEC, a manufacturer of solid state disk drives, said Tuesday that it has received notice of a patent infringement lawsuit against the firm filed by disk drive maker Seagate Technology. According to STEC, Seagate is alleging infringement of
NEXT.TV, the Internet television service run by Los Angeles-based DAVE Networks and HP, said this morning that it has added FUEL TV as a content partner for its services. NEXT.TV said that FUEL TV will provide skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX,
A report from IBM outlines new risks to people, cargo, global financial and information flows and transportation. While the study underscores the complexity and vulnerability of these systems, it also provides recommendations for protecting them.
Americans searching for a solution to the health care conundrum may want to look to Germany or Japan. A new documentary looks at health care in several countries around the world, and weighs what works and what doesn't in each.
As swimming records fall, athletes are breaching contracts to wear the LZR, a Speedo swimsuit developed with help from NASA; critics question legality of materials used and call suit 'technological doping'
