Abu Dhabi: The UAE government has ruled nuclear energy as the best viable alternative to meet future demands, due to an insufficient natural gas supply by the year 2020, the government announced in a white-paper presenting peaceful nuclear energy alternative.The
Frankfurt - German engineering giant Siemens AG said Monday it is to build two wind parks in Poland worth about 100 million euros (159 million dollars). Siemens Energy, said it had won two orders from RWE Innogy to supply wind
SAN FRANCISCO-With the demand for wind-energy mounting, native tribes are pushing to increase wind projects on tribal lands, reports Indian Country Today. A Seattle company, Native Green Energy is installing turbines in Maine to power 50 homes and enable the
The Maryland State Police have quietly drafted new regulations on the state's ballistic imaging program, the Maryland Integrated Ballistics Identification System (MD-IBIS). Current regulations require that "The pertinent data base be searchable for comparison purposes to shell casings from crime
In Memphis this week, it was a "terrorism sweep" that failed to catch any terrorists. In Akron, police embarked on a citywide "gun sweep" that didn't turn up any guns. But like the authorities in Memphis, they did find plenty
Newslite.tv reports Goatboy, an Australian T-Shirts company has come out with a new T-Shirts that will surely offend many around the world. The t-shirt has a picture of Princess Diana on the front with the words 'SHE'S DEAD' above the
WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some military leaders are "stuck in old ways of doing business."..
MOSCOW: Chief of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov, said Saturday that Russia may stop selling seats to tourists on its spacecraft starting in 2010 because of the planned expansion of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS)...
With gas prices continuing to rise, airlines have been forced to become more creative to generate revenue. Our Financial Expert, Aaron Maguire provide us with some good advice on what you can do before and after you buy your next
SEATTLE (PRNewswire-FirstCall): The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) and U.S.-based commercial jet airplane leasing company Aviation CapitalGroup (ACG) today announced an order for 17 Next-Generation 737 airplanes. This order, valued at more than $1 billion at current list prices, was previously
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters): Russia's second city, St Petersburg, has opened a $1.5 billion tender for a 30-year concession to operate its Pulkovo airport, a city official said on Monday. A winner will be picked by March 12, 2009 and
Manchester, England: BAE Systems has cut metal on its first component for the F-35 Lightning II production aircraft. This opening cut, on a component part of the aft fuselage, signifies a major milestone for the F-35 Lightning II programme...
STAR CITY, Russia (AP): South Korea's first astronaut said Monday she was "really scared'' when the Russian space capsule she was in made an unexpectedly steep descent to Earth over the weekend...
Shoebunny spotted Kristin Cavallari in Christian Louboutin golden sandals. Seems that Kristin has only this pair of sandals. Today marks the fifth time Shoebunny spotted her in her golden "Night Cage Zeppa" sandals (and here , here and here). But
Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated, according to a new study
Open source software and related services will continue to expand in importance to end-user organizations, based on findings from a recent IDC survey. Almost 60 percent of the survey respondents said their company's spending on open source increased in 2007,
Despite a long-term future marked by commoditization, enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies will surge over the next five years, growing 43 percent each year to reach $4.6 billion globally by 2013, according to a new report by Forrester Research.
Despite negative feelings from advertisers, both independent and conglomerate ad networks will remain major players in the online ad market, according to JupiterResearch. A new study shows the big four -- Google, Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL-- captured 60 percent of
