People in Cali, Colombia, are shocked to see the bond between a large African lion and a woman who saved it from abuse, involving long, affectionate kisses and hugs between the pair. Ana Julia Torres, who runs the Villa Lorena animal shelter in Cali, fed and nursed Jupiter the African lion back to health [...]

CreditCard @ Channel 9 Sunday reported "…the anti-piracy goons at the MPAA created a tool for spying on University students’ computer activities called "University toolkit", which they are heavily promoting to University administrators across the USA. The tool is designed to allow the MPAA to keep track of Internet activities of college students.
If that [...]

SUSAN SAULNY wrote an article named "Farmyard Stills Quench a Thirst for Local Spirits"  11/25/07 which opened my eyes to new opportunity for entrepreneurs of all ages and walks of life. And yes, right here in Indiana. For once, the Silicon Valley is not in the lead! Susan states: "On the heels of the [...]

Yesterday, ABC News joined with social networking site Facebook  to launch an online political initiative that will combine the latest news from the campaign trail with a variety of discussion and interactive forums. Yea, right!
"By combining the technology of Facebook with editorial content from ABC News and ABCNEWS.com, the U.S. Politics application will give the [...]

As many of you know, I am the happy owner of one of the first Asus Eees and have passed it around my Purdue classrooms for students to "touch and feel." The following story, thanks to Forbes and Suzanne Nam, provides the interesting story behind the neat little palm-top. For those of you who haven’t [...]

Question?: Which blogs should one read to be most up to date, i.e., to quickly know about important stories that propagate over the blogosphere?
Lockergnome recently reported on research underway at Carnegie Mellon that should be of interest to time-constrained students and the population in general. They state, "Using a problem-solving method called the Cascades [...]

Facebook is disruptive because they are redefining search by making it people centric versus keyword centric. Instead of searching for “new cars” in Google, a Facebook user will search for “Jim Smith”, a friend they know who has been an auto enthusiast for fifteen (15) years. They will go to Jim’s Facebook page, see [...]

John Murrell of BaysAreaNewsGroup.com reports MoveOndotOrg "has mounted a protest against Facebook’s "Beacon" feature, which lets participating merchants automatically tell a member’s friends what he or she has bought, rented or auctioned. MoveOn and its allies object to the fact that Beacon is turned on unless the member takes the trouble to opt [...]

Merrill Lynch, LehmanSachs Group and Morgan Stanley Brothers Holdings, Bear Stearns, Goldman are setting aside between 45 percent and 50 percent of revenue for compensation bonuses this year. Wall Street paid out a record $23.9 billion in bonus money last year, a 17 percent increase over the bonuses paid at the end of 2005, [...]

Last Saturday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeatedly interrupted socialist Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero during a summit of leaders from Latin America and Portugal, prompting Spanish King Juan Carlos de Borbon to angrily burst out: "Por que no te callas?" (why don’t you shut up?)
Many Spaniards were so amused when their king [...]