Health: Conviction of China’s former FDA chief includes death
Like a Hollywood drama unfolding, the conclusion to the tainted pet food story ends in punishing of the bad guy.
May 30 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
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May, 2007
Idol: The results
There is no doubt she will have an amazing career starting now. Describing her as professional would be an understatement, and so it didn’t end on an entirely sad note.
May 17 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Drivers: Zoom zooming a little too recklessly
We are talking about full blown road rage complete with not signaling last minute lane changes, speeding in school zones, excessive horn usage, running lights already red, and in some cases slamming into the opposing car to make a point. Yes, it seems the data might be overlooking underlining factors, but as it stands Miami has it the worst.
May 16 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Society: The end of an era, change begins
For the time being the general consensus is people want more responsible personalities broadcasting entertainment today. Long gone were the days of the zero sum game of using race in jokes. It’s not fair to euphonize it, when people add race to jokes, someone always is the source of the joke for everyone else’s “enjoyment”.
May 15 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Tech: Microsoft cashing in on its patents
Microsoft has stated it will go after every patent infringement, not just the Linux operating system, but all infringing software licensed under the open source agreement.
May 14 2007 | Posted in Consumer News | Read More »
Health: 125 foods at the groceries that aren’t over processed
According to a two week study done by Men’s Health, the foods you buy at the groceries tend to not he very healthy for you. Over processed foods strip away anything beneficial from the foods, and replace that empty space with sodium, partially hydrogenised, yellow 40, and just about anything you would need a chemistry degree to understand.
May 13 2007 | Posted in Health | Read More »
Law: Balancing society and immigration
A compromise should allow for the current non legal citizens with young children to be allowed to become naturalized. This should be dependent on a couple of factors: time, standings, and history.
May 12 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Idol: The semi finals have arrived
Now that the final three have been sent home for a much needed break, what determines who wins will depend on the presentation of the semi finals.
May 11 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Earth: The database to rival all others
A huge undertaking is underway with millions of pages being scanned with millions to go. The earth will literally be digitized and organized into a single location.
May 10 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Fraud: Imported Chinese ingredient contained melamine
The investigation of the specific ingredient that poisoned several pets across the U.S. the Food and Drug administration discovered melamine, an industrial pesticide, which is formed in the body of mammals that have ingested cyromazine.
May 9 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Business: More megamergers on the horizon
Alcoa Inc., the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum, in a bid to buy out its largest competitor is facing anti-trust measures by the government.
May 8 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Health: Possible complications with antidepressants
In a more serious follow up to my drug interactions article, last week the Food and Drug Administration ordered antidepressants such as Paxil and Zoloft to be labeled with a black box warning.
May 7 2007 | Posted in Health | Read More »
Society: Distracted driving related deaths
“Just a few weeks ago, 17-year-old East High School student Lauren Mulkey was killed by driver on a cell phone. The man ran a red light and slammed into her car. Lauren’s mother, Linda, emphasized the most important part of this is raising awareness about cell phone use while driving.”
May 6 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Tech: Microsoft/Yahoo merger to corner a quarter of the market
Microsoft is back in the news again in its continuing bid to acquire Yahoo. Its 50 billion offers present an opportunity to rival Google’s current hold on the search engine market.
May 5 2007 | Posted in Consumer News | Read More »
Society: Early warning system proposal
You sense something but you can’t tell what it is, or worse you don’t notice anything and continue on as usual. It’s that feeling of uncertainty that I propose this system.
May 4 2007 | Posted in World News | Read More »
Tech: Digg users voice their rights
These events weren’t about the DMCA notice to Digg’s management. Nor were these events really about freedom of speech. In the managements attempts at damage control they admittedly deleted and banned several accounts not related to the DRM fiasco.
May 3 2007 | Posted in Consumer News | Read More »
Ethics: Who’s cheating who?
Reported recently by the Associated Press, Duke University has been under intense scrutiny for its recent uncovering of 34 students in its business school for alleged cheating.
May 2 2007 | Posted in Ethics | Read More »
Tech: Short-term future of internet radio in danger
For anyone short on time, here’s the summary of one of the largest threats to internet radio to date.
May 1 2007 | Posted in Consumer News | Read More »
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