Article Archive for January 2008
It’s not surprising if you’ve heard this already, but Starbuck is testing $1 coffee with free refills. No, the coffee isn’t leftovers, and it’s definitely not a going out of business sale. Starbacks is …
IP addresses help track users visits to websites and personal settings when available, but they all can be traced back to an identity. For that reason the E.U. privacy regulators want it classified at …
Safeway has a fleet of more than a thousand trucks that will eventually run on biodiesel fuel. This gradual phase-in will reduce Safeway’s carbon output by an estimated 75 million pounds. More companies are associating …
With a storage capacity 8 times of conventional lithium batteries, the applications of these revolutionary batteries are endless. The semi-technical term is silicon-nanowire batteries, and the research was a collaboration of Stanford University, the …
Google.com has a philanthropic venture group of the same name, except they end with an “.org”. Besides its many mission goals, the “other half” of Google is working on issues like identifying infectious diseases, …
What exactly does having 4 or 5 bad genes mean to you? A study found patients with variants of these genes have a four to five times chance of prostate cancer over patients that …
According to the Lundberg Survey released Sunday, national regular gasoline prices rose to $3.07. Unleaded gas rose to about $3.19, and super unleaded rose to $3.30. If you’re the bargain shopper type, you might …
As if getting on a plane wasn’t hard enough, now you have to face the consumer support nightmare of their website. The current No Fly List isn’t perfect, and the process of disputing it …
Published in the January 12 issue of the British Medical Journal, an observation found your gum chewing habits could lead to negative consequences. The observation done by Dr. Herbert Lochs and Dr. Juergen Bauditz …
It’s not surprising the U.S. Government may loose its AAA credit rating for the first time in the nation’s history. According to a report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, nearly half of …
