Apple building a $1 billion server farm
Sometimes governments and regional authorities will do almost anything to get a big name employer to set up on their patch. This is what the North Carolina government are considering in order to get Apple to move in.
The rules are simple, States can do virtually anything to get a larger company to move in, providing [...]
The gold rush is back
There is rush on gold, it’s not that rich veins of the yellow metal are being found in peoples gardens, but it is the ordinary person in the street who appears to be cashing in the 21st century version of the gold rush.
Under normal circumstances, it is gold jewellery that people sell to make some [...]
Space suit for sale, one careful owner
It was in 1957 when the Russians launched the first spacecraft and started the space race that is over fifty years worth of space equipment and there is a big business building in the selling of used space equipment to enthusiastic collectors.
Each year there are several auctions that have developed regular sales of this equipment. [...]
Will there be one world currency
The value of currencies have had a serious knock on effect on commerce throughout the world and indeed have to take part of the blame for the current financial crisis that still effects a great deal of the world.
However, if there were a world currency would things have been different?
Surprisingly it is the Chinese who [...]
£4,500 per month to live in tube
It may sound like the latest in a long line of reality TV programmes where contestants are put through embarrassing and yet strangely entertaining tasks. However, this is no TV show it is a step forward to the first manned mission to Mars.
Six volunteers will be sealed into the metal containers that are located inside [...]
Madonna top in the music biz
When the music industry complains about the bit file sharing costing them money and jobs, you can occasionally feel a little bit for sorry them, but when the industry publishes their top twenty money makers, it all takes on a very different look.
1. Madonna: $242,176,466
2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766
3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964
4. The Police: $109,976,894
5. Celine [...]
Steve Jobs still want to be on Disney’s board
Despite the concerns over Steve Jobs health, it looks as if he cannot be too worried about it, even though he has taken a six month leave of absence from the day to day running of Apple. He is still interested in being re-elected to the board of Disney in March.
He has been a member [...]
Remember Knol
When Google announced that Knol was going to be the next and best wiki type venture on the net, there were some ripples of fear appearing, yet that was 2007 and when it would not be until July 2008 when Knol finally appeared.
It promised to be better than other knowledge communities for both the reader [...]
App for iPhone earns $100,000
There cannot be many people who have escaped the current craze in applications for the Apple iPhone. There are those, which resemble cigarettes, glass of beer and so on but the one application that is the most successful is iSteam.
What this application does is turns the screen into a steamed up mirror effect, but with [...]
Hot dog seller payout for prime spot
When you see someone selling burgers and hot dogs on a street corner in London there is little though that goes into how much the guy pays or not to the local authorities for the privilege.
However, in the home of the hot dog, New York there is more value placed on a pitch where a [...]
Advertising banned at teatime in France
For the time ever in France, TV viewers will be able to watch the box in the early evening without the interruption of any adverts at all, this is because the French government have banned TV advertising on the state owned channels during these prime times.
These new rules mean that advertising will be banned during [...]
Treasure hunter uses Google Maps
Google maps are great for finding directions from one place to another. However, could this be the first time that this service from the search engine has been used to find lost treasure?
The case comes up because of a legal battle, which has started, between a 39 year old musician and filmmaker and the representatives [...]
US interest rates couldn’t get any lower
In the US the Federal Reserve has once again cut interest rates, they now stand at between zero per cent and a quarter of a per cent, they really cannot go any lower if they did then the banks would be paying people to take out loans with them.
This is a bold move to get [...]
UK to back old music rules
At the moment, any song published in the UK has a shelf life of fifty years; this is where the owners of the copyrights can claim royalties on the songs for fifty years. In the long term this would appear to be fine, but tell that the Sir Cliff Richard whose music is about to [...]
December 11, 2008Alcohol always sells, Google updates AdWords
There is one thing that always sells when the world is experiencing a global credit crunch and that is alcohol, this is good for the producers of beers, wines and spirits as they know that their profits are not going to be affected that much.
It also seems to be good for Google, as they have [...]
Beatles track that has never been heard
During their transition from smart suited singers to psychedelic performers one track was put on hold, Carnival of Light recorded in 1967, was only ever performed once but reckoned to be far too extreme for the audiences of the time.
But now the light has been seen and finally Beatle fans all around the globe will [...]
Banksy artwork doubles price of building
For some people having a building covered in graffiti is just a total nightmare, so you can imagine the feelings when the owners of pub in Liverpool found that there was a huge piece of the graffiti artwork on the side of the building.
But their sadness would soon turn to joy when it was realised [...]
£5,000 billion to world banks
In recent times, we have seen the government hand out billions of pounds to the banking industry and we used to think that their Christmas bonuses were on the large side; this takes all of that to another level.
However, we seem to be talking in billion now as if they were pounds, so much money [...]
Is it the end for eBay as we know it?
Anyone who uses or has used eBay would notice some significant changes to the online auction site from that of a few years ago; one thing is the amount of items up for sale. In the financial climate that we are currently experiencing you would have thought that there would be pages of items for [...]
October 16, 2008File sharers should donate savings
Blog action day always brings out the best in people or so it would seem, the focus is always on how we change the world for the better. So in order to combat world poverty there has been a cool idea that would allow those users of pirated films, music and software to donate a [...]