Australia, Singapore software apps win Imagine Cup Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- A software application for conserving water in farmlands designed by a group of college students from Australia won this year's Microsoft Imagine Cup. | The application, called Smart Operational Agriculture Toolkit (SOAK), bested other applications created by 124 teams from ...
Australia, Singapore software apps win Imagine Cup Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines -- A software application for conserving water in farmlands designed by a group of college students from Australia won this year's Microsoft Imagine Cup. | The application, called Smart Operational Agriculture Toolkit (SOAK), be...
Frances Burscough: Why going online could put the shoe on other foot Belfast Telegraph | Waste not, want not! Gordon Brown seems to think he invented the notion. He's been on his rapidly-sagging soggy soapbox all week, preaching frugality like it's a completely new concept. | But as we all know, it's just an old notion, recycled. | In ...
French court orders eBay to pay Vuitton $61 million Star Tribune | PARIS - A French court ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company Monday because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site. | The fashion company, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, is home to such brands a...
Has France cracked the piracy problem? The Times | France may be riven by strikes, riots and youth unemployment, but it is a European model in one very important economic category: broadband connectivity. | The country deregulated its telecoms market years ago, forcing the incumbent, France Telecom...
Germany's Burghardt wins 18th stage of Tour de France as race leaves Alps Star Tribune | SAINT-ETIENNE, France - Marcus Burghardt of Germany has won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, while Carlos Sastre of Spain appears to have maintained the overall lead. | Burghardt and Carlos Barredo of Spain finished with more than a nine-minute lead on the main pack, including the top title contenders, after the 122-mile ride from Bourg-d'Oi...
China says its population of Internet users rises to world No. 1 at 253 million The Oklahoman By Joe McDonald | AP Business WriterBEIJING (AP) - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. | ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000; document.write(' | One dead after crane coll...
