World of Goo released by Brighter Minds Media and 2D Boy - Award-Winning phys...

Brighter Minds Media, LLC (Brighter Minds), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brighter Minds Media Inc. (The Company, TSX: BRI.V), launches World of Goo, a groundbreaking new addition to the gaming world by 2D BOY....

Obama Chief of Staff Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

Obama's Chief of Staff Pick a Freddie Mac Alum - Will the Media Notice? or Care? " He’s President-elect Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, according to various Nov. 6 media reports, but Rep. Rahm Emanuel,...

Philippine-made anti-terrorist robot closer to mass production

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recently announced that it will help further develop the locally made mechanical anti-terrorist concept or MAC with a PhP1.7 million (PhP 48 = USD 1) funding. According to...

Microsoft 'I'm a PC' Ads Were Created Using a Mac

It is rare that you see a company pushed so far back on their heels as Microsoft.  Apple's campaign to ridicule the PC and the spectacular failure of Vista has made Microsoft a bit of a laughing stock with the...

Microsoft Let's Loose New “I’m A PC” Ads

Hot on the heels of canceling its decidedly meh Seinfeld/Gates ad campaign, Microsoft is trying to bounce back with a cameo-filled, 'PC-of-the-people' series of commercials. Check them out here. (Thanks to NowPublic...

Obama gets big Bucks from Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac

Obama calling himself an outsider and agent of change has CEO of Freddie Mac on his Pay Role.  The fact is  that he has received over 500,000 dollars from folks within Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.  Some of...

Q&A: Stanford financial economist Darrell Duffie discusses government takeove...

Since the government announced its takeover plan of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, stock markets in the United States and around the world have rallied and mortgage rates have dropped. But the latest turn in the credit...

Inflation will follow Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae bail out « Peter J. Cooper...

" Yet we should all be relieved at one level: the US has chosen to go down the path of 1970s style inflation, rather than 1930s style deflation. The alternative route of letting banks fail produced the Great Depression of the 1930s and nobody wants to make that mistake again."

World Economy: Investors Remain Jittery

The world's current Bear markets remain jittery this week as the US government bails out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Unemployment in the USA reached a peak of 6.1% and consumers continue to...

Study shows that generous KD donations aren't so in reality

A study done by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research has found that higher income households who are "food secure" are likely to donate things like mac and cheese to food banks. While the lower income families who are not "food secure" who need to use the...

Steve Jobs is Dead! I Mean... Alive! (Erroneous Obituary Published)

What, is it that slow a news day that Bloomberg had to spice things up by declaring Apple honcho Steve Jobs dead? Or, more likely, to they have an ongoing obituary file on hand in case he doesn't live to reach eighty-something? INdeed, it's common practice for news outfits to...

Attack of the (Mac) Clones

During the 1990s, small manufacturers began selling ‘Apple’ computers at lower prices than their Apple Macintosh brothers. These generic, PC-like computers were Apple's attempt at increasing their market share,...

Family Expected Bernie Mac to Recover

The family of renowned American comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday from pneumonia at the age of 50, had expected that he would recover from the illness that had hospitalized him since the middle of July....

Actor Bernie Mac, 50, Dies from Sarcoidosis

Actor Bernie Mac Dies from Sarcoidosis Actor Bernie Mac died this morning due to complications from pneumonia in a Chicago hospital,” no other details are available at this time. Mac had...

Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50

"Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor...

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