AFP - Chinese farmers will be given a 13-percent discount on televisions, mobile phones and other electrical appliances under a new subsidy scheme to boost rural spending, state press reported Monday.
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Dec23
Chinese farmers offered subsidised TVs, mobile phones (AFP)
Filed in: Cell Phones
Dec23
ThinkSecret Cash Settlement?
The L.A. Times cites sources in-the-know that claim that ThinkSecret’s Nick Ciarelli did indeed receive some amount of monetary compensation from Apple as part of their final settlement.
[Ciarelli] also received a payment from Apple, …
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Dec23
Top 10 Startups Worth Watching in 2008
Which startups are worth paying attention to in the coming year? We pick 10 companies that should be making significant strides in 2008.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
Live Music Webcasting Starts Making Sense in 2008
After a disappointing start, live online music is poised for success. With new technology and Web 2.0 networks in place to fuel the boom, record labels become the last remaining sticking point between you and some rockin’ web shows. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
Home Sweet Gadget: How Our Technolust Helped Bring Down the Housing Market
Builders responded to new demands for houses built to accommodate their owner’s technolust. They built lots of homes and packed them with every new gewgaw a potential buyer might dream of. And then they built some more. Now, thanks to the housing bust, virgin homes and condos sit unoccupied in cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, Miami, and, yes, Orlando.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
Be Kind Rewind Director Michel Gondry Forgoes Dreamy Plots for Straight-Up Comedy
Michel Gondry is famous for making films with backward plots and gauzy sequences. His new work, about two video-store clerks who remake famous movies, is a straight-up narrative with crowd-pleasing Jack Black pratfalls. But don’t worry — Gondry’s still messing with Hollywood.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
2007 Foot-in-Mouth Awards
Aught-seven turns out to be a fine year for CEOs, as well as one of the world’s most respected scientists, to bless the world with their embarrassing, clueless and cringe-worthy comments. Facebook, Microsoft and Apple all vie for top billing this year.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
Picasa 3.0 on the way
Anyone who uses Picasa to touch up and manage their photos will testify that it is a wonderful piece of software. I can’t think of much that would make it even better, but maybe Google has been thinking hard enough to come up with some more really great features.
In the Official Google Blog Picasa […]
Filed in: Google
Dec23
Dec. 24, 1936: Radiation Used to Treat Disease for the First Time
The age of nuclear medicine dawns when a 28-year-old leukemia patient becomes the first person to be treated using a radioactive isotope.
Filed in: Personal Tech
Dec23
The Queen Launches Royal YouTube Channel
Britain’s 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II launches her own special Royal Channel on YouTube. The monarch will use the popular video-sharing website to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first delivered live to the nation and its colonies on Dec. 25, 1957.
Filed in: Personal Tech
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