Americans have recently been questioning themselves deeply on subjects like imperialism, religion, taxation, and prohibition. All the while, oil is gushing, but in all the wrong places.  Perhaps it’s addictive, or something (don’t look at me, smarts the likes of a world leader are needed to figure these things out). At the same time of [...]

Canadians used to brag about our leading-edge prowess in digital communications technology. My, how things sure have changed. We now live in an era where Nortel is an investor’s punchline, and the Cable and Telco companies provide limited services with high prices and pushy contracts. Canada has, in fact, become the laughing stock of the [...]

The most popular story on BBC News right now asks, “What Happened to Global Warming ?” It’s a great question.  The story explains that the last decade has been pretty chilly: For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures… And our climate models did not forecast it, even though [...]

It might have just started as a fun idea at Google HQ for a lazy Saturday, but the decision to run a masthead showing a UFO “abducting” one of the letters in Google has set-off heaps of speculation.  Will September 5th now be unversally proclaimed Unexplained Mystery day thanks to Google’s masthead? Internet folk are [...]

There are people in this world ready to step-up and deliver a fusion power revolution… before the window is forever sealed — along with humanity’s fate.

The wireless world — and the electric cars that are expected sooner than later — arrive with one major drawback: long charge times. There have been battery revolutions in the recent past.  While growing up with digital technology, NiMH and Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries began allowing my devices to run for longer than it took [...]

While few would argue that innovators need to be afforded a degree of legal protection, sometimes the U.S. Patent Office goes a bit too far. And in the case of computer technology, they often go way too far. Ever wonder what happened to the load-screen mini-game ?  Patented.  Have you seen one lately ?  The [...]

The Chrysler ENVI team has been working hard, but unlike Chevrolet and their much vaunted Volt, they haven’t taken out any billboards just yet. Given global resources — the Dodge Circuit (pictured above) started with an all-new Lotus Europa — and a mandate to bring useful, actual electric cars (and not today’s hybrid designs) to [...]

Google’s first assault in the browser wars launched yesterday with the first public beta release of Chrome, their minimalist, open source browser. Since the reviews are pouring in, there’s no reason to repeat what’s been already said tens of thousands of times.  Suffice to say, it appears to have promise and is at least as [...]

Sirius and XM satellite radio subscribers know that having a bevvy of triple-A talk radio and music channels available on-the-run is a revolution, especially for “road warriors” who live in their vehicles. And, of course, it also delivers vital round-the-clock entertainment to the “infirmed”. Talk is great, but compared to FM public broadcast radio, the [...]