Beijing has decided to permanently implement some of the stiff traffic controls that it has originally enforced during the August Olympics. Return to normality following the end of the games has prompted...
This can happen only in India. In an example height of carelessness A-320 aircraft operated by an Indian carrier Go Air with 125 passengers onboard took off from Mumbai leaving one of its two nose-wheel on the tarmac but landed safely at the IGI...
highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago 117 views | 3 comments
How much time do you spend motionless in traffic, not moving at all? Well, Good Magazine has just revealed that Los Angeles drivers sit in their vehicles for an average of 72 hours a year. That's enough to read War...
The House is experiencing an unprecedented amount of traffic as people try to access the bill, the vote count- and the contact system, so they can express their opposition to the Wall Street Bailout. Let 'em have it. You can look up your "Representative"s contact info here:...
The Associated Press is reporting that a medical helicopter carrying victims from a traffic accident crashed in a suburban Washington park early sunday after reporting bad weather. Officials say that the crash is the...
Update: The problem with the air traffic control computer has now been fixed, but flights continue to be delayed as the backlog is still clearing.Earlier: Flights into and out of the UK are suffering delays and...
Update: EAAs, rejoice! T-Mobile has removed the contentious proviso from their usage agreement, thereby consigning the earlier part of this story to the dustbin of breathless telecom rants. "After much criticism...
highlighted by jordan | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 89 views | 0 comments
Cities across the world - from Athens to Taipei - are taking part in 'Car Free Day'. This is a day that gives us a chance to think of an alternative to driving to work. It encourages everyone to think about how much...
created by amyjudd | 3 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 486 views | 18 comments
A 30-year-old man with alleged gang ties was shot multiple times while idling at a stoplight, and the only person who might have seen it was online. The shooting happened in front of a camera streaming live video onto the net, but no one has so far stopped by. "Edmonton's...
Now that Ike has passed over, Galveston does not seem to be doing much better. There is now traffic from all directions filled with every type of car you can imagine. Galevston is trying to get back to normal and its...
highlighted by amyjudd | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 155 views | 0 comments
15 September 2008Rob Wilson MP met with local residents in Earley on Friday morning to discuss their concerns about speeding traffic and road safety on Pitts Lane.The meeting was organised by Helen Hobson, Earley...
If the US is going to be competitive in the world, it's going to have to invest in connecting the People to broadband. One of the drawbacks with the kind of corporate socialism/quasi free market system we have in the US is that gains made from public goods are privatized and...
The nature of the internet as a network is that it has no central point of control. "The era of the American Internet is ending. “Suppose the Internet was entirely confined to the U.S., which it once was? That wasn’t helpful,” said Vint Cerf of Google. ...
At least 100 protesters were arrested late Monday night near where the Democratic National Convention is being held in Denver, Colorado. Police used riot gas and crowd control techniques after a crowd of about 300...
"TBILISI, Georgia -- Traffic gradually began to trickle along Georgia's main east-west highway over the weekend, after the departure of Russian troops who had been barring traffic on the road and, effectively,...