"GENEVA - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up next month of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the "Big Bang" which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said on...
"The former Google engineers roll out Cuil, which they say will index a larger portion of the Web than Google, and more quickly and at less cost.MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star Google...
It has been described by Clean Edge, a US. research and publishing firm, that "Clean technologies are a diverse range of products, services, and processes that harness renewable materials and energy sources,...
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I'm not a huge believer in Alexa's numbers but as I'm fond of saying, "in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"."Everytime we publish our monthly Techvibes Start-Up Indexes, there are always a few complaints about the use of Alexa and Compete data...
" HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services. Plazes (http://www.plazes.com/) provides location-aware services that people...
Architect and professor Inge Roecker is leading a group of architecture students from UBC's School of Architecture in designing and building a Centre for Women's Health and Wellness in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside....
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Realvibez.com recently received an extremely favourable write-up at Collegemogul.com, "a blog and online resource for college entrepreneurship" that also reviews "new and existing companies led by students and young...
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For the record, I don't put too much faith in these metrics but it's kind of fun to watch the Brownian motion in action:"The index ranks Vancouver-area start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic...
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The Vancouver Sun's David Baines has published a piece on Tom William's new charity site GiveMeaning. Baines concludes his article by saying:"He said the financial return for the year ending Sept. 30, 2007, which is just now being filed, will show a greater percentage...
Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal and and an advisor to NowPublic has started up an interesting new venture. Dries is an exceptional guy and this business will do well with him behind it. Good luck...
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"Easy-to-remove chewing gum is to become a reality, thanks to a breakthrough by chemists that could save Britain the £150 million spent every year on removing discarded gum.
The British start-up company that announces the non-stick, degradeable gum today hopes to take a bite...
A couple of novel ideas about bringing gaming to India via Bollywood movies. Games will come out BEFORE the movies. Will be interesting to see these."The first Bollywood3D game will come out in December. It is tied to a futuristic crime film intermingled with a love story....
"Wouldn't it be great to use your mind to control a video game just like a Jedi knight uses "the Force." That's what San Francisco-based start-up Emotiv Systems hopes to do with a new headset that could debut next year. Nam Do, chief executive, and Tan Le,...
This has broad implications for all faiths. One could do an e-pilgrimage. Or a virtual confession."Anyone who has visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem has heard the steady din of prayers and chants at the sacred Jewish site. These days, it turns out, some of the...
"Last week, on the floor of the National Retail Federation's "Big Show 2007" in New York, a company was displaying a new mobility data collection device designed to bring the next version of the Palm OS operating...