Thursday, February 15, 2007

An End to the Korean War?

After approximately 50-years, the world may finally see an end of the North/South Korean war. This is an extremely detailed article about the progression of the Denuclearization of North Korea, the unification of North/South Koreas, and the potential economic impact on the rest of the world.

Read the full article at OhMyNews International

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Heart-Shaped Forest Planned for Niger

"Maxime Renaudin comes from a new generation of entrepreneurs who use sound business principles to tackle social problems in the world today."

Renaudin's vision includes planting 8-million trees in the shape of a heart in the Sahara Desert--and, how it is going to save the world.

Read the full article at OhMNews International.

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Where Do We FIND These People?

U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools, libraries

Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.

Read the whole article at Computer World

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Microsoft Caught with hand in the Cookie Jar

Knowledge should be free, right? The lovely inventors of the Wikipedia believe that it should be . . . . But, there are others out there that may not agree.

In this article, Microsoft was caught hiring a writer to edit the Wikipedia because they are forbidden to do so themselves.

Shame!

Read the article at CNN for youself.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/24/microsoft.wikipedia.ap/index.html

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