Archive for February, 2007

America

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

Environment

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.

America

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

Langauge

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