Beyonce too sexy for Mideast?
Some don’t like the idea of sexy diva Beyonce Knowles strutting her stuff in the conservative Middle East.
Zombie on Tinseltown
Don’t bother complaining to Rob Zombie about how Hollywood’s out of original ideas and keeps remaking old movies.
Ghost houses thrive in scary economy
Despite the tough economy, the haunted house business is good.
Internet goes Arabic and Chinese
The group that controls top-level domain codes for Internet addresses is poised to permit non-Latin language codes for the first time in its history.
Buenos Aires beset by strikes
Argentina’s capital city was beset by strikes Thursday, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
Japan’s jobless rate declines
Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in September, the government reported on Friday.
China and U.S. move to defuse trade row
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Pioneer recalls birth of the Internet
It was 1969 and a busy year for making history: Woodstock, the Miracle Mets, men on the moon — and something less celebrated but arguably more significant, the birth of the Internet.
Me 2.0: Branding yourself online
The concept of personal branding has been around for more than a decade, but the Internet and social networking have made it easier than ever to sell brand “you.”
Micro-volunteering by mobile-tasking
The next time you say you want to help make the world a better place, try putting your mobile where your mouth is.