Archive for August, 2007



Courtesy Barry Turner

Published on August 27, 2007

Courtesy Barry TurnerEgypt Today - The mufti has been very vocal of late in his criticism of satellite sheikhs he says mislead the public by spouting In telephone interviews with local newspapers, Al-Saadawi brushed off accusations that she had fled the negative publicity
Not-so-Veiled ComplaintsEgypt […]


Don’t Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology Flops

Published on August 21, 2007

Don’t Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology FlopsComputerworld - of money to deploy, and most users were resistant to paying dollars per minute of call time and carrying around a phone In 2000, the company was taken over by Iridium Satellite LLC, which recently said that it wants to […]


Half a world away

Published on August 14, 2007

Half a world awayNews-Enterprise - Fletcher, I continue to serve as your state representative. (I even participated in a committee meeting in Frankfort last week via satellite phone while standing outside in a sandstorm.) My fellow legislators assure me that agreements have been
AccessKey IP, Inc. to Pursue European MarketsForbes - […]


A pair of fossils shakes up the human family tree

Published on August 11, 2007

A pair of fossils shakes up the human family treeInternational Herald Tribune - Spoor, speaking by satellite phone from a field site near Lake Turkana, said the evidence clearly contradicted previous ideas of human evolution “as one strong, single line from early to us.” The new findings, he added, support the revised
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