A Beijing Review article quotes a Hangzhou supermarket manager on the old days, when shopping didn’t produce billions of bags worth of waste that will biodegrade only after 200 years, if at all.
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I would worry a little bit about my ability to move tofu in a bowl on my bike in Beijing, [...]

Last week, Markey convened a hearing in which politicians assailed NebuAd for alleged privacy violations, calling its opt-out practices “contemptible” and in violation of “everything the country’s been founded on.” Around the same time, he and the others had asked Embarq to answer a series of questions. Another NebuAd-testing company that had been pressured by [...]

Swype lost out on the Best technology innovation or achievement award to Microsoft’s Live Mesh and wasn’t even a runner up–an honor that went to Facebook’s Connect service. Swype has the potential to be around a lot longer than either of the two though, and could one day replace the standard typing system used on [...]

With the industry doing back flips about server virtualization, it is only natural to wonder what virtualization technology can do for desktops. Plenty! With desktop virtualization, organizations can manage desktop images in the data center and employ strict security policies without touching physical devices. Enterprises should be able to cut operating costs while bolstering security [...]

Maybe he’ll be proved right, but that’s still one helluva leap of faith. If the experience of the last several years teaches anything, it’s that the best of intentions often get sacrificed to political expediency. I know what Khosla wants to sell, but isn’t it better to take a hard second look at the [...]

Of course, Zimbra was testing for how these browsers perform with the Zimbra Web application. Your mileage may vary with other applications. In fact, I’d love to see a wide range of tests for different sites and applications. Who’s next?
Which is the world’s fastest browser? According to Zimbra,
Safari runs fastest, though it didn’t beat out
Firefox [...]

The video was posted one day before a three-judge panel in Minnesota denied Coleman’s request to reconsider an earlier ruling to discard several different categories of rejected absentee ballots. With those rejected absentee ballots no longer in play, Coleman has less of a chance of overturning Franken’s 225-vote lead in the race. The case could [...]