(Untitled)- June 28, 2004 U.S. Loses First PlaceAs Biggest RecipientOf Global Investment By MICHAEL R. SESIT Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALJune 28, 2004 PARIS -- China last year for the first time eclipsed the U.S. as the biggest recipient of foreign direct investment, part of a huge increase in such investment by multinational companies in the world's underdeveloped, fast-growing economies, according to a new OECD report. The report by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and...http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/27.html#a1338 (Untitled)- June 28, 2004 Outsourcing Storm Favors India U.S. Criticism PublicizesLow-Cost Labor, Expertise;Lots of 'Free Advertising' By JAY SOLOMON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALJune 28, 2004 BANGALORE, India -- The pace of outsourcing work to India is picking up, in part because the controversy in the U.S. over the trend has publicized India's low costs and expertise. In the high-technology hub of Bangalore, two to three Western companies are opening operations in the city every week, say...http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/27.html#a1337 (Untitled)- June 26, 2004 Dust and Smoke off Africa animations: small ( 6.7 MB Quicktime) large (22.3 MB Quicktime) Numerous times between January and mid-June 2004 the skies over the Atlantic Ocean were filled with a river of particles flowing from Africa (right) to South America (left). Both particle pollution from smoke (red, indicationg small particles) and dust (gold, indicating large particles) were regular trans-Atlantic travelers during the first half of the year. Light gray indicates areas of..http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/25.html#a1336 (Untitled)- June 26, 2004 Cast, Crew Of Troy Begin Disastrous 10-Year Journey Back to Hollywoodhttp://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/25.html#a1335 (Untitled)- June 26, 2004 BE CAREFUL OUT THERE: Net Virus May Be AimedAt Stealing Financial Data Associated PressJune 25, 2004 4:54 p.m. NEW YORK -- A mysterious Internet virus being spread Friday by hundreds and possibly thousands of infected Web sites may be aimed at stealing credit card and other valuable information, security experts warned. The infection appears to take advantage of three separate flaws with Microsoft Corp. products. Microsoft said software updates to fix two of them had been...http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/25.html#a1333 (Untitled)- June 26, 2004 Biotechs Mine Bacteria for Industrial UseBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: June 25, 2004 Filed at 12:06 p.m. ET PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- The creatures are known as extremophiles,'' and they earn the name: They live in toxic Superfund cleanup sites, boiling deep-sea rift vents, volcanic craters and polar glaciers -- some of the planet's harshest environments. These single-celled creatures owe their hardiness to genes, and that has drawn the attention of a few biotech companies. The companies...http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/25.html#a1332 (Untitled)- June 25, 2004 Wi-Fi finds the way when GPS can't 19:00 23 June 04 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. In the concrete canyons of city centres, GPS satellite positioning systems often fail because high buildings block the signals they rely on. But an unlikely back-up for GPS is emerging: Wi-Fi. A Wi-Fi based positioning system developed in the US and the UK works best where GPS fails: in cities and inside cavernous...http://blogs.salon.com/0002729/2004/06/24.html#a1328 |