Complex things are more fragile, says Nassim Taleb, author of the books The Black Swan and Antifragile. Your computer and its misbehaviours are daily proof. You can click on the same button as yesterday only to get completely different results. And encoded error messages are absolutely no help.
Jamelle Agbuis
Aug 20, 2013
With the string of vehicular accidents in Canada caused by distracted driving, citizens believed it is about time to consider the behaviour liable for a criminal offense charge complete with stiffer penalties.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 20, 2013
By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 70 points or 0.5% while the S&P lost 0.6% to 1646 and the Nasdaq dropped 0.2%.
Admin System
Aug 20, 2013
The flat result for local stocks appears unflattering, although it was a solid result considering that Telstra and the CBA went ex-dividend , which took 20 points off the market.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 19, 2013
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPPL) might have other motives for releasing it budget iPhone, the iPhone 5C.
Athena Yenko
Aug 19, 2013
The Australian sharemarket is up by around 0.2 per cent at lunch, after a relatively flat few hours of trade.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 19, 2013
Equity markets have survived the last few years on the mantra that 'bad news is good news'. Each time GDP slowed, unemployment rose or confidence crumbled, stocks surged.
Jamelle Agbuis
Aug 19, 2013
The Philippine government was forced to suspend offices and classes in 14 provinces, including in the capital Metro Manila, as tropical storm Maring (international name: Trami) maintained its strength and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon early Monday. The state forecasting weather agency has advised the 14 provinces to brace for severe flooding.
Aug 19, 2013
WeWi Telecommunications, a Canadian company based in Ontario, will release on the last week of August a solar-powered laptop priced at $350. However, the device may also land in North America as a Chromebook, reported Computerworld.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 19, 2013
The flagship device of the Taiwanese tech firm, HTC One, is coming to carrier Verizon on Aug 22, ending the long wait of techies wanting to own the device under better terms.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 19, 2013
The uptrend has broken out but gains were not maintained. The uptrend enters its 9th week with resistance for the first time.
Admin System
Aug 18, 2013
Samsung will unveil its smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, on Sept 4. The event will be held two days before the IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin and six days ahead of the expected roll out on Sept 10 of the iPhone 5C and 5S, according to Bloomberg.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 17, 2013
Another abusive boss who uses his position and power to force his employees to have sex with him in exchange for choice work assignment has been unmasked. The New York Post identified him as 45-year-old Nesim Zuberi, a banquet supervisor at the New York Athletic Club.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2013
Are we getting closer to the end of QE? The US bond market certainly thinks so. Overnight, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose 14 basis points, to 2.72%. Market interest rates are now hovering around their highest levels in years.
Jamelle Agbuis
Aug 16, 2013
Australian stocks came under selling pressure on Friday, despite a strong rise on the Chinese share market. Another triple digit loss on Wall Street overnight impacted sentiment, while profit taking also seemed to be in vogue.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2013
Chinese Kiwis in New Zealand are concerned about the country’s image in China in the wake of the recent botulism contamination scare. An analysis of social media in both countries has found an emerging group of Chinese residents in New Zealand vigorously defending the island nation from their fellow Chinese.
Anne Lu
Aug 16, 2013
The Australian share market is under heavy selling pressure at lunchtime on Friday, after Wall Street suffered another triple digit loss overnight.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2013
The Volkswagen Golf GTI is the stuff of legend as the benchmark hot-hatch, but does the all-new Mark VII carry the torch and live up to its predecessor?
Jamelle Agbuis
Aug 16, 2013
US Airways and American Airlines, which have been planning to combine the two airlines by the end of September, hit a major merger roadblock. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to block the proposed $11 billion merger between American Airlines and US Airways, which would create the world's largest airline.
Jamelle Agbuis
Aug 16, 2013
Organisers of the Vancouver Science World Exhibit banned two print ads that they deemed too sexy for public exhibition, specifically in outdoor space such as bus shelters. The decision what to place in such locations is in the hands of municipalities and display companies.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2013
About 1,700 local workers employed by mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) will lose their jobs at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. Rio blamed the lay-offs to the stop in the $5 billion expansion plan ordered by the Mongolian government.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2013
By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 225 points or 1.5% while the S&P lost 1.4% to 1661 and the Nasdaq dropped 1.7%.
Admin System
Aug 16, 2013
The flip phone is back, and behind its return is not Google's Motorola which was famous for its Razr line of flip phones, but South Korean tech giant Samsung.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2013
The Labor Ministry of Brazil is filing a suit against Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, over poor working conditions of the workers in its factory located in Manaus. The ministry is seeking damages to the tune of about $108 Million.
Sachin Trivedi
Aug 15, 2013
The Australian sharemarket finished a touch lower, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) slipping by just 0.1 per cent or 4 pts. Continued concerns of Fed tapering in QE is still keeping investors on edge in the US, with the DOW slipping by 0.75 per cent.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2013
Windows 8.1 will have a roll out in the internet on Oct 17, while Windows Build 9471 tutorials leaked
Athena Yenko
Aug 15, 2013
The Australian share market remains flat in early trade on Thursday, as investors weigh up profit results against a triple digit loss on Wall Street overnight.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2013
As the New Zealand government prepares to hold its own inquiry into Fonterra's botulism scare, a farm consultant who is also a veterinarian is casting doubt on reports that the bacterial contamination was due to a dirty pipe. Frank Rowson, a farm performance consultant and Matamata veterinarian, said he has acquired material that will cause more shame to New Zealand's dairy giant.
Reissa Su
Aug 15, 2013
Microsoft will release this week its latest version of keyboard called Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop keyboard.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2013
By Jonathan BarrattSentiment in the gold market is turning. As we have mentioned a few times, do not lose faith in the trade.
Admin System
Aug 15, 2013
