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Investors suffer as US ethanol boom dries up

The likes of Microsoft's Bill Gates are sitting on billions of dollars in losses after buying into the corn-based ethanol industry that George W. Bush embraced as the answer to US energy woes ...

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FT.com — October 21

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Microsoft Granted Censorship Patent, Immediately Sells Out to China

How cute is this guys? Microsoft, that lovable computer company founded by goofball and Seinfeld-lover Bill Gates, just secured a patent for auto-beeping out curse words. Like in Arrested Development! So now Microsoft owns the rights to that bleeping noise? What good will that do? Oh: CONTINUED ...

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Jossip — October 20

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Guess Who’s On the Brash 100?

It’s not exactly the Time 100, but Glam’s new men’s network (see previous post) has its own list: the Brash 100. This is the sort of list you’d expect to see in Details, an attempt at an iconic list of “unforgettable” men. It’s filled with everyone you...

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TechCrunch — October 20

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Search for people and faces inside videos using VideoSurf

Last week I discovered that Picasa came out with an awesome new feature whereby it can now find all the faces of people in your pictures and then find more pictures of the same person using facial recognition and comparison technology. It’s basically the end of having to write descriptions ...

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Online Tech Tips — October 17

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Bloomberg: Joe the Plumber's new business won't see higher taxes under Obama's plan

So that would mean McCain is highlighting someone who isnt' hurt by Obama's plan. That's kind of erratic, don't you think? More from Bloomberg:The company McCain said the plumber wants to buy has annual sales of $510,000, according to an analysis by Dun & Bradstreet. That makes it unlikely that Wu ...

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AMERICAb...he truth — October 17

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Bill Gates predicts 9% unemployment

And that would be the highest U.S. jobless rate in 25 years (it's 6% today). Gates made the comment yesterday at a Harvard Business School symposium where he also said, "Consumer sentiment has never been so low." ...

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digg — October 15