Silicon Valley executives to secretly meet with P&G

An invitation only meeting will take place in Cincinnati next month hosted by comsumer goods giant, Procter & Gamble.

At least for one night, Cincinnati is becoming the next Silicon Valley, as Procter & Gamble Co. summons the biggest names in digital and social media — including top executives from Google, Facebook, [...]

Experts warn that social sites harm brains

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Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned.
Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and [...]

Last.fm: “Techcrunch are full of shit”

Last.fm, a fantastic service that streams commercial-free music over the net has come out swinging against allegations made by TechCrunch that they are giving away member information to help the record industry police piracy.  They write:

On Friday night a technology blog called Techcrunch posted a vicious and completely false rumour about [...]

Credit Crunch Hurting Organized Crime Too

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I would have expected the drug market to be reasonably recession proof but according to the Vancouver cops string of gang shootings might be the result of lower drug use and shrinking markets.  Are there no safe harbours?

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Torture victim pens piece in Huffington Post

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Mohamed Farag Bashmilah provides a disturbing account of his life as a  prisoner in the so called War on Terror.  He writes:

What I do know is that the Jordanian [...]

Russsian Newspaper Defiant in Wake of Murdered Journalist Verdict

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Is the tech recession over?

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Gordon Campbell government decimates BC arts

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Is Bell Canada trying to kill NowPublic?

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Drug gangs drive off cops, terrorize US border town

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