Tempo libero: Convention Nazionale sull?Outsourcing e il Facility Management

17-18.11.2005 ?Convention Nazionale sull?Outsourcing e il Facility Management? ...

Internet: Just How Big IS the Search Market? Ask Barry

Following an uncharacteristic period of quiet calm, Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp. (IAC) has announced plans to acquire Ask Jeeves, the "fifth place" holdover from the dot-com boom that refuses to die. Ask Jeeves has always tried to differentiate itself from the search giants with a user-friendly Q&A approach -- something that never really materialized into a large enough user base. But Ask Jeeves is without question a recognizable brand, and one that can probably generate a few advertising dollars for IAC, even though it will have to line up behind the big boys of search. ...

Attualitá: Verleumdung - Ermittlungen gegen die ?taz?

Wegen einer Satire über den polnischen Präsidenten Lech Kaczynski hat die Warschauer Staatsanwaltschaft ein Ermittlungsverfahren gegen die Berliner ?tageszeitung? eingeleitet....

Internet: Google Trumps Mapquest With Satellite Maps

Google has started to unveil the fruits of its recent acquisition of Keyhole Corp., a digital map maker that has added a lot of value to the already way-cool maps.google.com. For now, Google claims to be offering free satellite maps of many areas of the United States, with the capability of zooming in all the way down to individual houses and businesses. I say "claims to be" because I couldn't get any of the satellite maps to work for me. But even Google's non-satellite offerings are much higher quality (and, at first glance, more accurate and comprehensive) than any online map service you've ever seen. Eat your heart out, Mapquest -- you're so 1990s. ...

Scienza: Nanotechnology may lead to safe, effective delivery of gene therapy

Genetic therapies for diseases have been blocked for some time by difficulties in safely delivering the therapeutic genetic material to the affected areas of the body. Using retroviruses to make the delivery has been stopped after the death of a number of patients. Nanotechnology, using advanced polymers......