A movie-goer’s concept of prison economy is likely that it’s a cigarette-fuelled barter system. That may be part of it, but it only scratches the surface. The truth is a violent world of sex, drugs and… postage stamps? More »
Continuing with their spring (summer?) cleaning, the government has elected to shut down 800 of their vast collection of 2000 data centres across the country over the next four years. Officials expect the pruning to save us billions. More »
You may not care the China controls over 95 per cent of the world’s supply of rare earth metals, but you might want to. More »
Many would be glad to see the Golden Arches topple for nutritional reasons, but some scientists think that with the human population growing and oil production past its peak, the era of cheap, abundant food is reaching its inevitable end. More »
Being among the first of the world’s networks to carry the iPhone practically guaranteed a flush few years. Also, apparently, network trouble. Take the UK’s O2, whose spokespeople seem to be reading from the same apologetic script as AT&T’s. More »
Nobody really expected Palm to turn a profit this quarter, but this is still pretty bad: In the second quarter after the Pre’s launch, Palm lost $US85 million. This does mark an improvement, depending on how you spin the numbers. More »
