‘politics’ Archive

Carl Icahn and Yahoo!

Saw an article on Wired about Carl Icahn and Yahoo! Basically Icahn wants to replace the current board of directors at Yahoo! with his own and pursue the Microsoft deal all over again. The New York Times has published the letter sent by Icahn to the chairman of Yahoo.
I doubt any good will come out [...]

Are lecture notes copyright infringement?

A Professor believes his lectures are copyrighted. Why are we not shocked?

Saddam Hussein executed

Finally, they’ve done it. Reactions along expected lines almost all across the world I guess…
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at a secure facility in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity
- BBC Report.
What this is going to do is make the situation in Iraq even worse. Something the International community would’ve [...]

Bush wins poll!!!

Welcome to Wired News’ 2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards program. You, the readers, have sent us your picks for the lamest quotes from or about the world of technology during this eventful year. We have selected the “best” of those and present them to you now.Leading off with a stupid quote from President Bush might seem a [...]