China passenger train hits 300 mph, breaks record

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120300821.html?wpisrc=nl_tech

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Super jumbo problems - Report Details Qantas Pilots' Response - WSJ.com

Would you rationally want to fly in this plane with the possible risks as great as they appear? Maybe the passenger services on the super jumbos should be minimized until we all know for certain what went wrong (and why?) with the fuel line. With so many passengers at risk of death or injury when the super jumbo is fully loaded, the inherent risk for any one individual is much higher. Here is a case where economies of large scale appear to have backfired, for now at least!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704354704575651832564868508.html?mod=djemTEW_h

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How Corrupt? =>football corruption - Google Search

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=football+corruption&hl=en&client=safari&prmd=nv&source=univ&tbs=nws:1&tbo=u&ei=nXL5TJ7bCcTPhAfaycT9CA&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQqAIwBA

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football corruption - Google Search

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Books Update - The New York Times

This is an update on 100 notable books:

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2010/12/03/books/booksupdate/index.html

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Scrappy American companies are exporting their controversial drilling techniques to Asia and Europe, where "fracking" could face less regulation. - By Amy Westervelt - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/id/2275498?wpisrc=xs_wp_0001

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Article: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets
http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets/?boxes=Homepagelighttop

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Yes! It's Snow and it's Everywhere

Call it what you like but it's snow and it's cool!

Birds struggling as snow blankets Britain

Bank Bailout Information

Bank Bailout Information

Information on the financial assistance given to banks is becoming public.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703865004575649160241029520.html?mod=djemITPE_h

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704594804575648740948074042.html

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EBN - Bolaji Ojo - 10 Takeaways From Apple's Latest SEC Filing, Part 2

More on Apple.

http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=1038&doc_id=200983

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EBN - Bolaji Ojo - 10 Takeaways From Apple's Latest SEC Filing, Part 1

There is a lot to learn from the way Apple does business.

http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=1038&doc_id=200851

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EBN - Bolaji Ojo - Stop Gorging on China

What drives the escape to China other than reduced costs and a monster size potential market. China has it all, a possibility of obtaining economies of scale to reduce costs and maximizing revenue, as well as labour costs that are a magnet to manufacturers. The population is well educated as well and business oriented! So what's the problem and what's the solution.

http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=1038&doc_id=201108

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Where is cellular technology and WIFI going?

You tell me!

With the advent of the iPad and it's me-too followers using me-too operating systems and me-too retail technologies, we see Apple leading the way. That's not surprising given that it takes several generations to get a technology economy on the move. Well, we are abbot to see loft off.

When I am highly emotional, I come out with profound comments such as solid state technologies will take over and revolutionize the electronics industry once more. My approach is always very long term and my analysis focuses on the core of technologies which were the subject matter of my university readings many decades ago.

I was greatly disappointed by Microsoft's pathetic efforts over the past thirty years even though they came to spawn and dominate the industry and leave IBM in the dust. Will Apple also disappoint. I think not given what I know about the philosophy of the company and it's depth of understanding about where people and user groups are driving the industry.

Our world is dominated by the fear of terrorism, which like the need to spend money on defense is very harmful to consumer product development over the longer term. Sure technology companies will design products to fight terrorism, but much of what we could see will be deferred until more secure times.

Obviously, we are witnessing a volume upscaling of information exchange though rather belatedly as we allow consumers to be suckered into buying obsolete technologies. That's ok, since there is a need to pace technology innovation and development in order to string out employment opportunity over time. Going slower helps give slower communities jobs. By obsolete, I would include the plethora of USB 2 technologies currently finding sales.

We are just not geared up to the notion of USB 3 and it's multiplicative effect on information exchange volumes. More information to hide terrorist messages being exchanged and reason enough to slow down the pace of technology revolution somewhat so that security agencies can catch up. We don't want to move too fast.

That raises the question, however, that we may be playing into a economic game in which size of firm and end market really does matter, but speed of development and spawning rates for new divisions matters even more. Why pick all the winners when you can play hopscotch? That's the Japanese business expansion strategy of yore which seems not so much in evidence now, but which is probably very much in effect. Don't try to do all the technologies. Just pick those that you know will produce economies of scale. Get in there early by all means, but recognize that rate of obsolescence is accelerating.

So we see the French trying to sell USB 3 devices in Paris while me-tooers elsewhere are not in evidence. So how is this an opportunity for the next generation of Apply light weigh fully incoblock products. Put a terabyte memory into a device instead of gigabyte and ram up production to grab the deflation opportunities in the market and what have you. You have a new WIFI demand making existing devices operating on 3G and USB 2 very much obsolete. So watch memory get rammed up several more notches to takes right into the video age. There is so much to do!

http://www.techgadgets.in/peripherals/2010/30/lacie-rolls-out-new-hub4-usb-3-0-devic/

http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/internet-cafes-might-spy-to-help-combat-terrorism

http://www.sellmymobile.com/news/terrorism-threats-could-end-wifi-on-planes-2032/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112905174.html?wpisrc=nl_tech

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/11/29/ST2010112905192.html?sid=ST2010112905192

http://views.washingtonpost.com/post-user-polls/2010/11/do-you-know-how-much-data-you-are-using-on-your-cellphone.html

http://news.techworld.com/mobile-wireless/3245337/4g-world-conference-goes-mad-for-wimax-and-lte/?olo=rss

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NYTimes: Iran Fortifies Its Arsenal With the Aid of North Korea

From The New York Times:

Iran Fortifies Its Arsenal With the Aid of North Korea

American intelligence assessments say that Iran has obtained advanced missiles from North Korea based on a Russian design that are much more powerful than its other missiles.

http://nyti.ms/emmoqa

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Starbucks Author

Take out a quill pen and draw your story of your trip as this man
does! Seen at Paddington Station Starbucks having a latte. Famous
author or just a traveller makes no difference until the book comes
out. Uses a iPad and large self created solid pad/book to enhance
creative moments.

Two screen laptop from Acer

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8156710/Acer-unveils-Iconia-dual-screen-laptop.html

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The Market Economy and then there is the Trader Economy - Manachean Devil or Just Intelligent Opponent

Some activities are ideal for specific personalities. Human personality can define what you are good at based on how you have self selected your specialisation. The problem is that many money making activities require personality, energy, resilience, intelligence, adaptability, resourcefulness, endurance, canniness, and persistence. Markets that involve strategy are much too difficult for modelling as yet though the best brains have tried.

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-econophysics-will-never-work-though-traders-may-dream-2010-8

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A World Without Work

Rick Bookstaber theorises about the influence of economies of scale in technology and the implications of falling costs on consumption.

Bookstaber's discussion is pretty close to what What we are seeing and not so far off the mark. It would be interesting to put his hypothesis in a more general economic model. He, nevertheless, has pulled out two of the more fascinating influences operating within our modern economies. Power to him:

http://www.businessinsider.com/secular-deflation-2010-11

A similar model results in the deflation of the housing market which receives the benefit of over expansion of the money supply, but this leads to deflation as there is insufficient consumption demand for the second cycle of demand that results from too much money. The inflation of too much money can offset the deflation of technology providing the money supply growth is in balance for long term consumption capacity, normally seen as the long term income or permanent income as per Milton Friedman. This can explain why a well designed combination Keynesian, Schumpeterian and Friedman's models will work together but leave one out and none will work. All three together provide a reasonable framework of analysis as first suggested in the 1930's bynthe economist and mathematician, Professor Moore.

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Article: Going Dutch - Why Women in Holland are Happy!

If you are a woman and very career oriented, perhaps you would find this discussion of Dutch women interesting. Going Dutch

http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2274736

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