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A freedom of information law has taken effect in Brazil, challenging an embedded culture of secrecy and bureaucracy. Proponents, including President Dilma Rousseff, said the measure is nothing short of a revolution for a system that has kept tight control over information for decades. But even as the president hailed the potential of the law [...]

Berlin hotels has based its new range of catering packages on the four elements. Going past the needs of its own Berlin, Germany conference venues and creating a new “place to be” with each outside event, the dynamic catering operations of the Berlin Marriott Hotel caters to guests at more than one unusual location in [...]

A confrontation appeared possible Tuesday morning between student protesters blocking the entrance to a college north of Montreal and the Quebec provincial police’s riot squad. Student protesters at the CEGEP campus of College Lionel Groulx were told by police Tuesday morning that “all necessary force” would be used to ensure classes at the facility resumed. [...]

Cape Town’s iconic V&A Waterfront, one of South Africa’s most visited and recognised tourist destinations is the first of its kind in Africa to be independently audited and certified for its environmental compliance – the Heritage Environmental Management Company (Heritage) announced today. The V&A Waterfront, which attracts more than 23 million visitors annually, was awarded [...]

The Web-based service, available at openDNS.com, offers users a free way to protect against certain types of network attacks by filtering out malicious content before it ever gets to the computer. The company also says the service can make browsing faster and more reliable. The Domain Name System, or DNS, allows networks to interpret easy-to-remember [...]

Dennis Drazin spent his honeymoon in Hawaii talking about Monmouth Park. This was during the first three weeks of January, and he was needed 5,000 miles and six time zones away. “Some of my conference calls were 3:30 in the morning, my time,” said Drazin, 60, whose marriage to Nona Balaban on New Year’s Eve [...]

Sandpoint’s War Memorial Field, located on Lakeview Blvd. on the south end of town and nestled up against the Pend Oreille River, is no stranger to cameras. Between Sandpoint Bulldog Football, Babe Ruth baseball, and the annual Festival at Sandpoint with its star-studded line-up of music under the August sky, cameras are a given. And [...]

The famed Greek poet Homer once famously referred to olive oil as “liquid gold.” Throughout time, the aromatic, silky, verdant oil has become more than just a vital and popular means of nourishment. For Jeff Conarko, owner of Con’ Olio Oils & Vinegars, the green oil was the driving force behind a much-desired change in [...]

Swooning over a landscape of sensuous sheet-metal, most visitors to the recent New York International Auto Show most likely passed by a discreet display at the Infiniti stand that showed a glimpse of how man, in the future, will interact with machine — specifically, his automobile. Meet the concept Infiniti LE, the automobile as gadget. [...]

A repairman fixing a basement furnace notices a problem and calls 911.  The fire department arrives on scene within minutes and pulls up to see large amounts of dark smoke pouring out of the roof. The fire, which was not even visible at the time of the call, has spread from the basement to the [...]

Few details were made public about Gareth Williams’s work, except that he designed “practical applications for emerging technologies” and was deemed “low risk”. Although he had passed the course to become “fully deployable” six months before his death, he was only operational in the UK and not overseas. He had contact with two “undercover” agents, [...]

THE thought that we’re not alone has intrigued and perplexed ever since Neanderthal man first raised his eyes skywards and wondered what that big silvery circle thing in the sky was. Stars, planets and the vast scale of the galaxy, all part of a brainbusting conundrum that has confounded civilisations down the generations, leaving mere [...]

Video game graphics, silly buzzwords and even two people typing frantically on the same keyboard at once – Hollywood has often had a bit of fun when it comes to computer hacking. Chris Gatford, the director of penetration testing company HackLabs, has seen all the clichés. After all, they’re based on his line of work. [...]

Djerba, an island off of Tunisia’s southeastern coast, has been inhabited for millenia. The depth of Djerba’s history has endowed it with cultural traditions influenced by but divergent from those of mainland Tunisia. Among those are its architecture, which is unique to the island. Najeeba Anane owns a traditional, Djerbian house behind the municipality building [...]

Over the past decade, technology has transformed the broader world of business and consumer applications. Workers interact through mobile devices and social media, with applications increasingly connected over the web. But many ERP deployments remain static in spite of these changes. According to research by Forrester, “approximately half of ERP customers are currently on releases [...]

Crane Merchandising Systems will unveil a new vending machine platform at the National Automatic Merchandising Association’s OneShow this month in Las Vegas. The line features integrated cashless payment capability, wireless and Ethernet network access and contemporary user interface options, all “right out of the box.” The company is the vending and payment business unit of [...]

Victorinox, most famous for its multipurpose Swiss Army knives, is stepping into the corporate jungle with slim flash drives featuring the classic pocket-knife aesthetic. The Victorinox Slim is a USB flash drive that spans 4GB to 64GB capacities in a skinny form factor that lives up to its name, and a design that precedes its [...]

They run the same operating system, and they’re pretty close when it comes to size, weight, processing power and price. So when all the big stuff is baked, it’s the little things that make a tablet stand out. Toshiba’s Thrive tablet, a 10.1-inch slate that starts at $430 for the 8GB, Wi-Fi only model, is [...]

On her first big trip away from her home and parents in Brazil, 14-year-old Juliana Garcia will explore Disney’s Caribbean Beach resort, shriek through Universal’s Harry Potter ride and gasp at Shamu’s acrobatics at Sea World. But first, there’s shopping. Juliana and 85 other teens in her tour group crowd the counters at Perfumeland Megastore. [...]

Back in the 70s, American Tourister had a commercial showing a piece of their luggage being thrown about by a gorilla to demonstrate how tough their product was.  Here at the Cloninger household, we have a similar test for earbuds.  We throw them in our teenage daughter’s room.  So far, none have emerged intact – [...]