Facebook today announced the launch of a new project called Questions. It's still in beta, and will only be available to about 1% of Facebook users at first. But it puts Facebook into yet another competitive arena against Google and other companies that are trying to cash-in on the Q&A.Google's total dominance over the keyword-based search mark

The closer marijuana comes to full legalization status in California, the more likely it is that the plant will be treated like any other crop--that is, as an industrial cash cow that often squeezes out small farmers. And the marijuana industrialization process is, in fact, already beginning. Oakland, California, became the first city this week to

Lots of code excitement will spring from the Black Hat hacker conference this week, but already a huge controversy is erupting: Black Hat's founder thinks SSL--the security code making much of online commerce safe--is broken.SSL, Secure Sockets Layer (and its successor Transport Layer Security) is a Net-based security protocol that ensures communic

ChinaBio Today submits: Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (AMEX: RPC) announced a new plan to sell its China subsidiary, Jade Pharmaceuticals Inc. Jade has signed a letter of intent to merge with Shanxi BaoTai Pharmaceutical Co., a privately owned company located in Taiyuan China. When the transaction is closed, Jade plans to merge the combined

Whether you’re a citizen journalist, podcaster or simply interested in sharing some sound with friends, your cell phone can become your mobile radio studio. MobileActive has published an excellent guide to making mobile audio in the field. A few key tips from the guide: Microphone positioning. “Place the mobile phone so it faces your s

The Columbia Journalism Review has a really interesting piece up about WikiLeaks's latest news coup and how it all came to pass. WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, is a famously independent and skittish entity, and has never to my knowledge coordinated with a news organization. So how exactly did three major news publications publish simult

ETF Database submits: With low levels of economic growth predicted for much of the world, demand for many commodities has been modest to say the least. This has helped to keep the price of oil in check and force the commodity to trade in a $20 dollar range between $70-$90 a barrel for much of 2010. While welcomed news for most consumers who hav