Archive for April, 2008
US house prices still down
This chart, courtesy of Standard and Poor’s, shows the severity and magnitude of US house prices adjustment overt he last 18-24 months.
Standard and Poor’s also issued a press release just yesterday about the continued fall of US house prices, now reaching 18-20%+ YoY in cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami and San Francisco, once [...]
The Masdar initiative, aka Abu Dhaby renewable energy bet
You would never expect that one of the major hydrocarbon-producing (oil!) nation in the word starts a clean and sustainable energy project.
Well, it is true. It has happened, and it is extremely smart. Abu Dhabi launched the “Masdar Initiative” in 2006, defined as a “global cooperative platform for open engagement in the search for [...]
Too early to be optimistic
Wolfgang Munchau explains why the economic recovery might take much longer than anticipated, and why it is too early to be optimistic.
All is down to the several crisis that are happening in the same time: property, credit, banking, food and commodities. And they are all happening while saving rates are at historical lows and the [...]
Keyword Search at a breaking point?
This is an interesting blog about the limits of keyword search, and what there might be beyond it. The idea is that keyword search is reaching its breaking point and new types of search need to step in to make sure we keep on easily finding what we need in the growing number of documents [...]
Microsoft Live Mesh
Here it is. Microsoft’s big move into the everywhere everytime with Live Mesh. The New York Times has it covered here, and CNET here. Check it out yourself at www.mesh.com.
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