Oversight Unseen In Google Carolina Deal

North Carolina's Caldwell County ponied up $250 million in tax breaks to Google to entice it to build a data center there but didn't study whether the deal made good financial sense.

‘Google Me: The Movie’ Now In Production

Well, we knew it was coming. After "Google: The Musical" debuted up in Minnesota last year, we knew anything was possible, perhaps inevitable. "Google Me: The Movie" is due out in the near future, a documentary focusing on filmmaker Jim Killeen and his journey of self discovery.

Smart Card On The Money

SmartMetric, Inc a developer and manufacturer of advanced secure identity and transaction solutions has developed software that works with its biometric fingerprint card that allows a person to send money over the Internet from one card to another. President and CEO of SmartMetric, Colin Hendrick said the peer-to-peer funds transfer or card-to-card money exchange will change the way money is handled. He went on to…

AMD Sets Up Shop In Second Life

AMD officially launched its virtual presence today by opening its Dev Central Pavilion on AMD Dev Central Island, which can be found within the online world of Second Life as part of its Developer Archipelago. With a virtual presence within the online community, AMD hopes to extend its Developer Outreach program into a virtual space for meetings, lectures, training courses and networking opportunities for developers.

Hyperlocal Focus Will Relaunch Topix

Rich Skrenta of Topix.net thinks that the time has come where local community will drive Topix to greater heights, and that community-driven content merits re-organizing the site to emphasize it.