>> E-bay, the world's largest online auctioneer, has launched a website that allows people to invest in loans that lift people out of poverty. The website, called MicroPlace, acts as a broker between
If a consortium of scientists has its way there will be a Wikipedia style database for the natural world soon. An effort to collate information on the 1.8 million species of animals, plants and
People polluting water in the us state of Tennessee face online infamy. The state's department of environment and conservation has begun listing companies and individuals violating the Clean Water
Soaring inflation and a chaotic governance has put Zimbabwe into its worst days. But its diaspora has pitched in to help, through a medium that the country's despotic regime can hardly tame: the
>> Viacom on March 13 slapped a billion-dollar lawsuit against Google and its affiliate YouTube in New York. It accuses the video-sharing website of massive copyright infringement. It alleges that
The Indian Council of Medical Research (icmr) has recently purchased access rights to contents published in the uk-based Cochrane library's website. It contains evidence to assist decision-making
>> The Iranian government has banned the website www. baztab.com. The site linked to former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohsen Rezai, has recently published articles criticising the economic
