Daily Archives: 31 January 2008
Accenture: Embrace Web 2.0 cautiously
Accenture’s head of research and development, Martin Illsley, on Monday advised businesses that mashups, web applications combined with more traditional business software, were becoming increasingly useful but have to be managed so as not to overwhelm IT departments. “Systems can be integrated in a lightweight manner,” said Illsley. “But mashups and the like have to … Continue reading
US company claims to have created cloned humans
In what could be a major breakthrough, a California-based company, Stemagen Corp, is claiming that it has created five cloned human embryos from adult skin cells in the hope of eventually making matched stem cells for patients. The Stemagen team used a technique called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, or SCNT, the same technique used to … Continue reading
Porn to spice up American mobile phones in 2008 – Reuters
Size matters in pornography, except when it comes to tiny mobile phone screens, the next frontier for erotica. If the adult entertainment industry has its way, Americans will soon get a choice of free porn on cell phones — or at least some photographs of good-looking girls in bikinis. Unlike in Europe, mobile porn has … Continue reading
