MN News Scrapbook Tuesday 20 May 2008

World News

US oil billionaire invests heavily into wind power

CNN LINK

Major EU reform of the CAP proposed

BBC LINK

Oil is over 127$, the US economy strengthening and dollar rising, but UN says the US economy is a dead weight on the world economy - video

Video Link

Al Jazeera

With 3 million Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa and rising fuel and food prices racist violence has erupted.

Al Jazeera also reports on US incursion into Venezuelan airspace and Russian build up near Georgia.

Jobs screams, sows terror to make Apple magic - Indo LINK

What did Apple do before the visionary nut, Steve Jobs? If you haven't already, go and pick up a MacBook Air - it's incredible. There were Mac Books before but this is the cover of a book.



Intel Television - Guessing the Entertainment future - Indo LINK © Silicon Republic Ltd 2008

Microsoft revives talks with Yahoo and proposes new deal LINK

How long does the battery last?

5 hours? 3 times better than the old yoke I have... Next one for me will have to be a 14-hour Toshiba ...

http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3220

The Irish Times says Politicians call for emergency action after the collapse of the PPS housing schemes in Dublin.

IT