Save Our Planet: do something about it now

Courtesy: YouTube

News On Technology

Renewable energy:
China controls wind turbine production
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/business/global/15chinawind.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=todayspaper

E-Reader:
Publishers add color (and fun) to e-books for children
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/business/media/15ebooks.html?ref=technology

Tourism:
Ukraine will open Chernobyl site to tourists
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/on-our-radar-chernobyl-to-open-to-tourists/?ref=energy-environment

Courtesy: The New York Times

The Middle East Crisis: an achilles heel

The world cannot live with it. It cannot live without it. A cliche, perhaps. But a fitting one, nonetheless. The Middle East crisis consumes the Arab and the Jewish world like a bad habit. The world leaders unite again to discuss the problem. But the problem has been just that -- discussion. The world has done little to bring peace between the Arabs and the Jews. The world has done little to draw an acceptable line between the two groups. The results are obvious and not new -- chaos, bombing, deaths, and threats.

Click on the link below to read more on this topic.

http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/14/news_brief_eu_shelves_recognizing_palestinian_state

Courtesy: Foreign Policy

Afghanistan In 2010: the images of a war-torn country

A brilliant slideshow on Afghanistan.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/13/afghanistan_2010_a_year_in_photos

Courtesy: Foreign Policy

America Lost A Diplomat But The World Lost A Human

Richard Holbrooke, a Statesman, a gentleman, a politician, an intellectual, passed away at the age of 69.  He is known for brokering the peace negotiation during   the Balkan crisis in 1995.  He was a hard-charging diplomat who never relented from a challange.  President Obama said, "He never stops. He never quits. Because he's always believed that if we stay focused, if we act on our mutual interests, that progress is possible. Wars can end. Peace can be forged" (Chandrasekaran, 2010).

Click on the links below to read more about Richard Holbrooke.

The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121305198.html

Foreign Policy:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/14/remembering_richard_holbrooke

Information Technology & Healthcare: people's lives at a crossroad

E-Health:
Is standardization possible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yae3p31drGo&feature=related

E-Health:
What's the future of IT in improving healthcare?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4OugnHdZ8&NR=1

Courtesy: YouTube

News On Technology

Technology + South America:
Investment and innovation of technology in South America
http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2010/11/24/innovation-in-south-america/
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001898/189823e.pdf

Technology + Nepal:
Investment and innovation of technology in Nepal
http://www.nitc.gov.np/
http://www.nast.org.np/

Cloud computing:
The U.S. Federal agencies adopt cloud computing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121006106.html

Social networking:
The power of internet and social networking reaches the marginalized
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR2010121203509.html