Tropical Storm Irene roared into life this evening, transitioning from a tropical wave to a 50 mph tropical storm in just a few short hours. An Air Force hurricane hunter aircraft in the storm was finishing up its mission when it suddenly came across a region with...
At least that's what it looks like, since they no longer want to make hardware and spent 10 Billion USD of their 12 Billion war chest on Autonomy, the UK's second biggest software firm, which specialises in (and I quote)
It used to be that plutocrats felt they were part of the society in which they lived, or at least felt the need to act as if they were part of that society. Thus, when they decided to give away...
