Category Archives: Science

Chinese science group offers to sell 29 percent of PC maker …

A Chinese science group is offering to sell part of its controlling stake in the parent of Lenovo Group, the world’s fourth-largest personal computer maker, but with restrictions imposed on what can be done with the shares.

Health Care's Oil Problem – Idea of the Day Blog – NYTimes.com

Monday | Today’s idea: Health care faces a threat from oil — and not just the deep-frying variety. Medicine’s dependence on fossil fuels and inevitable higher oil prices will give the American health system a shock, an article says: …

Interview: Bringing Windows games to Linux – Technology, iPhone …

On the back of the dotcom boom, Michael Simms ploughed £350000 of his own money into a games company with the intention of bringing some of the most playable Windows titles to Linux. Almost 10 years later, Linux Game Publishing, …

Featurette – The Science Behind 'Surrogates'

Watch a featurette on the science behind Surrogates. Surrogates, based on the Top Shelf Comix graphic novel by Robert Venditti, tells the story of a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and only interact in the real world …