General news

Outsourcing in Local Time

Tired of all-night conference calls and even longer flights, a growing number of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs--and their customers--are turning to Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru to meet their software outsourcing needs.
Media

Firm to Expand Captive Audience

Startup Ripple, which sells ad space on flat panel TVs placed in retail outlets, grabs $10 million in funds.
General news, Communications

iPhone Hype? Not in S.F.

Bay Area response to Apple smartphone is tepid so far.

Stem Cell Bill Approved. Veto, Anyone?

The Senate voted on the new embryonic stem cell bill today, which would lift restrictions on federa...

Bush Plans to Veto a New Stem Cell Bill. Is Anyone Surprised?

Another month, another bill for stem cells—those pesky liberals just don’t know when to quit in the...

Heart Disease Hope is Dashed for AtheroGenics

Big news in pharma today: a drug that was hoped to ruffle the feathers of companies like Pfizer, wh...

Btw, Dolly was not exactly camera shy...

A side note: I asked Ian Wilmut what Dolly the sheep was like, since his latest book made it sound ...

Meeting with Ian Wilmut of Dolly the sheep fame

I met for lunch today with Ian Wilmut, the man behind the team that cloned Dolly the sheep. He was ...

Merck, Pfizer: Two AIDS Drugs Near FDA Nod

The title given to this week’s gathering of AIDS scientists and medical experts—the 14th Conference...

Trans Fat Ban in NYC

Ah, New York City…the Big Apple…the city that never sleeps. Home of the gluttonous Gray’s Papaya hot dogs sold on every corner, the fluffy Magnolia’s cupcakes for which lovers of sweets will line up around the block, and of Katz’s Delicatessen, the mecca of enormous artery clogging pastrami sandwiches. Ah, New York, home of…a trans fat ban?!

Yes, it’s true: The Board of Health of New York City—one of the world’s greatest food cities—passed a unan...