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22/06/09

Wow, it's gaining the headlines...

clipped from www.nytimes.com
The New York Times

Monday, June 22, 2009 Last Update: 7:22 AM ET






Nadia Ries Shen, left, using an iPhone at DMD, a marketing company in New York, while Amanda Huber works nearby.

Jessica Ebelhar/The New York Times



At Meetings, It’s BlackBerry vs. Manners




As Web-enabled smartphones have become standard, the etiquette of using them during meetings is up for debate.




Sta diventando davvero una questione importante se pure il New York Times....

08/06/09

Smart grid - a returning buzz

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com

‘Smart grid’ — buzz of the power industry

Nation's electric grid poised to move into the digital age

Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet.

More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation's electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, is poised to move into the digital age.

The "smart grid" has become the buzz of the electric power industry, at the White House and among members of Congress. President Barack Obama says it's essential to boost development of wind and solar power, get people to use less energy and to tackle climate change.

Idee chiare...

clipped from www.nytimes.com

In Italy, Questions Are From Enemies, and That’s That

The real issue here is that Italy is not a meritocracy. It is a highly evolved feudal society in which everyone is seen as — and inevitably is — the product of a system, or a patron.

Today, there is no ideology and no network; there is only Mr. Berlusconi, and you are either with him or against him. Compared to the old order, Mr. Berlusconi’s political class is seen as a modernizing force. Mr. Berlusconi’s rivals accuse him of being on the wrong side of the law, and he in turn accuses them of being on the wrong side of history. Those two things shouldn’t cancel each other out, but often do.

Non si può dire che questa cronista non si sia fatta delle idee chiare su di noi...