economics
Buy Now, Pay Later (Maybe With Your Allowance)
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
BUSINESSES don’t let 13-year-olds pay for purchases with a promise. At least they didn’t before last week.
A new payment option for anyone without a credit card or a debit card, no matter how young, has just become available. It’s initially offered by FooPets and Puzzle Pirates, online game companies that [...]
Better sewage treatment is the latest thing in clean energy
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Image via Wikipedia
The seat of power
WHERE there’s muck, there’s brass—or so the old saying has it. The cynical may suggest this refers to the question of who gets what, but thoughtful readers may be forgiven for wondering, while they are recovering from the excesses of Christmas in the smallest room in the house, what exactly [...]
More TV Shows Offering Reasons To Buy; Castle’s Successful Character-Written Novel
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
TechDirt is one of those great thoughtful blogs commenting on the ongoing cyberwars over copyright, intellectual property rights, trademark issues etc. This is the online coverage version of “The Great War” for an open and creative internet., Mike Masnick does a fine job of keeping up with the skirmishes and battles being fought [...]
Benn unveils plan to boost UK food and ‘grow your own’
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Plans to boost food production in Britain and reduce its impact on the environment have been unveiled.
The government’s 20-year food strategy includes making land available for people to grow their own food and more healthy cooking courses.
Minister Hilary Benn said shoppers had led the push for free-range eggs and could do the same [...]
Making Payments Via Cell Phones
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Image by johnmuk via Flickr
The announcement on 16 December by the board of the UK Payments Council that cheques are to be phased out by 2018 has heightened the need for secure replacement payment systems.
New security technology developed at Oxford University by Professor Bill Roscoe and his team that allows people to make payments via [...]
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