Canada's Canwest enters bankruptcy protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. entered bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after reaching a deal to restructure its debt with lenders.

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Canada's Canwest to seek court protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. said Tuesday it will file for bankruptcy protection under a deal with a key group of lenders as Canada's biggest media company seeks court approval to restructure its debt after months of negotiations.

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Facebook agrees with Canada on privacy controls

TORONTO — Facebook agreed Thursday to give users more control over the information they share with outside applications like games and quizzes in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials.

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Boston gears up for biggest bike-sharing program

BOSTON — The city is entering talks with a Montreal-based company to create what would be the nation's largest urban bike-sharing system.

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Watchdog: Facebook violates Canadian privacy law

TORONTO — Canada's privacy commissioner accused Facebook on Thursday of breaching Canadian law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts.

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When a free Web service called WolframAlpha launches in the coming days, the general public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders buzzing because of its oracle-like ability to spit out answers and make calculations. Which has a bigger gross domestic product, Spain or Canada? What was New York City's population in 1900? When did the sun rise in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 1973? How far is the moon right now? If I eat an apple and an orange, how much protein would I get?

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TORONTO - A 34-year-old international relations student and part-time tech geek Meet at Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies tried everything to track down a piece of malicious software that had infected computers around the world, including those in the offices of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

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I am not joking. The beautiful shooting star that you saw and probably wished for something might just be a pile of shit of astronauts burning up in the upper atmosphere. Check the first video for an unintentionally funny presentation on design of space toilet and the second for an actual demonstration.
Hat tip: Wired Blog

DCA has generated quite an interest in patients with Cancer, many even contemplating self-treatment for cure. The key points we know about DCA so far are:

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India is the ideal place to conduct human trial for the effectiveness of DCA ( dichloroacetate ) as anti-cancer drug. The government regulations for human trial aren't as stringest as USA, there are funds available for such studies and frankly you don't need much. DCA is out of patent protection and is known to be relatively harmless on humans as it has been used in Phase 1 & 2 human trials in treatment of rare metabolic disorders. It also doesn't affect normal cells. It will also be relatively easy to get volunteers in India

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