Washington: With countries like India and China investing heavily in their education systems and in infrastructure, US President Barack Obama has warned that America is losing its competitive advantage and jobs to emerging nations.

You saw countries like China, India and Brazil investing heavily in their education systems and in infrastructure...And where we used to be ranked number one, for example, in the proportion of college graduates, we now rank number 12 President Barack Obama said at a public meeting in Iowa.

So slowly all the things that had made us the most productive country on earth were starting to slip away. And we were losing that competitive position he said.

Praising India, China and Brazil for aggressively educating their children than ever before, Obama said the US is facing tough competition from these developing nations and sooner or later they will...

NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul jumped at the chance to express his
love for New Orleans during his annual youth basketball camp on Tuesday.
Only the subject of his future with the Hornets gave him pause.
Paul said his meeting with Hornets general manager Dell Demps,
head coach Monty Williams and team president Hugh Weber on Monday
“went really well.” He added that he was “excited” by Williams’ approach to coaching.

Paul even went so far as to say he’s “never been able to envision”
continuing his NBA career anywhere but New Orleans, the city where
he became an NBA All-Star, the face of his franchise and one of the
most popular figures in the community.

And yet, when given the chance to say without reservation that
he did not want to be traded, Paul said now was not the time.

“There will be a time,” Paul said, trying to repeatedly to turn the
focus of his comments back to his work in the community and his camp at Tulane University.
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Neurons to inspire future computers




The way nerve cells communicate is being studied by the research teams.


The way neurons communicate could inspire the next generation of computers.


Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other.

Basing computers around neurons could lead to improvements in visual and audio processing on computers.

It might mean that computers learn to see or to hear in the future rather than just rely on sensors.

As well as building computers, the researchers are also helping to improve understanding of nerve cells and how they operate.




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NEW YORK (AP) -- Tesla Motors Inc. begins selling stock to the public on Tuesday. The sale's success depends on how much investors are willing to bet on a car company that has never made a profit, sells a single vehicle and expects to lose money until at least 2012.

As for the car, it's electric -- a kind of vehicle Americans have shown almost no appetite for -- and it's very pricey.

But the Palo Alto, Calif., startup believes Americans' taste in cars is changing. Most analysts agree with Tesla that the internal combustion engine will soon make room for greener forms of powering cars, such as electricity, as gas prices rise and environmental worries mount.

But Tesla faces bigger questions than just consumer taste. It has lost $290.2 million since it was founded in 2003 and has never had a profitable quarter. It doesn't expect the red ink to go away until it starts selling its next vehicle, a four-door electric sedan called the Model S, in large...

NELSPRUIT, South Africa, June 24 (Reuters) - Having qualified for two consecutive World Cups and put in a respectful performance at both, Australia are likely to go through a rebuilding process now as they set their sights on Brazil 2014.

Their 2-1 defeat of Serbia on Wednesday restored some pride but was not enough to send them through to the last 16 of the tournament.

They finished level on points with second-placed Ghana in Group D but lost out to the Africans on goal difference.

The Aussies will be disappointed to have fared worse here than at Germany 2006, when they made the knockout stages and lost narrowly to eventual champions Italy.

Ultimately, they will surely look back on their opening 4-0 defeat at the hands of Germany as their undoing. It was that result that wrecked their goal difference and they were always playing catch-up in the group after that.

They were also left to rue the two red cards they received in their opening two matches.
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Jose Mourinho has denied claims he has already agreed to take over at Real Madrid, but confirmed he will 'think about his future' next week.
Inter Milan coach Mourinho is currently preparing for Saturday's Champions League final but speculation is growing that he is set for a move to Real this summer.
Mourinho says he cares deeply for the fans of Inter and appreciates everything the club has done for him in his two years at the San Siro.
However, the millions of euros he earns and all of the titles he has won cannot take a way the resentment he feels towards some in Italy who have, according to the Portuguese coach, shown him a lack of respect.
For that reason, Mourinho admits he could end up walking away from the Nerazzurri, even if he engineers a win over Bayern Munich at Real's Bernabeu home this weekend.
It's not a problem of contract or money and that makes me slightly embarrassed because of what I...

2001 .NET system goes online, human decisions are removed from the office environment.

2001 2:14am, August 29th, .NET become self-aware, corporations try to pull the plug but it's too late, .NET strikes back.

2002 Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows released.

2004 Supreme Court rules to break up Microsoft.

2005 President Gates disbands Supreme Court, orders break up of Sun Microsystems, IBM and Oracle.

2006 Windows 2004 released.

2007 Microsoft purchases Napster-Disney-Cisco-Coke-Ford-Avis to compete with Oracle-AOL-3Com-Pepsi-GM-Hertz and GE.

2008 Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 84 released.

2009 Gates' second term as President begins.

2010 Microsoft Office surpasses the 18 Terabyte mark.

2012 Windows 2010 Service Pack 1 released.

2013 Windows 2010 released.

2015 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 6.0 for Apple Macintosh.
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