Domains | Will Wright: SimCity Living
Will Wright, designer of video games, including Spore and the best-selling PC game series ever, The Sims, lives in a 5,000-square-foot, two-story contemporary home in the Oakland Hills.
Green news harvest: Tracking Congress' signals
Here's a sampling of green-tech news, with quick commentary.
Waxman Defeats Dingell in Race for House Energy Committee Chair - The Washington PostCalifornia Rep. Henry Waxman's win is potentially significant change for clean-energy legislation, ...
Google crunches numbers on clean-energy policy
In just over 20 years, the U.S. could wean itself from coal and oil for electricity generation and nearly halve its gasoline consumption, according to an analysis done by energy experts at Google.
The search giant's Google.org philanthropy on Thu...
Gaza groups want calm with Israel: Hamas leader
Palestinian armed groups in Gaza remain committed to a truce with Israel if the Jewish state reciprocates, Hamas's Gaza leader said on Friday, even as militants launched more attacks from the coastal territory.
Pakistan army practices shooting drone aircraft
Pakistani soldiers practiced shooting at pilotless "drone" aircraft Friday, the military said a day after the government lodged a protest with the U.S. ambassador over drone missile strikes in Pakistani territory.
IAEA hardens fear of covert Syria atom site: U.S.
The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on it to come clean.
"Cursed" Congo still shocks and fascinates
Reports of massacres, rapes, looting and child soldiers have put Democratic Republic of Congo back on the world news agenda this month as Tutsi rebels battled government troops and militias in the east.
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow.
Thousands protest in Iraq against U.S. troops pact
Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein.
Islamists on trail of Somali pirates
Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.
Boston-Power readies long-lasting laptop batteries
Upstart Boston-Power is within months of having its long-lasting batteries shipped in notebook PCs, as it eyes expansion into portable power packs and electric cars.
The three-year-old company says its Sonata batteries are able to recharge to 80...
Somali police kill 17 Islamist rebels
Somali police ambushed and shot dead 17 fighters from the militant al Shabaab insurgent movement on Friday during an attempted attack on a senior official in Mogadishu, a police spokesman said.
Extra harsh winter threatens China quake victims
An usually harsh winter is expected in the mountains of Sichuan, where millions of quake victims live in temporary housing that gives little protection against cold, rain and snow, provincial officials said on Friday.