As I type these words, it is July 4— a day filled with bunting, parades, hot dogs, and political candidates slyly impugning one another’s patriotism. It is also a day to contemplate what this country ...

The August 2008 update for DirectX 9 and 10 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center in the following localized languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, ...

On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles ...

During their August 2008 conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, both Russia and Georgia used cluster munitions, a weapon that the international community was in the process of banning.

On August 8, as world leaders gathered in Beijing to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Russian tanks rolled across the border into Georgia. The night before, Georgian forces had ...

Residents along the Gulf of Mexico are preparing to get hit with another strong storm for the second time in less than a month. And Tropical Storm Edouard is threatening to pick up strength. At midday ...

Anders Aslund lets us know that we can ignore the rest of his argument for expelling Russia from the G-8 when he includes this bit of nonsense: After all, the last time Putin went to a NATO summit — ...

August has begun, which makes historians, and other people with nothing better to do, think of Augustus Caesar. He was the first Roman emperor, and had the month named after him. It was formerly ...

The rise of e-commerce continues to disrupt logistics and supply chain operations, driving the need for faster, more efficient delivery models. As consumer demands evolve, traditional freight methods ...

When it was announced, in late 2003, that touch guitarist Trey Gunn was leaving perennial art rockers King Crimson, to be replaced by returning bassist/stickman Tony Levin—a member of the group during ...