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A Tibetan advocacy group recently held the world's first video press conference via Google+ Hangouts. While the goal might have been to get attention from techies and journalists, it also gave us a glimpse into the future of video conferencing. A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+ -powered video press conference this past Friday.

We're all human, you know? That's roughly the trick that the hackers most likely relied on when, earlier this year, they managed to steal over 24,000 files from a defense contractor

Photographs by Adam Dean and Susetta Bozzi China is reclaiming its place as the world's megabazaar, with the city of Yiwu as its one-stop shop for traders from the Muslim world. THE megamall is bustling with shoppers at noon when two Pakistani men -- dark-skinned with black beards, wearing white skullcaps and the traditional salwar kameez of the subcontinent -- drop their bags near a third-floor sporting-goods shop. They remove their leather sandals, place their safari vests on the floor, and prostrate themselves toward Mecca, thousands of miles away

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D.

In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect we look at how mining the key ingredient in electric cars could end up enriching potential enemies of America, and force another round of innovation to build an even newer kind of battery. 1. Revenge Of The Electric Car One day in late 2005, after losing yet another bruising political battle to the bean counters inside General Motors, then-vice chairman “Maximum” Bob Lutz heard of a startup called Tesla Motors intending to bring an all-electric sports car to market.

Google+ has a privacy hole, Specific Media has big plans for MySpace, Timberlake (including his own office!).

Turn up the heat with these ultra-functional tools. #wrapper .p { float:left; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, serif; height:222px; margin-right:23px; margin-top:10px; width:180px; } #wrapper p { line-height:15px !important; font-size:14px !important; } #wrapper p strong { font-family:arial, helvitica; } #wrapper { } OUTFITTING a kitchen used to be a simple task--pots, pans, and a handful of standard implements were the norm (unless you responded to infomercials). Now, as design continues to infiltrate every corner of our lives, companies are rethinking the form and function of cooking tools, leaving consumers with an expanding range of products to tackle a kitchen's many obstacles

The Indian government has put Chinese mobile giant Huawei in charge of inspecting imported smartphone equipment for secret spyware. But who's spying on whom? The Indian government is teaming up with Chinese tech giant Huawei to search imported smartphones and communications devices for signs of malware and spyware.

Foursquare raises $50 million, Skype's "evil" investors, the Chinese Twitter, ROI on social media and more. Foursquare takes the 'check.' Just a few days after Foursquare announced its partnership with American Express, The New York Times is reporting that they've raised another $50 million in funding. A shady move by Skype investors?

This week Apple's COO and acting CEO Tim Cook was apparently spotted sauntering into the Beijing offices of China Mobile , the world's largest cellphone network, with 611 million subscribers (that's almost twice the number of people living in the U.S. ). As a result, analyst Brian White at Ticondera Securities suggested that Apple's poised to launch an iPhone whose price would appeal to the average Chinese smartphone user

Instead of the usual chips, soda, and other processed food, Chinese gourmands can now have a live crab dispensed to them at the mall or airport.

In this installment of the Butterfly Effect, climate change is creating incredible economic opportunity in the Arctic, leading to saber rattling from Canada and Russia.

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D.

Editor's Note: MSU China Paleontology Expedition is a project led by Frankie D. Jackson and David J

As much as I love all kind of cuisines, I'm not all that familiar with Singaporean food—I had nasi goreng and hainanese chicken for the first time just last year. But now I'm officially obsessed: A mouthwatering combination of Malaysian, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian and British traditions, its flavors are bright, complex, and unlike anything else