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France Needs to Upgrade All Nuclear Reactors

By Muriel Boselli PARIS (Reuters) - France needs to upgrade the protection of vital functions in all its nuclear reactors to avoid a disaster in the event of a natural calamity, the head of its nuclear safety agency said, adding there was no need to close any plants.

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Creating Super-Speedy Start-ups

Entrepreneurs share how they launched their businesses in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend. We've heard it before: You have a great idea, but you just don't have the time to build it into a sustainable company. Startup Weekend proves that notion false

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Catching tokamak fastballs: Controlling runaway electrons

a leading design concept for producing nuclear fusion energy—can, under certain rare fault conditions, produce beams of very energetic "runaway" electrons that have the potential to damage interior surfaces of the device. In the event of such a fault, a tokamak-based nuclear fusion power plant will have to employ protection systems to prevent any damage.

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How to "Sell" a User Conference

What's one way to get people to pay to see you demo your product? Host a user conference. Recently Salesforce.com hosted their 9th annual Dreamforce event.

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Harness the Power of Celebrity

As Meg Whitman joins Zaarly, an e-commerce start-up, the company's CEO offers advice on finding your company's next advisor, and why you might want to consider a boldfaced name. Bo Fishback believes that Zaarly , the e-commerce start-up he co-founded six months ago, can change the world. But he knows he will need help building it

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Mini-Marketing Strategies

Go big or go home? Forget that. These strategies for increasing your brand influence take hardly any time, and very little money.

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Behold the Future of TV

In 24 hours, 80 developers needed to create the most innovative video prototypes possible. Here's a look at the hackathon's clear winners. It's Hour 27 of Hackday.tv , a two-day contest organized by Shelby.tv to develop a new wave of video and TV technology, yet the contestants remain calm, chipper, and awake

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Stroud, Els and Ogilvy make late push in playoffs

NORTON, Mass. (AP) - Monday at the Deutsche Bank Championship was filled with pressure shots and plenty of nervous moments, typical of any PGA Tour event that goes to a playoff. And that was before Webb Simpson beat Chez Reavie on the second extra hole.

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Hacking The Big Apple

When is a city like a startup? Last weekend, the City of New York hosted a hackathon to re-envision its website, NYC.gov. Here's what geeks from Manhattan, NY, to Manhattan, Kansas, had to say about how a gov site should serve its citizens

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Kirk gets first PGA Tour victory at Viking Classic

Chris Kirk won his first PGA Tour event with a one-stroke victory in the Viking Classic, shooting a 4-under 68 to beat Tom Pernice Jr. and George McNeill by one stroke

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Travelers sets up well for 1st-time wins

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) - Bubba Watson won his first PGA Tour title last year in the Travelers Championship, becoming the third player in five seasons to break through at the event.

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Networking on High in Aspen

Wardrobe dilemma: How does one dress for the swanky, Havana-themed Publisher's Party at the Top of Mt. Aspen while still keeping warm?

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Master Paintings Week

London is home to the largest number of Old Master paintings dealers in the world, and the city celebrates its abundance with Master Paintings Week taking place July 1–8. Almost two dozen galleries, many British-based, some not, will participate in this third edition of the event.

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