Bangladesh has carved its place among the world’s best destinations for IT outsourcing, largely thanks to its low cost, according to a study by a leading research and consulting firm. Bangladesh usually offers an attractive cost proposition for the investors, as its low salary level and low-cost of living are…

By James Clark – email LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – A man convicted in Lubbock of being an Illegal Alien In Possession of a Firearm must serve 16 months in prison.  Jesus Maria Ochoa, 33, who lists his address in Brownfield, was sentenced last week in Lubbock federal court.  Official records…

An integral part of that cellphone you can’t live without is neodymium, a rare earth mineral used in magnets for computers, audio speakers and those ubiquitous phones. Holmium, another mineral, has the greatest magnetic strength of any element and is used in medical and dental lasers. Truth is, an amazing…

He has never spent a day in a newsroom, attended a journalism school or penned a newspaper column, but has changed the way news is gathered and disseminated around the world, says S Kalyana Ramanathan It is hard to define Julian Assange, the 39-year-old computer geek-turned-whistle blower, who is now…