Update About Swine Flu

So far, over 2000 people have been infected by the Swine Flu virus, most of which were in North America (mainly Mexico, followed by the United States). It is hard to say, due to the flow of different and often contradicting information, but most likely 149 people have died, as of April 28, morning. Now the question is if more people are actually infected than the reported numbers. It could be very likely that even up to a few million people are currently infected, but only the most critical...

Swine Flu Spreads panic over the Internet

The recent spreading of the deadly Swine Flu has started a wave of panic in the media. The Internet isn't different in that matter. In fact the Swine Flu is currently the top trending topic on the micro-blogging service Twitter. It is also one of the most searched keyword on search engines such as Google and Yahoo. For example “Swine Flu Ohio” is the 27th most popular search keyword on Google. As for the blogosphere, the keyword "Swine Flu" has been indexed on almost 2800 blogs all over the...

The Most Corrupt Countries

During the year 2008 corruption has increased in a lot of countries. The most corrupt countries (Chad and Kyrgyzstan) happen to be poor countries, but that doesn't mean that the rich countries aren't corrupt. Even Canada and Japan happen to be below the G7 standards on that matter. Read more: The Most Corrupt...