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The price of food is on the rise all over the world .In US markets, the price of a bushel of wheat has gone over $10 for the first time. Soybeans are at a 34-year high. And corn is hitting new highs with every passing week. According to Simon Johnson, chief economist at the IMF, there are three factors responsible for the spike in prices. First, increased demand from emerging economies like India and China, where consumers are demanding more calories in their diet. Second, weather. Droughts have had an impact in some parts of the world. But third is the contentious relationship between food and fuel. Corn prices, according to the IMF, have doubled over the past two years. And in significant part, that is due to demand for the biofuel , ethanol, and the way in which ethanol policy is made in the United States. Hopes are running high that the second generation of biofuels may one day wean us off our reliance on petroleum, but until we're burning switch grass and wood waste, the dre...

A Canadian man has been shocked to receive a mobile phone bill for nearly $85,000.Piotr Staniaszek thought he could use his new phone as a modem for his computer under his $10 unlimited mobile browser plan from Bell Mobility. He downloaded high-definition movies and other large files unaware that this incurred massive extra charges. The trouble stems from the new phone he received when he renewed his mobile phone contract. The new model allows him to connect with his computer and download data Bell Mobility has since lowered the bill to $3,243, but Mr Staniaszek says he intends to fight the charges anyway and rightly so.Bell Mobility should have cut him off the moment he reached his limit on the bytes. The 22-year-old oil-field worker from Calgary said he thought a first bill for $65,000 in November was a mistake. When he spoke to Bell Mobility he was informed the bill had climbed to nearly $85,000 after more downloading. He said he normally paid about $150 a month for his phone and...

Released in April 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable computer - it closes-up for protection, and has a carrying handle. It even has an optional battery pack, so it doesn't have to plugged into the 110VAC outlet for power. While quite revolutionary, the Osborne does have its limitations. For example, the screen is only 5" (diagonal) in size, and can't display more than 52 characters per line of text. To compensate, you can actually scroll the screen display back and forth with the cursor keys to show lines of text up to 128 characters wide The two pockets beneath the floppy drives work great for floppy disk storage, although the Osborne modem also fits perfectly in the the left pocket and plugs into the front-mounted "modem" port. Osborne 1 Introduced: April 1981 Price: US $1,795 Weight: 24.5 pounds CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4.0 MHz RAM: 64K RAM Display: built-in 5" monitor 53 X 24 text Ports: parallel ...