'God has been vulgarised and overused'

Vartan Gregorian sits in his spacious office at the Carnegie Corporation of New York where as its president he oversees a great amount of money given out for philanthropic causes. It has not always......

India as a punching bag

You have to time it right to get the full impact. I happened to, purely by chance: for I showed up at 8 am and had to wait in the glass-encased security building for about half an hour before my......

A look into Intel's future

Since the creation of Moore's Law in 1965, people have been predicting its death. Even Gordon Moore, the law's creator, had to revise it a couple of times to make it work. The new wrinkle is that......

Best product designs: Asia rocks

For companies worldwide, design has become strategic, the very core of their efforts to differentiate what they make and do. But is design itself becoming a commodity? Consider this. What was once......

Shanghai rising!

Benjamin Wood swings his bulky frame over the saddle, straps on his helmet, and settles onto a vintage motorcycle with sidecar. The American architect kicks the engine into life with a single......

In Messi's hometown, hope builds ahead of World Cup final

IMAGE: Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi near the home where he was born, in Rosario, Argentina. Photograph: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters In Rosario, the......