I take pride living in the Pacific Northwest. Living here in Portland, we are the most environmentally friendly city in the country. And the Portland metro area celebrates another win with a small city just across the Columbia River – Vancouver, WA. In this area of the country, we are trying everything we can to protect and help our Environment. And this past January, the City of Vancouver decided it was time to make a change at a local government level. The City...

Let me be the first to say that the state of Oregon kicks most pretty much every other 49 states butts. Now, it isn’t because I live here (well, kinda) but it probably has to do with the amazingness that comes from here and the rest of the Northwest. With the upcoming election to replace U.S. Rep. David Wu, who had to resign after a spicy sex scandal, voters will find it much easier this time around to cast their ballots. Oregon previously made it easier to vote being...

How would you feel if your internet usage habits were governed by an initiative led by China, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan? Yeah, positive words aren’t exactly floating to the top of our minds either. Nonetheless, it could become a possibility if a new proposal by the aforementioned countries submitted to the UN gets ratified. The gist of the proposal: “curbing the dissemination of information that incites terrorism, secession-ism, or extremism, or...

If you live in California, frequently commute via bike, and resort to yakin’ or texting it up as you move along be warned. California is coming for you — your phone specifically. Apparently the texting/phone ban while driving is doing so well, the state of California wants to pass along the law (and fines) to bicyclists. The first offense will cost you $20 with each subsequent offense dinging your bank account another $50. Considering the traffic that major...

If you had any doubts about RIM’s handling of the Middle East/security situation that has been ongoing the last few months, a recent interview between RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis and BBC isn’t going to do much to stem your worries. While the interview itself is much longer than the short ~ minute long clip, it does give us a good look at a legitimate, ongoing issue despite claims from Lazaridis and RIM stating otherwise. During the clip, the BBC journalist...

Remember those lucky Google employees we talked about a couple days back, regarding the company-wide pay raises and holiday bonuses? Well, Google is still planning on doling out the promised cash. The engineer who leaked the email from Eric Schmidt himself, isn’t so lucky. Apparently, this was a “confidential” confidential email. According to CNN’s David Goldman, a few hours after the Google pay raise/bonus story went viral, Google execs sent out...