After revolutionizing the way we search on the web, the way we look at places, how we read books and so much more, Google seems to be set to reach further for the stars

Thanks to the internet opening and running a home business is easier than ever. Having the ability to advertise your business on the net is a great way to attract new customers, and in running a website is the perfect way to give your customers a virtual tour of what your business provides them.

Two new companies have formed in Austin, Texas with the intent of changing the way that new authors approach publishing. Reader Views founded and led by Irene Watson, provides independent book review services to authors and publishers.

Seven years after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez first took office, with many of his staunchest supporters - known as "Chavistas" - wondering when they will start seeing more improvements in their daily lives, the time may come when Venezuelans ask for Chavez to make the "revolution" he has proclaimed reality, rather than simply ramp up the rhetoric against the U.S.

Since 1995, private school attendance has increased 61 percent among elementary school pupils. "There`s a breakthrough in mentality. People are not seeing education as a state prerogative anymore," says Lothar Ungerer, the mayor of a town of 20,000 in the former East Germany, which replaced a public high school with a private one this year.

Proudly held French ideals of citizenship have been shaken by the riots. French politicians may not find it easy to acknowledge how far the country has fallen short of its integration goals, some immigration experts predict. Paris remained relatively quiet over the weekend, with authorities implementing a state-of-emergency ban on meetings.

Just one day after the last ballot was cast in Azerbaijan`s parliamentary elections, opposition parties were calling the vote invalid and threatening massive street rallies to force a replay of the vote. Ali Kerimli, a leading opposition candidate, Monday cited violations observed from 113 of the 125 districts during the vote.

China Youth Daily has backed off from a plan to tie journalists` bonuses to praise from party officials.A rare protest by Chinese journalists at a leading national newspaper offers a window into the intensifying severity of information control in China and the sometimes sophisticated resistance to it by Chinese journalists.

San Diego-based brand design studio Fuelhaus believes that business is beginning to understand the benefits of brand equity on the bottom line, even though they are trying to capitalize on a "secret" of business that has been known for years.

Shaders for Game Programmers and Artists, a first of its kind, is now available in online and stores worldwide. Many of the most anticipated games such as Doom 3 (ID Software), HALO 2 (Bungie) and Half-Life 2 (Valve), take advantage of new programmable Shader technology to create the most breathtaking computer graphics. This new books takes a head-on approach programmable shaders, allowing both developers and technically minded artists to take advantage of this new revolution.