The Home Derives All Energy from Wind, Sun and Organic Waste.
This model of sustainability is not only eco-friendly, it’s economical as well! Costa Rica’s first fully self-sufficient home, which was opened to the public on Jan. 13, 2009 at the INBiopark in Santo Domingo de Heredia, has already received over 4,000 visitors. The home is [...]

Filed under: Technology on February 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

Business locales in San Jose may soon benefit from a city-enabled WiFi service.
From small coffee shops to upscale restaurants, San Jose’s store owners know just how important it is to provide their increasing number of mobile customers with the digital services that they love so much. Indeed, many local San José businesses already proudly display [...]

Filed under: Technology on June 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

With the increasing worldwide popularity of websites like YouTube and Facebook, both driven by user content, web savvy companies continue to find new ways to incorporate sales and marketing into the ever changing online canvas. Here in Costa Rica that is no exception. The luxury travel agency Costa Rican Vacations just recently released a promotional [...]

Filed under: Technology on June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »

Free Software Festival to Fight Piracy and Teach Public About Open Source Alternatives.
This Saturday, April 26th the Latin American Free Software Festival (FLISoL in Spanish) will be in full swing and everyone is invited to attend and receive free software for their computers. In this case “free” means exactly what we all know it to [...]

Filed under: Technology on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

A 5-day Aeronautics Conference will continue today after a successful start yesterday where industry specialists from throughout Latin America and Spain united to share and learn about new technological advances through a series of lectures and presentations. The goal of the conference is to improve equipment design and air services throughout the region.

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Filed under: Technology on November 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

I just installed two new photo features on the site. One that dynamically loads images with AJAX, the second is a thumbnail list of recent posts. Give it a try, click on this image!

As well, post ratings have been added to the site, so all users can vote on their favorite news stories. If would [...]

Filed under: Technology on November 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »

Say goodbye to civil liberties and privacy rights, Costa Rica has decided to embrace Big Brother and install a series of survaillence cameras throughout the country. From the porous borders to the dark and shady streets of San Jose President Oscar Arias has decided that the ever growing crime wave can only be reduced by [...]

Filed under: Technology on October 31st, 2007 | No Comments »