Sony still top brand in U.S.

Sony ranked as the top brand for U.S. consumers for the seventy year in a row despite increasing competition, a new survey shows.

Harris Poll's 'best brand' survey shows Sony holding its lead over number two Dell and Coca-Cola at the third spot.

Toyota climbed rapidly from the 10th spot last year to the fourth position. in this year's poll.

Sony has been struggling with competition from Apple after the release fo the latter's popular iPod device.


Sony headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. AFP/File/Yoshikatsu Tsuno photo via Yahoo News.

Mumbai commuter bombings kill 131

Seven bombs ripped through Mumbai's (Bombay) commuter rail system during rush our Tuesday night, killing 131 and wounding more than 300.

The bombings came in quick succession, an apparent coordinated attack in India's economic and cultural capital.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh placed major cities on high alert and called an emergency Cabinet meeting to address the attacks.

Mumbai's bombings came hours after a series of grenade attacks that killed eight people in the disputed region of Kashmir. However, there were no reports of any group claiming responsibility for the train explosions.


AP photo via Yahoo News.

Nuclear waste to pose challenge in Asia

Asian countries like China and India are looking to nuclear power to sustain skyrocketing growth.

However an interesting article looks at how South Korea is already facing challenges dealing with nuclear waste from its own reactors.


A worker checks for radioactivity of drums containing nuclear waste at Yonggwang Nuclear Power Plant in Yonggwang, South Korea, Thursday, April 20, 2006. AP /Lee Jin-man photo via Yahoo News.

With 20 nuclear power plants, South Korea is spending nearly US$320 million to subsidize a temporary dump site in the historic town of Gyeongju, the cradle of Koraen civilization.

Dumping of nuclear waster is a worldwide problem as countries struggle to find permanent sites to store material that won't be safe for hundreds of thousands of years.