The domain google.com was registered on September 15, 1997. Originally the company used a Stanford website with the domain google.stanford.edu. Google, Inc. was formally incorporated on Sept. 7, 1998, at a friend’s garage in Menlo Park, CA. See some interviews about Google as the company turns 10….
Innovative and painstakingly thorough novelist and nonfiction writer David Foster Wallace died this weekend at age 46. He in recent years had continued to publish but also was a professor at Pomona College in Southern California. You can watch a few interviews Wallace did with Charlie Rose more than 10 years ago…read more.
Charlie Rose discusses the U.S. government’s takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO; Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris, both of The New York Times; and Nouriel Roubini of New York University.
In 2007, Sandler showed his serious acting side in the post-9/11 drama “Reign Over Me.” Watch a conversation about the film, which examines 9/11’s post-traumatic stress and grief from a fictional standpoint, with director Mike Binder, stars Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle, and host Charlie Rose.
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
The online auction company eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar, A French software developer, on September 3, 1995, as a a place where his girlfriend could buy and sell Pez dispensers. Watch some interviews about eBay’s practices, growth, and future…
Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, a Republican who has been in office for 2 years, has been tapped to run as VP with presidential candidate John McCain. Palin’s platforms in Alaska have centered on government reform and routing out corruption within her own party. Read more…
A roundup of video from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week that you can also watch in toto online. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Watch a conversation in Tehran with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Originally aired 8/22/2008. (See complete schedule).
As speculation stirs over the presidential candidates’ VP short-list, here’s more info about McCain’s potential VP picks as the Republican National Convention nears, including interviews with Tavis Smiley and …
