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Letter from China: The Chinese View of SOPA : The New Yorker

2012-01-20T08:37:00.000-05:00

Letter from China: The Chinese View of SOPA : The New Yorker:

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WSVN Still Fighting with DirectTV, but Subscribers Will Get to See American Idol and NFL - Miami News - Riptide 2.0

2012-01-19T22:27:00.000-05:00

WSVN Still Fighting with DirectTV, but Subscribers Will Get to See American Idol and NFL - Miami News - Riptide 2.0: "If you're a DirectTV subscriber in South Florida you haven't been able to see Fox since last weekend. That's because Sunbeam Television Corp., the owners of Fox affiliate WSVN, are locked in a battle with DirectTV over the amount of money the satellite provider pays the station. That means you may have missed some of the NFL playoffs and last night's American Idol premier.
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End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google

2012-01-18T10:00:00.000-05:00

End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google:

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Featured Scholarships - Fastweb

2012-01-04T22:38:00.000-05:00

Featured Scholarships - Fastweb:

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Fastweb : Scholarships, Financial Aid, Student Loans and Colleges

2012-01-04T22:29:00.000-05:00

Fastweb : Scholarships, Financial Aid, Student Loans and Colleges:

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The real force behind the consumerization of IT | Consumerization it - InfoWorld

2011-12-30T12:52:00.000-05:00

The real force behind the consumerization of IT | Consumerization it - InfoWorld:

A recent IDC study shows that although 40 percent of IT decision makers say they let employees access corporate information from employee-owned devices, 70 percent of employees say they access corporate data that way. That means in many organizations IT has no real handle on what is actually happening in the systems it is managing.

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Once a Safe Haven, Hackers Set Sights on Mobile Phones | Fox Business

2011-12-30T12:18:00.000-05:00

Once a Safe Haven, Hackers Set Sights on Mobile Phones | Fox Business: "The emergence of mobile payments, which allows shoppers simply to swipe their phones at a cash register, is whetting the interest of hackers and data thieves.

"Mobile security has become a major concern since smartphone transactions are now of much higher value, including corporate data access, managing personal finances and online purchases," said Steven Nathasingh, chief of U.S. research firm Vaxa Inc."

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Does Herman Cain really have a chance? - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

2011-10-18T14:42:00.000-04:00

Does Herman Cain really have a chance? - Political Hotsheet - CBS News: "Polls suggest that Herman Cain is one of the front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination. So why is it that most political insiders privately dismiss his chances?

The one-word answer: Money."

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Solar power plants come online in southern NM - BusinessWeek

2011-09-24T11:03:00.000-04:00

Solar power plants come online in southern NM - BusinessWeek: "Xcel Energy, SunEdison and state and local officials gathered at one of the plants near Carlsbad on Thursday to celebrate the activation.

Officials say two more plants planned for the region are expected to be fully operational by the end of this year."

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Verizon CEO: Windows Phone To Beat BlackBerry - - Mobile OS - Informationweek

2011-09-24T11:02:00.000-04:00

Verizon CEO: Windows Phone To Beat BlackBerry - - Mobile OS - Informationweek: ""The carriers are beginning to coalesce around the need for a third ecosystem," said McAdam at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Wednesday, reported FierceWireless. "Over the next 12 months I think it will coalesce and you will start to see one emerge as a legitimate third ecosystem." McAdam implied that the third ecosystem will likely be Windows Phone 7, and not BlackBerry.
There's no doubt that RIM is in trouble. It has misfired completely with the PlayBook tablet, and its latest batch of BlackBerry smartphones--while capable little business machines--are not the revolutionary type of product that most users want."

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UBS Chief Grübel Resigns - WSJ.com

2011-09-24T10:56:00.001-04:00

UBS Chief Grübel Resigns - WSJ.com:

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Putin to return as Russia's president | Reuters

2011-09-24T10:56:00.000-04:00

Putin to return as Russia's president | Reuters:

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The real reason Google bought Motorola • The Register

2011-09-01T08:52:00.000-04:00

The real reason Google bought Motorola • The Register:

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Firm building Miami tunnel seeks more money months before starting to drill - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

2011-07-08T09:37:00.000-04:00

Firm building Miami tunnel seeks more money months before starting to drill - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

Duped by natural gas? | StarTribune.com

2011-07-01T15:23:00.000-04:00

Duped by natural gas? | StarTribune.com: "WASHINGTON - Federal lawmakers called Tuesday on several agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Energy Information Administration and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to investigate whether the natural gas industry has provided an accurate picture to investors of the long-term profitability of their wells and the amount of gas these wells can produce.

'Given the rapid growth of the shale gas industry and its growing importance for our country's energy portfolio, I urge the SEC to quickly investigate whether investors have been intentionally misled,' wrote Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., in one of three letters sent to the commission by four federal lawmakers, all Democrats."

Venezuelan Dollar Bonds Rally After Chavez Says He’s Fighting Cancer - Bloomberg

2011-07-01T10:49:00.000-04:00

Venezuelan Dollar Bonds Rally After Chavez Says He’s Fighting Cancer - Bloomberg: "Venezuelan bonds rallied on speculation Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez may not seek another term after he said he is being treated for cancer in Cuba, sparking speculation a new government may reverse policies that made the country’s debt the riskiest in emerging-markets.
The yield on Venezuela’s benchmark dollar bonds due in 2027 fell 49 basis points, or 0.49 percentage point, to 12.52 percent at 9:25 a.m. in New York, according to Bloomberg pricing. The price on the bonds rose 2.68 cents to 77.23 cents on the dollar."

Can Detroit regain its throne as the Motor City with electric vehicles? Industry experts think so | MLive.com

2011-06-29T22:34:00.000-04:00

Can Detroit regain its throne as the Motor City with electric vehicles? Industry experts think so | MLive.com

Obama Adviser Outlines Plans to Defeat Al Qaeda - NYTimes.com

2011-06-29T22:33:00.000-04:00

Obama Adviser Outlines Plans to Defeat Al Qaeda - NYTimes.com

Fla. Cop-Written Red-Light Tickets Ruled Unconstitutional - Officer.com

2011-06-28T08:25:00.000-04:00

Fla. Cop-Written Red-Light Tickets Ruled Unconstitutional - Officer.com

Diabetes Cases Are Skyrocketing Worldwide

2011-06-27T09:48:00.000-04:00

Diabetes Cases Are Skyrocketing Worldwide: "Diabetes, a disease that can be a complication of obesity, has exploded in the last three decades, with the number of people with the disease doubling since 1980.

A major international study collating and analyzing worldwide data on diabetes counted 347 million with the disease in 2008. The research, published in the British medical journal Lancet, found that the rate of diabetes cases has risen, or stayed the same, in virtually every part of the world since 1980.

Diabetes occurs when the cells of the body are not able to take up sugar in the form of glucose. As a consequence, the amount of glucose in the blood is higher than normal.

Over time, this raises the risk of heart disease and stroke, and can also cause damage to the kidneys, nerves and retinas. High blood glucose and diabetes are responsible for over three million deaths worldwide each year."

Cable Boxes Consume 'Startling' Amount Of Electricity

2011-06-27T09:47:00.000-04:00

Cable Boxes Consume 'Startling' Amount Of Electricity: "The groups say their findings were startling. The electricity required to operate all U.S. boxes is equal to the annual household electricity consumption of the entire state of Maryland, results in 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and costs households more than $3 billion each year.

How can such a relatively small appliance use so much electricity? Today’s set-top boxes operate at near full power even when the consumer is neither watching nor recording a show. As a nation, we spend $2 billion each year to power these boxes when they are not being actively used.

Boxes equipped with digital video recorders (DVRs) use even more electricity. DVRs typically use around 40 percent more energy per year than their non-DVR counterparts, the study says."

Opinion: Apple iCloud Won’t Stream Music Because of AT&T and Verizon | Epicenter | Wired.com

2011-06-26T18:29:00.000-04:00

Opinion: Apple iCloud Won’t Stream Music Because of AT&T and Verizon | Epicenter | Wired.com: "Unlike other music lockers, iCloud can’t stream music to you over the internet or a cellular connection. Instead, it downloads the files to your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or iTunes-enabled computer, where you can play them from local memory."

UK's electric car industry is picking up speed - Telegraph

2011-06-23T08:45:00.000-04:00

UK's electric car industry is picking up speed - Telegraph: "As well as luxury automotive makers such as McLaren – which has produced the new MP4-12C sports car – and Jaguar Land Rover, companies such as Evo Electric are also popping up. Evo Electric was founded in 2006 by Dr Michael Lamperth and Dr Malte Jaensch. Within Imperial College’s Hybrid Power Research Group, the pair had developed electric motors and generators using a techology called 'Axial Flux”, that they believe is lighter, cheaper and more efficient than conventional electric machines."

Homeowners can apply for new energy efficiency rebates, incentives | www.theacorn.com | The Acorn

2011-06-23T08:43:00.000-04:00

Homeowners can apply for new energy efficiency rebates, incentives | www.theacorn.com | The Acorn

The End Is Near: Saab Can’t Meet Payroll | The Truth About Cars

2011-06-23T08:42:00.000-04:00

The End Is Near: Saab Can’t Meet Payroll | The Truth About Cars: "And this is how it usually ends. Saab spokesperson Gunilla Gustavs said “it is regrettable to have to notify staff of the day before midsummer,” that Saab is unable to pay this months wages to its employees. What’s more, Saab has no idea if and when it will send out paychecks again. “It is impossible to make any sort of forecast, except to repeat that the company is trying to solve this as quickly as possible,” said Gustavs to the wireservice TT [via TheLocal].

Saab employees were told via email this Thursday morning that no money will hit their accounts by month’s end.

“Of course it is in no way positive that the company has got in such a pickle that they can’t pay wages to their employees,” said Häkan Skött, of the Metall union to TT."