AFP – A German electrical engineer who helped make MP3 players a reality has turned…
Month: January 2010
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China writers say Google ready to settle book row (AP)
AP – Google Inc. wants to apologize for its poor communication with Chinese authors about…
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Are pico projectors the next big cellphone trend? (Reuters)
Reuters – Large flat-screen TVs were all the rage at the Consumer Electronics Show, but…
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Sex robot focuses on appealing to the mind (AP)
AP – A New Jersey company says it has developed “the world’s first sex robot,”…
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Climate change experts clash over sea-rise ‘apocalypse’
Times (UK): Climate science faces a new controversy after the Met Office denounced research from…
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The end of consumerism: Our way of life is ‘not viable’
Independent (UK): Ditch the dog; throw away (sorry, recycle) those takeaway menus; bin bottled water;…
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Brazil: Who will pay for Amazon’s ‘Chernobyl’?
Independent (UK): It’s barely eight in the morning and already the dusty oil town of…
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What’s the green alternative to joining a gym?
Guardian: Tradition dictates that this is a difficult time of year. It’s the point where…
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United Kingdom: Cold weather fuels use of coal
Guardian: A large number of older coal-fired power stations which until recently had been operating…
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The resurgence of El Niño means that 2010 could yet be the hottest year on record
Guardian: It may be a hard notion to accept after a week that has seen…