 Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert 3 hours ago | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said. | |
SanDisk in talks with Korean Samsung 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Computer memory group SanDisk said Friday it has had "discussions" with South Korean giant Samsung Electronics but declined to confirm that they were merger or takeover talks. | |
 Daimler and power group RWE to test electric car network in Berlin 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German car maker Daimler and energy group RWE unveiled on Friday a pilot project to promote electric vehicles in Berlin that was inspired by one in London. | |
 Pyrenees glaciers will melt by 2050: Spanish study 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday. | |
 Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week. | |
 MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online ... | |
 Germany to update data protection laws after scandals September 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German ministers agreed on Thursday to update data protection laws for the digital age in the wake of scandals showing how easily personal details can be bought on the Internet. | |
 Sony says laptops overheat, urges repairs September 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Sony Corp. said Thursday that overheating notebook computers slightly injured seven people and urged customers to bring in some 440,000 units for repairs. | |
 Snuppy, first cloned dog, becomes a father: SKorea researchers September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Snuppy, the first cloned dog, has become a father after the world's first successful breeding involving only cloned canines, South Korean researchers said Thursday. | |
 Google chief admits to 'defensive component' of browser launch September 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Google's chief executive admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software. | |
 European parliament calls for ban on cloned farm animals September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The European parliament on Wednesday urged the EU's executive branch to ban the cloning of animals for the food trade, citing reduced genetic diversity among other concerns. | |
 Canada's Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. | |
 Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you! September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday. | |
 Nissan mulls plug-in hybrids: official September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Nissan is considering developing plug-in hybrid vehicles that can be charged at home, as it seeks to catch up with its rivals in fuel-sipping cars, an official said Wednesday. | |
 Fish or fuel? Debate divides Norway's far north September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
The pristine Lofoten Islands off Norway's far north paint an idyllic image of tranquility, but beneath the surface is a roiling debate over the islands' resources, dividing fishermen, environmentalists and ... | |
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