Archive for March, 2008
Water should be Harvested Before it melts
Some glaciers in Europe have suffered significant losses The rate at which some of the world’s glaciers are melting has more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme has shown. Average glacial shrinkage has risen from 30 centimetres per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5 metres in 2006. Some of the biggest [...]
Deal between Yahoo and Microsoft could be “bad for the internet
Mr Schmidt says he is concerned about the openness of the net Any deal between Yahoo and Microsoft could be “bad for the internet”, according to the head of Google. Chief executive Eric Schmidt said that Google was “concerned” about a deal and said it could have implications for the “openness” of the internet. Last [...]
Tornado Hits Atlanta,Killing 2
While 18,000 people were watching the Southeastern Conference men’s tournament Friday night at the Georgia Dome when its fabric roof began rippling, the catwalks above the court started swaying and chunks of insulation rained onto the players. The crowds apparently weren’t warned about an approaching tornado — one that would ravage skyscrapers and injure dozens. [...]
Cuba to Allow More Consumer goods.
Cuba’s new President Raul Castro is to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances. Cubans will be allowed for the first time to own DVD players and computers, according to an internal government memo leaked to Reuters news agency. Curbs may also be lifted on video machines, electric pressure and rice [...]
Saturn moon ‘once had ocean’
- Tethys-one of Saturn’s moons may once have harbored a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface, scientists reported to a conference in Houston, Texas. Tethys is a mid-sized satellite with a density close to that of pure ice. There is a large valley system visible today which could have formed when the crust was repeatedly [...]
AOL acquires 3rd Largest social network BeBo
Bebo has 40 million members worldwide Time Warner’s AOL internet division is buying the social networking site Bebo for $850m (£417m) in cash. Bebo is the third-biggest social networking site in the US, behind MySpace and Facebook. AOL says that Bebo has more than 40 million members worldwide who view an average of 78 pages [...]
Shops set fire during Tibetan Protest. Chinese Shoot 10 Dead!
Monks protesting at Sera monastery Monks began to protest on the streets of Lhasa earlier this week Fires have broken out in the Tibetan city of Lhasa amid reports of rioting, as rare street protests led by Buddhist monks appeared to gather pace. One eyewitness told of how large groups of people were setting fire [...]
China Demands Tibetian Rioters to Surrender Monday!
Witnesses said tanks were patrolling the streets of Lhasa Chinese authorities in Tibet have given rioters until Monday to surrender, state media report, after unrest that officials say has left 10 people dead. “The plot of the separatists will fail,” the head of Tibet’s government warned as clashes continued for another day in the [...]
