Archive for March 17th, 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 [...]