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Australia: G20 climate change ad banned by Brisbane airport 'because it was political'
2014-11-03 06:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The board of Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC), which has two directors with interests in fossil fuel companies, says they had no influence on a decision to reject a billboard calling for action on climate change. The airports decision did not reflect any value judgement about a message aimed at world leaders arriving for the G20 summit this month, a BAC spokeswoman said, but was driven by a policy not to allow billboards with a political intent. She said neither the board nor individual directors...
Shocked relative of New York terror cop says his cousin's life was saved by helmet
2014-10-30 01:51:44| Apparel - Topix.net
Kenneth Healey, 25, had only been serving in the force for three months when he was attacked by 32-year-old Zale Thompson The relative of a New York City police officer brutally struck in the head with an axe in an alleged terrorist attack has spoken of his shock and said his cousin's life was saved by his helmet. Kenneth Healey, 25, had only been serving in the force for three months when he was attacked by 32-year-old Zale Thompson, wielding an 18.5-inch hatchet .
Nobel Prize Goes to Inventors Blue LED: Why It Was Revolutionary
2014-10-07 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The 2014 Nobel Prize in physics went Tuesday to three scientists who gave lighting a makeover by inventing blue LED lights. The award recognizes a seemingly commonplace innovation, but one that has paved the way for a sea change in lighting efficiency that is under way around the world. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura developed the blue light-emitting diode (LED) in Japan in the early 1990s, triggering a "fundamental transformation of lighting technology," according to a press...
DirecTV shareholders accept $48.5 billion AT&T takeover but it was almost Dish instead
2014-09-26 20:20:56| Extremetech
On Thursday, DirecTV shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve AT&T's offer to acquire the company. Now the only obstacle to merging into AT&T is approval by the FCC and the DOJ. Interestingly, the proxy statement released to shareholders reveals that DirecTV considered merging with Dish instead.
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus break pre-order record: Android was right about large screens
2014-09-15 15:01:21| Extremetech
The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was made available for pre-order sales around the world this weekend, and despite their worryingly massive 4.7- and 5.5-inch diagonal measurements, they have proceeded to sell out almost everywhere. According to an official statement from Apple, more than four million iPhones (6 and 6 Plus combined) were pre-ordered in the first 24 hours of availability. Is this finally proof that Android device makers and users were right all along -- that Apple was wrong about small screens, and that large-screen smartphones are the future of mobile computing?
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