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HTC One Max Debuts; Netflix Ponders Cable Deals; Windows Phone Phablets
2013-10-15 18:36:14| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Topping tech headlines Monday was the debut of the super-sized HTC One Max, Netflix's potential deals with cable companies, and Microsoft eyeing phablets with a Windows Phone update.
Report ponders: How sensitive is climate to CO2?
2013-09-26 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Scientists are more confident than ever that pumping carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. The question is, by how much? It's something that officials and scientists meeting in Stockholm will try to pin down as precisely possible Friday in a seminal report on global warming. Future global warming levels depend on two major factors. One is how much more carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases are pumped into the air and how quickly. The other is...
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Insight: Japan ponders Fukushima options, but Tepco too big to fail
2013-09-10 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fukushima nuclear plant operator Tepco Electric's response to the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter century has been called ad hoc and more concerned with cost than safety, but 30 months later, the utility is still in charge. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the centerpiece of Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics, said he would be personally responsible for a plan to cope with the legacy of the March 2011 disaster in which a massive earthquake and tsunami caused triple meltdowns,...
Amid Financial Woes, Texas DOT Ponders 'Unpaving' Roads
2013-09-04 20:18:31| ENR.com: Headline News
Limited financial resources are hindering the Texas Department of Transportations ability to maintain roadways, as solutions are sought.
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India ponders fuel sale ban at night
2013-09-02 04:06:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
India is considering a proposal to shut fuel pumps at night as it looks at ways to cut its oil import bill, oil minister Veerappa Moily says.