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Scotland to get greater share of North Sea output, says government
2013-07-25 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
An independent Scotland would receive up to 1.5 trillion of unexplored oil and gas reserves in the North Sea in the next 40 years, the Scottish Government has said in a report on North Sea oil and independence.
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Tampa, Florida is the nicest city in America, says Airbnb
2013-07-22 19:23:07| CNET News.com
The peer-to-peer housing service ranks the hospitality of towns across the country based on the stays of its more than 4 million guests. While the South and West make it on the board, Northeast cities don't make the cut. [Read more]
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Vegetation may not protect people from ozone pollution, says new research
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Medical: During heat waves - when ozone production rises - plants' ozone absorption is curtailed, leaving more pollution in the air, and costing an estimated 460 lives in the UK in the hot summer of 2006. Vegetation plays a crucial role in reducing air pollution, but new research by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York shows that they may not protect us when we need it most: during extreme heat, when ozone formation from traffic fumes, industrial processes and other sources...
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Microsoft now has one million servers less than Google, but more than Amazon, says Ballmer
2013-07-19 19:11:31| Extremetech
At Microsoft's 2013 Worldwide Partner Conference, CEO Steve Ballmer gave us a very interesting tidbit about the scale of Microsoft's server operations. "We have something over a million servers in our datacenter infrastructure." Furthermore, Ballmer even went on to say that "Google is bigger" and "Amazon is a little bit smaller." It is extremely rare to hear such direct figures; in almost two decades, Google and Amazon have never even put a rough figure on their server count -- and now Ballmer is on stage, giving up their secrets.
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London's three main airports EACH need a new runway, says Ryanair chief
2013-07-19 18:28:40| Airlines - Topix.net
Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.
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