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Scientists in Europe: be afraid, but there may be hope from friendly phytoplankton: The European Geophysical Union is meeting. Not that you could tell from any American mainstream media coverage. Bet we couldn't find a single news reader at ABC or Fox who could even decipher EGU European Geophysical Union. But the EGU does exist in that rarified world beyond...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Scientist, Ocean, European Geophysical Union, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Image: A plankton bloom: Ocean iron fertilization company Climos is securing an initial $4 million in venture funding to pursue its plan to capture carbon dioxide by creating "plankton blooms." by CNET News.com; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ocean, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-02-22
Will diatoms lead to faster computer chips?: Diatoms are unicellular algae and one of the most common types of phytoplankton. One of their main characteristics is they encase themselves in shells made of silica. According to a team of U.S. researchers who successfully decoded the genome of a particular diatom named Thalassiosira pseudonana, these very small algae...; Tags: Computer Chip, Carbon Dioxide, Shell, University Of Washington, Gene, Ocean, Carbon, Computer, Chip, Semiconductors, Productivity, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-01-24
Better living through chemistry: There may be a chemical answer to one of the biggest worries among those working on climate change. The problem: an abundance of CO2 go into the atmosphere and the oceans. Now there's a wise guy who thinks he has the solution and it's actually a chemical solution....; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Wisdom, Ocean, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Global warming: is it over so soon?: Global warming: is it over so soon?We still need tocurb our CO2 output, we still need to advance alternative renewable energy sources. To not pursue then and say "Oh well!" in an invitation to suicide of the human race. Personally seeing the damage done so far by the recent...; Tags: carbon dioxide, ocean, climate change, global warming; Discussion threads 2007-09-17

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Cautionary tale: carbon trading and carping loggers: Cautionary tale: carbon trading and carping loggers...When people understand that you cannot monetize everything then we will start to see real progress. Until then... nothing more than lip service. ]:); Tags: carbon; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
That Florida beach isn't just sand, it could be a lot of crap: Now that you've read the headline, here's the brutal research result: fecal bacteria are likely lurking in that sunny beach where you've lain in the sun. Seems those micro-organisms can find the damp sand about as comfortable a medium as, say, some human's lower intestine.The research also indicates that...; Tags: Bacteria, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Cautionary tale: carbon trading and carping loggers: In New Zealand an official carbon-trading scheme is not running smoothly. It's perhaps a cautonary tale for other countries or regions looking at carbon-trading as a way to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. New Zealand's a signator to the Kyoto Protocol which led that nationto try carbon-trading...; Tags: Emission, Greenhouse Gas, New Zealand, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-13
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?: OK. I may just have found a very relevant reason to go out and buy a new computer: I think I have officially killed my four-year-old Apple notebook. And, yes, I will lose data if I can't recover the hard drive. And, yes, I am traveling as this discovery is...; Tags: Thin Client, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IGEL, Thin Clients, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Call for military to operate botnet: Call for military to operate botnetI'd volunteer my PCs to help.If they did this above-board, with a SETI screen saver style app we could install deliberately, I'd bet they could have 50 million machines ready to help with this in a matter of weeks.RE: Call for military to operate botnetI'd...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, NETWORKING, Internet Service Provider, attack, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic: The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...; Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-11
Pine trees to frogs, global warming is killing 'em off: In the northern lattitudes the boreal forests of North America are losing their evergreens. Scientists say the mountain pine beetle is thriving due to the warmer winters. In turn beetles are killing large numbers of trees in Canadian forests. Previous beetle attacks have occurred in the Canadian...; Tags: Climate, Global Warming, Species, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Images: Satellites follow killer cyclone: Satellite images from NASA track a cyclone and the flooding it caused--which may end up killing over 100,000 residents of Myanmar formerly Burma.The government of Myanmar formerly known as Burma has reported that over 22,000 people have died so far, due to the effects of Tropical Cyclone Nargis which hit...; Tags: Myanmar, Satellite, Image, Government, Network Technology, Networking, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-09
HRH Prince Penguin: Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin? On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.CO.UK our British colleague Andrew Donoghue quoted His Majesty as follows: "Many of the case studies we received highlight the...; Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-09
News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...; Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
TerraPass gets more granular with its carbon-crunching calculator: Popular carbon offset Web site TerraPass has updated the online calculator you can use to keep track of your carbon footprint. The update now includes options for tracking the differences between many different hybrid fuels from biodiesel to flex fuel ethanol to compressed natural gas. So, if you select some...; Tags: TerraPass, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-08
NASA's lunar breathing system: When six astronauts share a 15 cubic meters spacecraft for weeks, how is it possible to avoid to be bothered by your fellows sweating and breathing? I've already written about staying clean in space, but NASA is going further this time. Its scientists are testing a lunar breathing system. The...; Tags: NASA, Carbon Dioxide, CAMRAS, Sorbent, Flows, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Prince backs 'green' thin clients: Prince backs 'green' thin clientsPrincely savingsPrince Charles is on the right track. There are many benefits in addition to energy savings that will accrue to the company that moves from PCs to thin clients. Symbio Technologies offers a stateless zero thin client that uses just 4 watts of energy. This...; Tags: Thin clients, Symbio Technologies, Prince Charles, HRH, thin client, PC; Discussion threads 2008-05-08