In order to save the planet from global roasting, it seems entirely reasonable to ask Mr and Mrs Joe Peasant to submit to annual " carbon allowance " preventing them flying hither and yon and devastating the environment. As Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, explains : Hotel guests should have their electricity monitored; hefty aviation taxes should be...

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We've been tracking Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Square since May when we first got the details on the new mobile phone payment service. Today the company unveiled its website for the first time, and they continue to test the product in private beta. Dorsey twittered that the site is live moments ago. The idea - let people quickly and easily accept physical credit card payments from their mobile...

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And what a new year’s gift this is… the world’s first video calls over internet on the iPhone and iPod Touch! fringsters with iPhones and iPod Touch (and selected Nokia devices as announced last week) can now see all their family and friends on fring and Skype this Holiday Season! Right now iPhone and iPod touch users [...]

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Remember the secret plane spotted in Kandahar ? The one that looked like a Nazi stealth plane ? Well, it's been spotted again, but this time the picture is crystal clear, and it doesn't look like anything in the US arsenal. Stephen Trimble at Flight Global says that there's a possibility that it may have a canopy above the nose, which means it could be a very small manned plane instead of a UAV. He...

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At Google we're all about curiosity, and clearly, so are all of you. Everyone, it seems, searches the web to fulfill that innate curiosity to find something of interest. Whether searching for the latest news, a popular holiday gift, a website you've heard about, the latest singing sensation, or the trailer to a blockbuster film, you come to the Google search box with something on your mind. And since...

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The Ecological and Economical Traffic Light Concept [relogik.com] by Damjan Stankovic is a Red Dot Design 2009 Award winner and consists of a simple yet, potentially highly practical visualization concept for everyday traffic lights that could reduce pollution and promote safer driving. There might already be quite some traffic light time counters around today, but few focus on informing the car drivers...

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Despite any real, or perceived bias, even the AP knows the score when it comes to fighting a war. You either fight it to win, or it makes little sense to fight it at all. I can't recall a single...

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Iran released five sailors who had been detained after their racing yacht apparently drifted into Iranian waters, according to Iranian news reports.

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LOS ANGELES — The City Council has voted to submit a bid for Los Angeles to become a host city of the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022. The council voted Tuesday to submit an application but FIFA would have to choose the United States to be a host country first. Britain, Russia and Qatar are also hoping to host world soccer's showcase event. FIFA, the sport's international governing body, will make a...

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Irony? Serendipity? Just plain funny? The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris. Muntadhar al-Zeidi ducked and the shoe hit the wall behind him. “He stole my [...]

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Eight Michigan State football players, including three starters, have been suspended from all team-related activities after being identified as being present at a fight at a campus dorm, the university announced Tuesday. Prominent receivers Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham and defensive back Chris L. Rucker are among those suspended by coach Mark Dantonio for violating team rules....

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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was setting a timetable for the U.S. military commitment in Afghanistan to raise pressure for progress. WEST POINT, New York (CNN) - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was setting a timetable for the U.S. military commitment in Afghanistan to raise pressure for progress. In announcing the [...]

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