04 Dec 08 "Tough love" inspires Facebook group
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian father who made his 5-year-old son walk 13 km (8 miles) to school every day to discipline him has inspired an appreciation group on social networking site Facebook.Tagi: social networking site, tough love, reuters, sydney
27 Sep 09 Psychiatrists call for action on anorexia sites
LONDON (Reuters) - As the start of London Fashion Week reignites the debate over ultra-thin models, psychiatrists have called on the British government to act over the soaring numbers of pro-anorexia websites.Tagi: pro anorexia, thin models, psychiatrists, anorexia websites, reuters, ld
05 Oct 09 IBM takes on Google in business Web-mail market
BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM is introducing an inexpensive Web-based corporate email service that will compete with Google Inc's Google Apps, which has recently suffered several high-profile outages.Tagi: google apps, corporate email service, google inc, mail market, google, bost, inexpensive web, reuters, business web, high profile
06 Oct 09 Apple, citing climate, tells U.S. Chamber iQuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday became the latest company to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because the technology company disagrees with the business group's climate change policy.Tagi: climate change policy, ape inc, washingt, mday, business group, iquit, reuters, technology company, chamber of commerce, apple
11 Oct 09 Commercial Fuel From Algae Still Years Away
chrnb sends along this quote from a report at Reuters: "Filling your vehicle's tank with fuel made from algae is still as much as a decade away, as the emerging industry faces a series of hurdles to find an economical way to make the biofuel commercially. Estimates on a timeline for a commercial product, and profits, vary from two to 10 years or more. Executives and industry players who gathered at the Algae Biomass Summit this week in San Diego said they need to push for breakthroughs along the entire chain — from identifying the best organisms to developing efficient harvesting methods. ... So far on the list: finding the right strain of algae among thousands of species that will produce high yields; designing systems where the desired algae can multiply and other species don't invade and disrupt the process; and extracting its oils without degrading other parts of the algae that can be made into side products and sold as well."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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