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Lady Europe births publicaccess online digital library

Brussels :: Belgium | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Sofia Echo

The 27 countries of the European Union have joined together to create an online library of more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films from national libraries and cultural institutions. The project, called Europeana ,...

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Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 13 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by vishnughimire

By MIKE SCHNEIDER – 49 minutes ago HOUSTON (AP) — Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier...

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Officials charged up over electric car plan

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Merced Sun-Star

A Palo Alto-based company has agreed to build a $1 billion network of electric car recharging stations throughout the San Francisco Bay area. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed announced the...

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Mile-thick glaciers found on Mars

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Times Online

Huge glaciers up to half a mile thick have been discovered close to the equator of Mars and are thought to be the remnants of an ice age on the planet. The glaciers are thought to have been formed up...

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Commission green-lights industrialisation of Arctic

Brussels :: Belgium | about 10 hours ago | Technology News

Source: EU Observer

Faster transit routes, including the fabled Northwest Passage sought by explorers for centuries, and expanded possibilities for polar tourism also provide exciting opportunities for businesses, according to the EU executive, which on Thursday (20 November) adopted a communication outlining...

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Scientific Blunder has put Credibility of Global Warming Alarm in ...

New York City :: NY :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by Majdy

This is probably the worst gaffe of its kind by any scientific organization that has been massively alarming and warning the world about the outcomes of environmental deterioration, spreading all the hue and cry on the credibility of their sacred...

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Nokia to add IBM's Lotus Notes email to smartphones

Bristol :: United Kingdom | about 6 hours ago | Technology News

Posted by vishnughimire

By Tarmo Virki HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month, the two firms said on Thursday, as the world's top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM. Nokia said thanks...

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Activists say tobacco settlement is being wasted

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Rocky Mount Telegram

Associated Press Writers In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement. The billions...

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Authorities probe Brisbane balcony collapse

Brisbane :: Australia | about 15 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Brisbane police and council staff are investigating what caused the collapse in Upper Lancaster Street at Ascot. The timber deck collapsed during an end of year celebration for mothers of Year 12 students at Anglican Church Grammar School. Twenty-six women...

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Flaherty to deliver economic update next week

Ottawa :: Canada | about 10 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver a long-awaited economic update next Thursday. He made the announcement Thursday as the House of Commons reconvened for a new session. The announcement comes after Canada's independent parliamentary budget officer said in a report...

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