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Nokia, Microsoft Join Forces on Smart Phones

Nokia’s Stephen Elop is in a hurry to justify his decision to ditch the company’s smart-phone software in favor of Microsoft’s OS. (Feb. 15)

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Russia Moves to Drill in Arctic, Oil Companies Follow Suit

Photo: No Fish Left The prospect of drilling for oil in Arctic waters has long made Americans and Canadians queasy (if not their oil companies), and for good reason: the frigid cold, dangerous waters, and difficult-to-navigate coastal terrain. An offshore spill in the Arctic would be devastating, and exceedingly tough to contain. But faced with dwindling onshore supplies, Russia has made a concerted push to begin drilling in the Arctic, and in a highly publicized move, tapped none other than BP to help lead the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Clinton: How the Internet Can Save the World

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Internet can allow people to achieve great things, but also do great harm. She says now is the time to discuss what if any rules should be in place concerning the Web. (Feb. 15)

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New York Fashion Week: Tara St. James Schools Us in Zero-Waste Design for Fall 2011 (Slideshow)

Study NY by Tara St. James, New York Fashion Week Fall 2011. Photo: Emma Grady Next up in our on-site coverage of the best of green couture at New York Fashion Week is 2011 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation winner Study NY by Tara St. James , who schools us in zero-waste pa… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Motorola exec nearly rules out Windows Phone completely, laments ‘closed platform’

Motorola may have once said that it was ” open ” to developing Windows Phone 7 devices, but it looks like that possibility is now a whole lot less likely than it already was. Speaking at Mobile World Congress this week, Motorola’s corporate vice president of software and services product management, Christy Wyatt, said that while she would never say never, she doesn’t envision Motorola using Microsoft’s OS, and added that “it’s not something we’re entertaining now.” Wyatt went on to say that “there were a bunch of things that we believed about Microsoft that ended up not being true, mostly about what functionality it would have in what period of time,” and further explained that Motorola is looking for “an opportunity to create unique value,” and it doesn’t feel it can do that on a “closed platform” like Windows Phone 7. Obviously, it does feel like it can create unique value with Android, and Wyatt dismissed concerns about a potential duopoly between Android and Apple, saying that “It could be a duopoly on platforms but I’m not sure why having another OS is a good or bad thing.” Incidentally, she also said that the upgrade process for Motorola’s Android phones has “humbled” the company a bit, and she promises improvements in the future, noting that “we were better with Froyo then with

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Andrew Breitbart, fresh off the news of Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against him, has gotten himself embroiled in another controversy. His Big Government website lashed out at Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign … by basically calling her fat. A cartoon strip on the website shows an overweight Obama eating a huge pile of…

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Alternative Way to Treat Childhood Asthma?

Using inhaled steroids as a rescue medicine along with albuterol may help some children with mild persistent asthma avoid daily inhaled steroid therapy and one of its potential side effects, namely growth restriction.

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As Amanda Knox appeals her murder conviction, her parents must now also go on trial. An Italian judge today ordered Edda Mellas and Curt Knox to stand trial for libel, after they repeated in a newspaper interview Knox’s claims that she was mistreated by police during her night-long interrogation after…

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Teen Girls Bear Brunt of Stress Fractures

Stress fractures in teenage athletes are under-reported and more likely to affect girls than boys, according to new research.

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Population Growth and Ecological Footprint – It’s About Equity, Environment & Preventing Collapse

photo: Franz Drewniak / Creative Commons Sometime later this year the human population will pass the 7 billion mark. As I write this we’re at 6.9 billion and ticking upwards by about one person a second, or so the population clock at Global Population Speak Out tells me. Even with the widely (widely) disparate levels of natural resource consumption across nations by the end of August each year our collective e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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