Tonight, Piers Morgan takes over Larry King’s time slot—but he won’t take on King’s style. Morgan is “in many ways the anti-King,” writes Brian Stelter for the New York Times : “obnoxious, obsessively prepared, and eager to tape his interviews in advance as often as he can”—so clips can…
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From raising awareness of how North Sea Fisheries throw half their catch back dead to convincing a supermarket giant to switch to sustainable tuna , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight campaign is creating massive interest in the issue of sustainable fishing. But, while I was initially impressed with the fact the campaign was acknowledging the complexity of the issue and not pushing one specific solution, others see this as a huge mistake. In fact, says James Murr… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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‘Social Network’ befriends the Globes with 4 prizes; ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘Glee’ big winners at Globes; ‘The Green Hornet’ takes box office by swarm. (Jan. 17)
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Image credit: Ryan Hyde , used under Creative Commons license. From Vicki Robin’s thoughts on your money or your life to 11 lifestyle choices that might protect against inflation , we’ve seen lot’s of advice on specific green activities that can save you money. But I’ve been pondering a slightly different question—is saving money in an… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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A Swiss ex-banker will give WikiLeaks data today on some 2,000 individuals with offshore bank accounts, he tells Reuters . He plans to make the handover at a London news conference that Julian Assange himself may attend. Rudolf Elmer, who headed the Cayman Islands office of Julius Baer until he…
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Should this be banned? Courtesy eyeliam via flickr and Creative Commons. The upsurge in urban cycling in the U.S. has for the most part had positive results for society. Cycling helps keeps obesity at bay , reduces stress, and the building of new bike infrastructure has even helped create jobs. For every positive benefit biking has brought about, however, there’s also been inevitable backlash from the forces in society that don’t want to share the road. And then there’s the… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Steve Jobs takes medical leave from Apple, Tim Cook taking over daily operations in his absence
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That’s all we know for now, folks. Apple’s CEO is taking a medical leave from work, his second in as many years , with Tim Cook filling his role during that time. In an email to the Apple team, Steve Jobs says he’ll be on leave to “focus on [his] health,” though he will retain the position of CEO and will remain involved in the major strategic decisions — Tim Cook will be picking up the slack on day-to-day operations. No further details have been provided, save for Steve expressing his love for Apple and wish to return to his duties as soon as he can. See his email missive in full after the break. Continue reading Steve Jobs takes medical leave from Apple, Tim Cook taking over daily operations in his absence Steve Jobs takes medical leave from Apple, Tim Cook taking over daily operations in his absence originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Police fired tear gas on protesters in Tunis on Monday. It is the latest clash in days of tension since the departure of the country’s deposed president. (Jan. 17)
Continue reading …Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video)
January 17, 2011 No Comment
Tailgating on the highway is a pretty dangerous thing and, in some cases, can be a ticketable offense. In the future, though, it could be a way to ease traffic congestion and to boost fuel mileage on highways. In this guise it’s called platooning, something that we saw GM’s crazy futuristic EN-V doing when we took it for a spin out in Vegas. Volvo is getting in on the game too, participating in the European Safe Road Trains for the Environment Project, or SARTRE. It’s a research program looking into a standard way to have “trains” of autonomous cars that can follow each other on the highway. A professional leads the way and other cars communicate with each other, enabling the drivers in those following cars to simply kick back and read the paper if they like. This is a project that could be seen on the road in as few as 10 years, but we’re thinking by then people might need to find something else to read. Gallery: Volvo platooning Continue reading Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video) Volvo’s platooning SARTRE cars drive themselves, dabble in existentialism (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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