22nd January 2012 Archive
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The SECRET FACEBOOK OF POWER used by global premiers at G20
Need to be a major-nation finance minister to get on
"It wasn't secret, we just didn't need to tell anyone about it" said Sid Heaslip, Programme manager at Opentext discussing the TOP SECRET FACEBOOK OF POWER that his company made for the G20 summit in 2010, exclusively for the leaders of the world's most powerful nations to network with. Despite keeping the network codenamed " …
Cloud Business 22 Jan 09:00
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Megaupload kingpin found in panic room when arrested, say cops
Update: Remanded in custody until Wednesday
Kim Dotcom has retained and then lost a star-quality US attorney, as debate over the raid and the Megaupload owner’s residency turns political in New Zealand. At issue in the political debate is why Dotcom, who was refused permission to purchase the multi-million dollar mansion he occupied on character grounds, was nonetheless …
Law 22 Jan 22:43
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E. coli turns seaweed into ethanol
Berkeley’s belly-bug bio-fuel breakthrough
A group of scientists from Berkeley has used an engineered form of the E. coli bacterium to turn sugars in seaweed into ethanol. The breakthrough is attractive because if it could be commercialised, it would allow biofuels to be created without displacing crops or forests. According to the report published in Science, the …
Environment 22 Jan 23:24
