4th February 2012 Archive
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Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion
That's 'billion', with a 'b'
If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012. What's more, the Financial Times reports, that astronomical bill could increase if the IPO is more successful …
Cloud Business 4 Feb 01:06
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Eight... HD camera smartphones
Product round-up Sharp shooters for parties and protests
You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is …
reghardware 4 Feb 08:00
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Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan
Part 3 More performance-tuning for your home and office
I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV …
Environment 4 Feb 11:03
