"Steven Elop of Nokia has placed some of the blame for the struggles of Windows Phone on mobile phone shops — for not pushing it. As The Register points out, sales staff 'want their commission,' and tend to only show phones they think might sell. Exact details of Windows Phone sales numbers are being covered up by both Microsoft and Nokia, who refuse to state specifics; sales figures to operators are stated at one million, but the majority of those seem to be unsold to consumers, and neither Microsoft nor Nokia will give numbers on activations... if the Nokia N9 had been available in all markets, it might have sold almost 5M units and pushed Nokia into profitability
sugar is toxic beyond its calories ... At the levels consumed by most Americans, sugar changes metabolism, raises blood pressure, critically alters the signaling of hormones and causes significant damage to the liver ... “We’re not talking prohibition,” Schmidt [PhD, MSW, MPH] said. “We’re not advocating a major imposition of the government into people’s lives. ... What we want is to actually increase people’s choices by making foods that aren’t loaded with sugar comparatively easier and cheaper to get.”
There have been many raids like this in the war against drugs. As US police are militarized there are more injuries and deaths.
Two million people have no water. Crops are wiped out in the northern half of the country. The worst drought in Mexico's history is likely to worsen until summer rains come devastating the northern half of Mexico, damaging Mexico's economy. Indigenous communities in rural northern Mexico have no water, no food and no crops. Communities have had no rain in 15 months. ... Most scientists are careful not to link specific weather events to climate change trends, but NASA's James Hansen and two colleagues from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University have taken that plunge. They've gathered data they say shows that the 2011 Texas and Oklahoma heat wave—as well as a deadly Moscow heat in 2010—were "a consequence of global warming because their likelihood was negligible prior to the recent rapid global warming."
There are good biofuels and bad biofuels and the worst are as filthy as the foulest fossil fuels. But the good biofuels are essential to tackling climate change
Lovelock's carbon sequestering of agricultural waste is not mentioned.
It is also true that more people than ever before are going hungry, needlessly. We have enough food to go around now. We disagree with Gates on two points—one scientific and one political. ... Most of the rest of the world's experts agree that GMOs are not what the world's poor need to feed themselves. ... We must finally recognize that hunger is a problem of poverty and access to resources, especially land, not agricultural yield. ... stop kicking farmers off their land and dumping product on the world market that puts them out of business; protect farmers’ rights to save and exchange seed; kick the bankers out of food-crop commodities speculation... ; write fair trade policies; listen to the world's poor, they know what they need...in short, democratize food and farming if you want to address hunger.
Josh Fox tells us what happened here, "This was an act of civil disobedience, yes done in an impromptu fashion, but at the moment when they told me to turn off the cameras, I could not. I know my rights and I felt it was imperative to exercise them."
Keep up the pressure, it works.
As a Member of the European Parliament, I very much welcome the increased attention the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has received in the past weeks. It has taken a while for massive outcry to emerge, but we are seeing protest voices getting louder and louder.
Developer Matt Gemmell asked Morin if Path was violating Apple’s Terms and Conditions by not asking users to opt into uploading their address book. Morin said, “This is currently the industry best practice and the App Store guidelines do not specifically discuss contact information. However, as mentioned, we believe users need further transparency on how this works, so we’ve been proactively addressing this.”
Reactive when caught is the new proactive? Free software is the only solution to spyware and other malware.
In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides, the kids are fighting back.
There's not one single state with a tax system that's progressive. ... in the median state (Mississippi, as it turns out) the poorest 20 percent pay twice the tax rate of the top 1 percent. In the worst states, the poorest 20 percent pay five to six times the rate of the richest 1 percent.
Price is just one part of scientists problem which is "easily-accessible distribution of their work." If you are doing research and would like to publish it, Elsevier and other big publishers will make it hard to read. Please sign The Cost of Knoledge Petition
Powerful people are used to violating copyright laws for advertisements with impunity but Republicans are now so odious that musicians sue for otherwise licensed public performance. Musician feel damaged when Republicans use their music and sue for false advertising when people think the musician has endorsed the candidate.
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2012-02-11 15:16:19