Archives: 2011 May
EBay, PayPal sue Google over “mobile wallet” (AFP)
May 27th, 2011, No Comments
PayPal and eBay sue Google over mobile phone 'wallet' SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Within hours of the unveiling of "Google Wallet," eBay and PayPal filed a lawsuit charging the Internet giant tapped into trade secrets for the mobile payments project. PayPal spent three years trying to work out a deal in which it would handle [...]
Can Crowdsourcing Make Any Dream Come True? (Mashable)
May 27th, 2011, No Comments
When was the last time you do something just because you asked for it? It is a sine qua non behind Wish Upon a Hero, an online platform that allows anyone to write – or give – a wish. It is an interesting experiment in crowdsourced social welfare. After registration, a desire to send someone [...]
“Margaritaville” going 3D as Buffett launches Facebook game (Reuters)
May 27th, 2011, No Comments
RALEIGH, NC (Billboard) – Jimmy Buffett has teamed up with THQ to bring "online Margaritaville" on Facebook and IOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch), this fall, but participants at the E3 in Los Angeles to obtain a first out of the game, online game consumer is devoted disciples Buffett, known as Parrotheads, Facebook and players who [...]
Biofuels ‘viable’ for Australia, NZ aviation: report (AFP)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
Biofuels 'vital' for Australia, New Zealand air: report SYDNEY (AFP) – To produce commercially viable quantities of biofuels in aviation is a viable option for Australia and New Zealand and could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent, a new report on Wednesday . "Flight Path of Sustainable Aviation ', ordered by airlines including Air [...]
Japan’s Softbank announces solar power plan (AFP)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
Japan Softbank announced the plan for solar power TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese telecommunications company Softbank is with the local authorities to work towards renewable energy, the chairman said on Wednesday following the announcement of the construction of 10 solar systems. Japan 11th March earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis, was elected Chairman and CEO [...]
Pawlenty’s Uncourageous Stand Against Ethanol (The Daily Beast)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
NEW YORK – Iowa often drives candidates to defend the ethanol subsidies that benefit the state. Pawlenty has bucked the trend. But as Michael Tomasky explains, the move is less gutsy than it looks. Of all the misused words in the lexicon of punditocracy, “courageous” is easily the word most often misapplied. Remember when Paul [...]
Administrator: EPA Committed to Public Health (ContributorNetwork)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
According to a news release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson testified in front of U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning about the current problems with the price of oil and the EPA's role of ensuring safety to Americans and the environment in the expansion of [...]
EPA Promotes Sun-Damage Awareness on ‘Don’t Fry Day’ (ContributorNetwork)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
According to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this Friday is "No Fry Day", and supported by the EPA as a way to raise awareness about the dangers of sun exposure and the damage it can cause skin reactions, including serious cancers skin such as melanoma. Not Fry Day, EPA partnership with [...]
Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors (Reuters)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
Workers wearing protective suits enters inside TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant No.2 reactor building in Fukushima Prefecture TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of the nuclear power plant at the center of a radiation scare after being disabled by Japan's earthquake and tsunami confirmed Tuesday that there had been meltdowns of fuel rods at three [...]
Toshiba cautious on nuclear, eyes renewables (Reuters)
May 25th, 2011, No Comments
A view shows Toshiba Corp's logo at the fourth International Photovoltaic Power Generation (PV) Expo in Tokyo TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp said it may need to push back by several years a target to capture 39 orders for nuclear reactors and that it would expand sales in renewables, amid tighter safety standards in the [...]
