News tagged with conference
Taiwan's HTC expects 30 percent sales plunge in 1Q
Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC forecast Monday that its revenue in the three months to March may plunge 30 percent from a year ago, as competitors Apple and Samsung take their grip on the market.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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India 'won't sign binding emissions pact': minister
India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty.
Dec 27, 2011 |
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Netflix CEO's stock options slashed after bad year
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will pay a $1.5 million penalty for blunders that alienated the video subscription service's customers and pulverized its stock.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Microsoft says 2012 CES tech show will be its last
Microsoft Corp. is pulling out of the International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the Americas. It's joining Apple in saying that it prefers to put on its own events when the time is ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Facebook rolls out 'Timeline' feature to all users
Facebook on Thursday began transforming profile pages into interactive digital scrapbooks that let members of the world's leading online social network tell the stories of their lives.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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TED sells 'virtual seats' to lofty gatherings
TED on Wednesday began selling "virtual seats" to its prestigious and mind-expanding flagship gatherings.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Canada's Kyoto withdrawal under fire from China
Canada's historic decision to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol provoked heavy criticism from China on Tuesday, with Beijing saying the move went against international efforts to combat climate change. ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Report calls for energy-smart food
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Massey University energy expert says the global agriculture industry, including that of New Zealand, must reduce its dependence on fossil fuels to secure food supply in the future.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Climate conference approves landmark deal
(AP) -- A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change.
Dec 11, 2011 |
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UN climate talks on edge heading into final hours
(AP) -- The United States, China and India could scuttle attempts to save the only treaty governing global warming, Europe's top negotiator said Friday hours before a 194-nation U.N. climate conference was ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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National interests hinder climate accord attempt
(AP) -- Delegates attending a 194-nation climate conference agree the world needs to send less carbon into the atmosphere, but national interests and economic worries have so far hindered attempts to reach an agreement that ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Coveted TED prize goes to city of the future
TED for the first time awarded its coveted annual prize to an idea instead of a person, naming the smart city of the future as winner of the prestigious group's backing.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Raising $100 billion for climate fund in dispute
(AP) -- Even in hard times, fighting climate change is not a luxury but a necessity, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday, as climate negotiators bickered about how to raise hundreds of billions ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big
(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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UN chief doubts comprehensive climate deal likely
(AP) -- An all-encompassing climate deal "may be beyond our reach for now," the U.N. chief said Tuesday as China and India delivered a setback to European plans to negotiate a new treaty that would bind all ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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