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Leaked documents indicate EU looking to reclassify carbon emissions from biofuels

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to wean themselves from their dependence on oil derived from fossil fuels, many countries, consortiums, and other groups have put incentives in place for the growing of plants that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Former Palm chief executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, less than two years after Palm was acquired by the computer giant.

Technology / Business

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Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years

The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

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Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region

Indonesia's forestry ministry said Thursday it would conserve nearly half its share of Borneo island, which is covered with dense rainforest, so as to meet a presidential pledge to reduce gas emissions.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The 'CES curse?' Gadget show has poor record

The largest trade show in the Americas must be a great place to show off new products, right? Wrong. The International Consumer Electronics Show is quickly becoming a launch pad for products that fall flat.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

HP to offer webOS as open-source software

(AP) -- It may be one of the technology world's most expensive efforts to give something away: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Friday that it's making its webOS mobile system available as open-source software that anyone can use ...

Technology / Software

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites

(AP) -- The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as http://www.KUgirls.xxx and http://www.KUnurses.xxx . But not because it's planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil

(AP) -- The man known as Indonesia's "green governor" chases the roar of illegal chainsaws through plush jungles in his own Jeep. He goes door-to-door to tell families it's in their interest to keep trees ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Palm planters blamed for decline of Borneo monkey

Expanding palm-oil plantations in Malaysian Borneo are rapidly eating into the habitat of the rare proboscis monkey and causing its numbers to decline sharply, officials warned Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Whitman says Apple could overtake HP in 2012: report

Apple could overtake Hewlett-Packard next year as the world's top personal computer maker, HP's chief executive Meg Whitman said in an interview with a French daily to appear on Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

UNIMAS introduces biofuel made from palm waste

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) is to start producing biofuel extracted from palm 'sago' (stem pith) waste - the first of its kind - through its Sago Research Centre.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oil palms and conservation -- do they mix?

Conservation science can help protect the variety of living things in tropical landscapes even if they are being turned into oil palm plantations, new research argues.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Companies not buying enough 'green' palm oil: WWF

Major retailers and manufacturers are not doing enough to honour commitments to use sustainable palm oil to help protect virgin rainforests from destruction, WWF said on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Warnings as sustainable palm oil effort falters

Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Survey: Indonesians killed 750 orangutans in year

(AP) -- Villagers living on the Indonesian side of Borneo killed at least 750 endangered orangutans in a year, some to protect crops from being raided and others for their meat, a new survey shows.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0