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Join a panel of experts to talk ‘climategate’

Professor Edward Acton, vice-chancellor, University of East Anglia, and Professor Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit, give evidence to the Commons science and technology committee, 1 March, 2010.

July 8, 2010 | Posted in Green News | Read More »

Ex-NBA Star: Greatest Laker Isn’t Kobe or Magic …

Originally posted Jun 27th 2010 12:15 AM PDT by TMZ Staff Former NBA star-turned-announcer Jalen Rose is weighing in the debate over the greatest Los Angeles Laker of all time …

June 27, 2010 | Posted in CELEBRITY | Read More »

Apple or Adobe: Who’s Right in the Flash Debate? POLL

By now, you’ve probably heard about the fight between Apple and Adobe . To sum up the story, Apple banned Flash from the iPad, people began predicting the death of Flash, and Adobe has been on the defensive ever since.

May 1, 2010 | Posted in SOCIAL MEDIA | Read More »

YouTube and Facebook take on leaders in Digital Debate

YouTube and Facebook users have weighed in on upcoming general election, with some 180,000 users voting for which questions were to be asked in the UK’s first Digital Debate . Over 5,300 questions were submitted by YouTube and Facebook users and, in the end, the 10 most popular questions were used. Digital economy questions As these questions were answered before the Thick Of It style Brown / bigot shenanigans of this week, there were no apologising from Gordon Brown, but he did sound off on banking, mephedrone and interestingly had this to say about the Digital Economy Bill: “I think there’s got to be a lot more debate about the digital policies of the future.” Which does sound like the Bill is not yet set in stone.

April 29, 2010 | Posted in INTERNET | Read More »

Nanofiber lighting promises to be better, safer than incandescent or CFL bulbs

Well, it looks like you can add another contender to the great light bulb debate — a group of researchers from RTI International now says that nanofiber lighter is is more efficient than incandescent light bulbs, and safer than compact fluorescents. The secret to that, it seems, is a combination of nanofiber-based reflectors and photoluminescent [...]

February 12, 2010 | Posted in GADGETS,NEWS | Read More »

Contextualizing the copyright debate: reward vs. creativity

Contextualizing the copyright debate: reward vs. creativity In a post on the declining revenues of the record business, progressive blogger Matt Yglesias wrote last week, “It is, of course, possible that at some point the digital music situation will start imperiling the ability of consumers to enjoy music. The purpose of intellectual property law is to [...]

February 9, 2010 | Posted in IT&TECH,NEWS | Read More »