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United Kingdom: At -37C, the big freeze tightens its icy grip

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Independent: The coldest night of winter so far left the majority of Britain blanketed in snow as temperatures dropped to -12C. Drivers were warned to take extra care and planes were grounded, including at London Heathrow where one-in-three flights scheduled for today are expected to be cancelled. A host of sporting fixtures were also postponed. The evening match at Manchester City had to pause temporarily so the pitch markings could be made clear. In Beeston, Nottinghamshire, there were more serious...
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Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?

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Independent: The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence. A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week. The death toll from Arctic blast has been particularly severe in the Ukraine, where many of the dead have been people...
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CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 2 hours 16 min ago
The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter.
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Vegetarian diet would slash Britain's carbon footprint

Climate Ark - 2 hours 24 min ago
Independent: f everyone in the UK went vegetarian or vegan it would have the same environmental benefit as talking half of all cars off the road, according to new research. Scientists have calculated the impact of 61 foods, with fresh meat and cheese topping the carbon footprint league. They estimate that the combined greenhouse gas emissions from the foods we eat in the UK are the equivalent of 167 million tons of carbon dioxide, and switching to vegetarian diets could cut this by between 22 and 26 per cent....
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Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 23:54
In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy?
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Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 21:39
Noise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes.
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Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 21:24
As the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game--by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds.
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Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 21:07
Tweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let's just see you try to resist tweeting this story.
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Super Bowl Stat Time: Wolfram|Alpha Offers Stats Guide for Football Junkies

Search Engine Watch Blog - 4 February, 2012 - 21:00
If you want Super Bowl stats, the self-described computational knowledge engine Wolfram|Alpha is the place to break down all the key Super Bowl 46 numbers before the New England Patriots and New York Giants game kicks off tomorrow night.
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Gamers ignore corpse in Internet cafe

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 20:56
In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check?
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World at risk without climate justice

Climate Ark - 4 February, 2012 - 19:25
Deccan Chronicle: The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future by Praful Bidwai Orient Blackswan, Rs 750 Praful Bidwai’s book The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future is written at a time of deep diplomatic despondency. It is brutally honest about what is at risk if no action is taken at the national and international level. It exposes the false solution offered by India in its National Action Plan on Climate Change, and its chasing the nuclear...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking demo in Enniskillen

Climate Ark - 4 February, 2012 - 18:10
BBC: About 100 people have gathered in Enniskillen to demonstrate against the use of fracking to extract gas from shale rock in County Fermanagh. Earlier this week an exploration company said there could be enough gas to guarantee natural gas supply for Northern Ireland over 50 years. However, the process has proved controversial elsewhere. In Lancashire, it has caused small earthquakes and in America, water has been polluted. The process used in capturing the gas from the shale rock is hydraulic...
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iPad-like MacBook Air now unlikely? Was it even necessary?

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 18:07
A research note from Citigroup says Apple CEO Tim Cook is not leaning toward a future MacBook Air with iPad-like features. So, now what?
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Five ways to save money on audiobooks

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 17:57
Why buy when you can rent, borrow, or stream books for a lot less cash?
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Zuckerberg's taxes on IPO? How about $2 billion

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 17:43
The Facebook chief may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it, because Facebook in turn gets a tax deduction.
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High-tech way to get enough orange juice

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 17:00
The Commercial Juicer at Hammacher Schlemmer offers regular consumers the opportunity to upgrade their home juicing volume. For a price.
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Google Docs Adds Offline Support for Android Devices

Search Engine Watch Blog - 4 February, 2012 - 17:00
Google Docs now enabes users with Android smartphones and tablets to access their files offline. Google is adding the feature to help users access documents in their online Google Docs account at times when they may not have an Internet connection.
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RCA's 'video LP' format, doomed from the start?

Google - News.blog (CNET News.com) - 4 February, 2012 - 15:36
From 1981 to 1984 RCA marketed the CED VideoDisc system. It never had a chance.
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Google, Microsoft, Facebook Teaming Up to Fight Phishing

Search Engine Watch Blog - 4 February, 2012 - 15:00
Google, Microsoft and Facebook are teaming up with banks and security vendors to create The Domain-based Authentication, Reporting and Conformance group (DMARC) group, which seeks to develop a platform that can weed out potential phishing messages.
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20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake

Climate Ark - 4 February, 2012 - 14:25
National Public Radio: DAVID GREENE, HOST: Imagine a place on earth where there's been no light, no wind for millions of years. Lake Vostok is one such place. The world's third largest lake, in terms of amount of water, has long been hidden, buried beneath two miles of ice until, perhaps, this coming week. Russian researchers are about to break through that ice. And to tell us what they might find and what dangers they may encounter, we've brought in John Priscu. He's a researcher at Montana State University who's...
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