Beijing has announced a series of post-Olympics car restrictions, which will take effect next month and hopefully sustain the hard-won smooth traffic and good air … Post-Olympics Beijing car restrictionsRead more
Posted inSocial / TV
TV-Free Life
David Burke is a man with a mission: he wants to rid the world of television. Thirteen years ago, Burke decided the time had come … TV-Free LifeRead more
Posted inSoftware
How to enable hibernate on gnu system
Check whether swap partition is enabled or not. Run swapon -s. This will show the swap partition if any. If there is no swap partition … How to enable hibernate on gnu systemRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Wave
Huge wave energy potential of Australia
Clean power developer Carnegie Corporation says more than a third of Australia’s base-load power needs could be economically generated by wave technology, according to a … Huge wave energy potential of AustraliaRead more
Posted inGlobalization / Imperialism / Social / Somalia
Pirates of Somalia
By Johann Hari Pirates have never been quite who we think they are. In the “golden age of piracy” – from 1650 to 1730 – … Pirates of SomaliaRead more
Posted inComputer
Second-Gen Green Hard Drives from WD
According to WD, the new hard drives, Caviar Green, “consume up to 20 percent less power and offer a 10 percent increase in performance over … Second-Gen Green Hard Drives from WDRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Wind
Enel 250 Megawatt wind farm in Kansas
Enel, acting through its subsidiary Enel North America Inc., dedicated a 250 Megawatt wind farm in Kansas, the biggest wind farm ever constructed by the … Enel 250 Megawatt wind farm in KansasRead more
Posted inSolar
BioBacksheet™ from BioSolar
BioSolar, Inc. has announced that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company’s newly developed BioBacksheet™ product. BioBacksheet™ is intended to be an … BioBacksheet™ from BioSolarRead more
Posted inHealth
Truth is stranger than fission
Interview with Dr Helen Caldicott. The nuclear power industry was moribund after Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and it became so expensive to build a … Truth is stranger than fissionRead more
Posted inOil
Oil spill in Australia
An oil spill along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia is 10 times worse than originally thought, state authorities said. A Hong Kong-registered ship … Oil spill in AustraliaRead more