On March 9, 2010
EPA Chief: Avatar’s Success Proves There’s Money in Going Green
EPA's chief recently suggested folks wary of greater environmental protection consider the success of eco-themed Avatar, the highest grossing movie ever made.
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Trial Spotlights Pentagon Use of Unapproved Antipsychotics for Post-Traumatic Stress
A trial under way in New Jersey has the potential to shine a spotlight on the antipsychotic drugs given to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and the question of whether they harm the health of soldiers trying to cope
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The Linchpin Voltron
Books can do a lot for us: inspire, teach, jolt, enlighten. They can be a call to action, but they can’t actually make us act. You have to find the gumption to do that on your own. Or do you?…
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Why Movie Fans Should Love Cisco’s New, Supercharged Router
t might appear that Cisco CEO John Chambers over promised to "forever change the Internet" when unveiling a new high speed, high capacity router system to support unbounded wireless video. But don't be fooled by the high tech jargon
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Google Dabbling With TV Set-Top Search
Google and Dish Network reportedly are testing a service that allows television users to search for television programming and Web content from set-top boxes. Google software installed in the boxes allows users to create a personalized programming…
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How Big Companies Profit from Greenhouse Gas Pollution
What's the true price of a carbon permit? That's a trick question, according to data from a United Kingdom nonprofit called Sandbag. Carbon permits are supposed to be allowances to emit greenhouse gases that companies purchase -- at a loss
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Local Business Listings With Bing
When WebProNews headed to SMX West in Santa Clara, they caught up with Mikko Ollila, Senior Product Manager on Bing Local, to discuss a little bit about Bing's experience and intentions in local search.
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Why Congress Should Not Tackle Unemployment
At first blush, that sounds ridiculous, and perhaps mean. With 9.7% of the workforce out of work and another chunk so discouraged that they have stopped looking, surely taking aim at unemployment is both a political and a moral imperative.
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Tuesday Links: Protecting Social Ventures
NPR's April Dembrosky examines efforts to create laws that protect social ventures from having to sell out values for shareholders' benefit.
FDIC Chief Sheila Bair says banks that aren't lending to consumers and business owners need to explain why, <a…
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How Google’s Translation Gadget Can Boost Your Revenue
Google continues to aggressively improve one its most promising, if less-known, products -- its "website translation gadget." As we noted when the search giant launched this tool last September, it can be used to quite literally "put money in your
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