Japan Stocks Edge Lower Amid Europe Woe as Shipping Lines Drop
Japanese stocks edged lower after Fitch Ratings said Greece is insolvent. Shippers led declines on the Topix Index after cargo rates fell to a three-year low amid concern the debt crisis will weigh on demand.
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Feature: Step 1: give every kid a laptop. Step 2: learning begins?
Nicolas Negroponte, the head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, sure knows how to get people's attention. About three months ago, the venerable ed-tech evangelist told the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco that his organization would "literally take tablets and drop them out of helicopters," and return a year later to see if the effort was a success. While the comment has faced ...
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Amazon profits plunge amid rising costs
Amazon has reported a 57% drop in profits for the fourth quarter of the year.
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E-cycler keeps toxic electronics out of landfill
By Charlene Dean Recycling is mainstream these days. Paper, plastic, glass and aluminum cans are all sorted in an effort to reduce the footprint left behind by humanity’s consumption. Beyond basic products though are the remnants of the technology explosion the last 100 years. Flat screens and computers, cellular phones and VCRs, they too find[...]
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Bits Blog: Start-Up Nicira Plans to Disrupt Networking Giants
A small company called Nicira and a few other scrappy players are pursuing what is called software-defined networking.
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