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Two of the leading names in the global computer industry, semiconductor chip maker behemoth, Intel Corporation and hardware manufacturer, Lenovo have now joined in announcing the introduction of an all new netbook for kids in the form of Lenovo Classmate+ PC. This magnificent netbook is part of the continually growing education initiative by Intel, [...]

The holiday season that covers the celebrations of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year is a time of joy, happiness and a chance to bring your loved ones closer to you. The holiday spirit is so intense with the blessings of the Lord, that it can even make the most bitter of enemies into inseparable friends. Each year, this time is the most celebrated [...]

Infant mortality rates are relatively higher in developing countries as compared to the developed ones. One of the reasons cited for this is substandard healthcare and lack of necessary faculties for both the new born and the mother.  Here is an infant care device called Embrace, an instant warmer for the crucial hours when a premature newborn is [...]

According to data, only 5% of the world’s population or some 154 million people benefit from anti-smoking laws. Additionally, statistics show that passive smoking is responsible for about 600,000 deaths a year. The anti-tobacco lobby is a lost battle especially in developing countries and emerging economies where smoke-free laws are not strictly implemented, [...]

A report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entitled Recycling – From E-waste to Resources, discloses the amount of e-waste being generated in 11 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The data on current estimates are also used to project future e-waste e-waste is just a euphemism for waste materials coming from products of [...]

Ben Quinn, correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, reports that Virgin owner and megawealthy Richard Branson supports the alarmist ‘warning of an impending peak oil crisis.’ Branson and some fellow British business leaders funded a recent study whose report supports the claim that peak oil will be real by 2015. The impending scenario where [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a Geneva-based body, warned that ‘the world must prepare for a mass increase in climate-linked migration.’ Deemed as a certain reality in the foreseeable future, it is what leaders who wrangled deals at the Copenhagen Climate Conference failed to be alarmed about. The United Nations Climate Change [...]

Realists claim that the Copenhagen Climate Conference or the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference 2009 will fail in its intended agenda, and that no climate deals will be forged between December 7 and 18 of 2009. Months before the climate summit, it had already been clear that climate negotiations will hit a standoff. ‘The rest of the world has been [...]

In the wake of worsening climate change, the big question is which societies will do best in coping with climate change and mitigating its devastating effects. The warming of the earth’s temperature that translates to rising sea levels and changing weather patterns will see societies that have to cope with political, social, technological, and [...]

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, more popularly called as the Copenhagen Climate Conference scheduled to be held from December 7-18 2009 is a much-awaited event where the representatives of the global community will sit, talk, negotiate a deal, and hopefully sign the deal on how to save our warming planet. These are some [...]