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• OMTP agrees on micro-USB standard for mobiles

  Published: September 21, 2007, 2:59 pm

  Tags: Charging, Micro Usb, Micro Usb, Microusb, Nokia, Omtp, Protocol, Standard, Usb, Usb

  has recommended that the protocol be accepted as a universal standard for charging and syncing mobile devices. Reportedly, the "OMTP's paper recommends that the micro-USB standard" be adopted across the mobile industry in order to "streamline the whole value chain and provide end users with a larger choice of the most popular peripherals."

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• RENEWABLES: Renewable energy projects to get Munich Re cover in India

  Published: September 21, 2007, 6:36 pm

  Tags: Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Kyoto Multirisk Policy, Ludger Arnoldussen, India, Germany, Renewable Energy Projects

  as India. Under the Kyoto Protocol, there is a facility, where polluting companies, instead of improving their carbon dioxide output, invest in renewable energy projects. In return for their investments, the polluting companies receive emission credits."The Kyoto policy goes beyond the traditional cover. If it is a solar plant or wind energy,

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• CLIMATE CHANGE: interview with Thomas Bunge, Recalling the World's First Steps Toward Climate Protection

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:49 am

  Tags: Canada, European Union, Climate Change, New Zealand, Montreal Ozone Protocol, Switzerland, Australia

  of the Montreal ozone protocol 20 years ago was a milestone in international climate protection. DW-WORLD.DE spoke to Thomas Bunge, a member of the German delegation, who was part of the historic event. Thomas Bunge represented Germany's Federal Environment Agency in drawing up the "Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone

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• CLIMATE CHANGE: interview with Thomas Bunge, Recalling the World's First Steps Toward Climate Protection

  Published: September 23, 2007, 11:49 am

  Tags: Canada, European Union, Climate Change, New Zealand, Montreal Ozone Protocol, Switzerland, Australia

  of the Montreal ozone protocol 20 years ago was a milestone in international climate protection. DW-WORLD.DE spoke to Thomas Bunge, a member of the German delegation, who was part of the historic event. Thomas Bunge represented Germany's Federal Environment Agency in drawing up the "Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone

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• RENEWABLES: Renewable energy projects to get Munich Re cover in India

  Published: September 21, 2007, 6:36 pm

  Tags: Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Kyoto Multirisk Policy, Ludger Arnoldussen, India, Germany, Renewable Energy Projects

  as India. Under the Kyoto Protocol, there is a facility, where polluting companies, instead of improving their carbon dioxide output, invest in renewable energy projects. In return for their investments, the polluting companies receive emission credits."The Kyoto policy goes beyond the traditional cover. If it is a solar plant or wind energy,

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• Apple adds new mobile protocol handlers

  Published: October 9, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Protocol Handlers, Protocolhandlers, Url, Urls

  to be new Safari-style protocol handlers. These items were each listed near a host application, for example itms near com.apple.MobileStore. Not surprisingly, opening an itms:// URL launches the iTunes mobile store. Here are the working protocols, both old and new itms:// Launches Mobile iTMS store. maps:// Launches Google Maps. (iPhone

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• Feats Divide Pair Linked by Election

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Feats, Divide, Pair, Linked, Election, Al Gore, George W Bush, The White House, Florida, Iraq, United States, Ari Fleischer, Jimmy Carter, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Klain, Samuel Thernstrom, Theodore Roosevelt, Tony Fratto, Colombia, Democratic Caucus, Kyoto Protocol, Panama, Peru

  MIAMI, Oct. 12 -- Somehow, it seemed only fitting that at the moment of Al Gore's triumph, George W. Bush would spend the day in Florida, scene of the fateful clash that propelled one to the presidency and the other to the Nobel Prize.

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• Have we opened Osama bin Laden's Kyoto Pandora's Box...?

  Published: October 13, 2007, 1:49 pm

  Tags: Ottawa, America, Argues, Climate, Emissions, Endorses, Global, Government, Greenhouse, Kyoto, Laden, Osama, Policies, Politics, Protocol, United States, Warming, Weary

  With everybody and their dog jumping onto the climate change  bandwagon,  perhaps we should stand back a little. We need to slow down and, maybe, think about the consequences of it all? read more

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• Gmail adds IMAP support

  Published: October 25, 2007, 11:15 am

  Tags: Gmail, Imap, Pop Protocol, Google, Web, Microsoft, Email, Mail, Hotmail, Thunderbird, Email Client

  etc.) you had to use the POP protocol. IMAP is a better protocol for doing that because as Alex Chitu pointed out: you’re always connected to the server, more clients can connect to the same account, you can obtain the text from a message without the attachments and the state information is synchronized (you can add labels from the client,

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• Xbox 360 IPTV Not in Fall Update, Still Coming

  Published: October 30, 2007, 2:47 pm

  Tags: Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Game Companies, Dashboard Update, Internet Protocol Television, Iptv, Xbox 360

  is as follows: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) features will only be available from the Xbox 360 through a service provider who has deployed Xbox 360 with Microsoft Mediaroom (IPTV) services. This was an isolated incident where these features were inadvertently exposed while the customer’s console was being serviced and is

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• Govt urged to familiarize public about Kyoto Protocol

  Published: November 3, 2007, 3:04 am

  Tags: Asia, Climate, Energy, Environment, Global, Government, Govt, Greenpeace, Hidayati, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kyoto, Protocol, Warming

  "She said introduction of the Kyoto Protocol to the public was necessary because the people n read more

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• Japan Missing Kyoto Protocol Target

  Published: November 6, 2007, 4:23 am

  Tags: All About Japan, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Target

  will likely miss its Kyoto Protocol Target of 6% reduction from 1990 levels by 2008-2012.Greenhouse gas emissions were UP 6.4% during the fiscal year which ended in March of this year.Down, 1.3% from 2005 but still up overall.The Environment Ministry said the country will make every effort possible to reach the 6% reduction target.Plants and

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• AFP Hack Gives Read/Write Access to iPhone, iPod Touch [Apple]

  Published: November 11, 2007, 10:50 pm

  Tags: Afp, Apple, Appletalk Filing Protocol, Iphone, Ipod Touch, Touch, Tuaw

  finalize an AppleTalk Filing Protocol hack that enables full read/write access to either an iPhone, or iPod touch, via Finder. Unfortunately, the work has just been completed, and as yet, it is not available via Installer.app. If you fancy trying it manually, you can find the complete instructions after the jump, courtesy of the great guys at

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• UNEP applauds Indonesia`s plan to ban CFCs, methyl bromide imports

  Published: November 14, 2007, 1:01 am

  Tags: Asia, Denpasar, Montreal, Atul, Bagai, Bali, Ban, Bangkok, Bromide, Cfcs, Chlorofluorocarbons, Environment, Indonesia, Methyl, Nations, Ozone Depleting, Protocol, Sanur, Unep, Unep Sponsored, United

  "UNEP congratulated Indonesia for its pro-active steps which, it said, should be read more

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• U.N. Global Warming Report Sternly Warns Against Inaction

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U N, Global, Warming, Report, Sternly, Warns, Against, Inaction, Bali, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, United Nations, George W Bush, Kyoto Protocol, Al Gore, James L Connaughton, John Kerry, Nicholas Stern, Philip E Clapp, Rajendra Pachauri, Valencia, Spain, Unite

  Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel will say today in a report that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world into taking tougher actions on climate change.

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