Protecting water key to battle over shale gas extraction in Canada
MONTREAL – Protecting the quality of Canada’s bountiful supply of fresh drinking water is a preoccupation that unites advocates and critics of controversial plans to extract natural gas from shale rock.
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Verizon iPhone on track for March 2011 debut, says analyst
Computerworld – Apple is on schedule to launch an iPhone capable of making calls on Verizon’s network early next year, most likely in March 2011, a research analyst said today, citing sources among Asian parts suppliers.
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Microsoft video trashes OpenOffice.org
IDG News Service – Microsoft has releaed a video that suggests the company considers OpenOffice.org a significant threat to its own Office suite. Titled “A Few Perspectives on OpenOffice.org,” the video features a series of horror stories from customers who tried the open-source productivity suite and suffered from excess costs as well as IT resources, performance and compatibility issues.
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Verizon to sell iPad/MiFi hotspot combo beginning Oct. 28
Computerworld – Verizon Wireless will start selling the Apple iPad packaged with a separate mobile Wi-Fi portable hotspot device on Oct. 28 at 2,000 Verizon stores, the carrier and Apple announced Thursday.
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