Reuters: Environment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, world carbon emissions will have to drop to near zero by 2050 and "go negative" after that, the Worldwatch Institute reported on Tuesday.
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ReadWriteWeb
Given the constantly growing number of micro-blogging, photo sharing, and video hosting sites, it is getting harder and harder to keep all these accounts updated. One of our favorite application to post media files to a variety of services is Pixelpipe. Pixelpipe takes care of the distribution of your files, so that you can (Read More)
Submitted by Mad Maxx:
An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world", earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on the Great B (Read More)
Strange - stories: popular
Hundreds of Neapolitan women have pledged to go without sex unless their men promise to refrain from setting off dangerous illegal fireworks. (Read More)
Hardware 2.0
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes got copy of Windows 7 beta 1 in my stocking for Christmas Day. This beta (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400) should be the first and only beta from Microsoft of Windows 7, and he reports that it’s a good one. (Read More)
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: Been using a pre beta release on my laptop and can say that i have had no problems at all. All my software installed and worked. Found all but one driver. i download a vista driver, again no problems. The performance of my laptop (2gig dual proc) with everything installed seems much better but further use is needed. I'm hoping i can upgrade with the beta 1 release.
Federated Media / Tech
Just login to Tweetree with your Twitter credentials, and - voilà ! - you now have a super awesome, souped-up version of your Twitter account complete with threaded conversations, and the ability to view external media (think FriendFeed convos, YouTube videos) right within your stream. As a Twitter addict, I find Tweetree t (Read More)
: Definitely a good impression. My only beef with Twitter vs. Plurk is that Plurk makes conversations easy, while Twitter has been more of a broadcast medium. When I reply to a tweet, I have to hope that it attaches to the right one. This may make things easier.
Submitted by Mad Maxx:
This article will show how we used the approach of genetic algorithms to optimize the distribution of links within web sites to maximize the average rank of individual web pages. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Socialmedian, a social news site designed to allow users to group around news networks, has been acquired by the German social network XING, a major international player with more than 6 million business users. Clearly, this is a big win for Socialmedian, which only recently came out of private beta:Sponsor"This is great ne (Read More)
: Sorry to join the celebration late @jasongoldberg, but well done. You have demonstrated well that focusing on the core, moving quickly and keeping cost in check lead to a path of sucess. Job well done, best of luck overseas.
Submitted by Itafroma
from Google Reader:
Security experts urge users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to switch to another browser until a security flaw is fixed. (Read More)
Submitted by Mad Maxx:
SOBI2 Download Plugin [GPL] The SOBI2 Download Plugin extends SOBI2 to a document management and download system. With this plugin it is easy to create a download directory or a documents directory using SOBI2.Jumi [GPL] Jumi is an universal multipurpose module and plugin for Joomla! and Mambo.you can include php html java (Read More)
Mashable!
WordPress 2.7 has finally hit, and the first thought on most people’s minds might be, “Will my favorite plugin work with it?” What follows is a list of over 20 great plugins that have already shown to work with 2.7 without any problems.Some of these you are sure to have heard of, others may be new to you, (Read More)
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Status: InterNations is a network for expatriates and global minds.
http://www.internations.org/users/signup/083c057f2d7af55f45722ab635f21938
(Just follow the link to join it, it's "invitation only")
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I was born and live in Ancona, Marche, Italy.
I'm open minded, I like to know interesting people.
Nobody calls me "Massimiliano": too long! All my friends call me "Max".
I like nice people and simple things, like a walk on a beach, a sunshine, exploring a new city, Tuscany valleys. By the way, I love Tuscany wines and food.
I like travelling and entering in contact with other cultures. When I was a boy, every summer, I was travelling all around Europe with my InterRail card, a little money, thousands of friends, a guitar. Basically my character is not really changed, even if getting older you start to appreciate comforts. But I will never be luxury addicted. I spend one month every summer in Corsica, camping and driving around.