guardian.co.uk Science:
Shady, wintry spots will soon be full of these diminutive flowers, from deepest purple to pristine whiteHardy cyclamen used to be the preserve of enthusiasts who swapped plants and seed with elaborate collectors' numbers and (Read More)
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Robert Crumb's straight retelling of Genesis lacks his trademark humourIt's the old story. Milton tried to retell the Bible and discovered that Satan was a more interesting character than God, and now, three centuries later, (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Frances Leviston is charmed by a vision of northern England in a debut collection"O collapser of delicate moods and arch lyrical poignancies! / damper of youthful enthusiasms! / user of out-of-date prophylactic sheaths!" The (Read More)
The Guardian:
Thierry Henry's calculated handball showed football is all about getting away with what you can when you canIt is understood that the canonisation of Thierry Henry has been postponed indefinitely. During his eight years at Ar (Read More)
VentureBeat:
There are tons of karaoke applications for the iPhone, but a startup called Khu.sh is introducing a twist on the concept, “reverse karaoke,” to the App Store.There have been other reverse karaoke products, most notably Micros (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Playhaven is making it easy for gamers to create fan communities around iPhone games. It does so by creating online forums for fans on its web site, with a new fan section for every iPhone game. Developers can then claim thos (Read More)
Xconomy:
Life Sciences, startups, VC Ryan McBride wrote: Ligon Discovery reported today on its website that it has raised $1 milllion in seed financing from incTANK Ventures. The Cambridge, MA-based startup says it uses a small m (Read More)
The Guardian:
France's captain missed the perfect opportunity to produce an act of genuine sportsmanshipThierry Henry had about five seconds in which to decide to join the immortals. While William Gallas wheeled away from the point-blank h (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Late seeding an indication of Fifa and Uefa intentions• "He nearly caught it, " said Keane on Henry's handballRobbie Keane hit out at the presidents of Fifa and Uefa following the Republic of Ireland's World Cup exit, claim (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Outright, which offers a free online application to help small businesses manage their finances, has raised $5.5 million in a first round of institutional funding led by Sequoia Capital. The firms that invested in Outright’s (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Superfeedr announced seed investments from Betaworks and Mark Cuban.Superfeedr offers a service that grabs a variety of data sources, digests them, and regurgitates them into a standard format.Read the rest of this story »See (Read More)
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A calendar of UK actions during the Copenhagen conferenceThousands of activists from all over the world will soon descend on Copenhagen with one message: that world leaders must agree a deal that will be effective in reducing (Read More)
TreeHugger:
Image via Cleantech OpenCleantech Open is thee competition for Claifornia (and nationwide) start-ups looking to gain seed money for their ideas. The hottest new concepts for clean technology in six categories - from renewable (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Watch out Lexis-Nexis and WestLaw! Google’s coming: You can now read full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts with Google Scholar. Expect an oligopoly (as in the legal resear (Read More)
Reuters: Environment:
LONDON (Reuters) - Seed banks need a further $250 million to preserve all varieties of food crops including those which may best survive future climate changes, the Global Crop Diversity Trust said Wednesday.
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paidContent.org:
Superfeedr has raised a seed round from real-time incubator and investment firm Betaworks, along with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; the amount of funding was not disclosed. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Intel said today that it has invested $25 million in seven new startups as part of its goal of advanced the interests of increasing demand for the company’s products.The investments were led by Intel Capital, which is the inv (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The bank recently redeemed its investment with Claren Road Asset Management after helping launch the hedge-fund firm in 2005, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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ReadWriteWeb:
Superfeedr, a service that transforms a wide variety of feeds into normalized XMPP or Pubsubhubbub format, announced a seed round of funding from some very high-profile backers this morning. Betaworks, backers of Twitter, Bi (Read More)