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The Cloud is Powered by Coal

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“Americans use too much energy” is one of the most politically correct things you can say—but it’s wrong. My favorite response to that complaint is by the great energy commentator Robert Bryce, who...

Who’s Paying For the Free Airport Wi-Fi?

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With banks of blinking slot machines situated just past the security check, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas will never be a “normal” airport. But the tourism and convention money that...

Are You A Billionaire Looking To Make A Deal? Call this Guy

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“You gotta meet Demetri while you’re in town.” The text message had come from an entrepreneur and investor I knew. One of those guys with enviable and inexplicable links to business heroes and at...

Tech Titans Talk Life-Changing Gadgets And NSA Reform in Davos

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Tech titans took the stage on the first morning at the World Economic Forum for a panel focused on changes in the digital landscape: bandwidth, privacy, data and business transformation. The speakers...

The 24 Countries Where Microsoft Windows Phone Outsells the Apple iPhone

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Statistics may say Windows 8 is a flop but, contrary to popular opinion, Windows Phone is far from down and out in the battle for our mobile affections. In fact in many parts of the world sales are...

China lifted Console Ban

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On January 6,th 2014 the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced that it had officially, though temporarily, lifted a ban on video game consoles that on September 27, 2013 it had...

Mortgage Rates Slashed

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The Royal Bank of Canada is a source of lending and an asset builder for most Canadians. They rely on its value in their daily lives as a trustworthy enterprise. The large-scale bank cut its half-...

Barbara Bush Is Right About Political Dynasties, But America Would Elect Jeb Bush Anyway

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“If we can’t find more than two or three families to run for office, that’s silly, because there are great governors and great eligible people to run.  And I think that the Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes...

Judaism In Cartoons And iPhone Apps

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Teaching young people – and millennials – about religion can be a chore, not to mention sometimes boring or confusing for the students. One tech firm in San Francisco may have an answer for those...