Tag: conference
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How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others
The New Alliance was announced in conjunction with the G8 meeting last Friday. Under the scheme, some 45 corporations, including Monsanto, Syngenta, Yara International, Cargill, DuPont, and PepsiCo, have pledged a total of $3.5 billion in investment in Africa.
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Computer Viruses Could Cross Frontier Into Biological Realm, Researchers Say
from pcworld.com: Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics, researchers said at Black Hat Europe. “We […]
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#DataDump: Homeless Hotspots, Phonehacking, Hollywood
Turning the Homeless Into 4G Hotspots at SXSW // FBI says paying cash for coffee is a sign of terrorist intent // DARPA’s Director Quits to Take Executive Slot at Google // Google Exec Joins Microsoft, Trashes Google // Supercomputer models atomic bomb saving Earth from massive asteroid
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‘Laser Rifle’ Is Latest US Weapon Against Enemies
from smartplanet.com: Last month, a British defense company demonstrated how a non-lethal laser weapon can be used to ward off pirates. Now, American researchers have created a laser gun that […]
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Better supplies to drive world food prices lower in 2012?
from reuters: Improved grain supplies will help lower food prices this year after sharp rises in 2011 and take the wind out of price volatility, easing inflation concerns, a senior […]
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At SXSW Media Zoo, ‘Convergence’ Is Annual Buzz Word
Increasingly, the media zoo that is SXSW looks more like today’s overlapping media world. The annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival, which begins Friday, gathers thousands of creators, performers, media and industry members for 10 days onto the boozy downtown streets of Austin, Texas.
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Camp David, Not Chicagoland, to Host G8
from nytimes.com: President Obama has boasted for months about playing host to the annual summit meeting of the Group of 8 industrialized nations this May in his hometown, Chicago. But […]
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode102 – Special Ops, Global Tax, Zombie Voters
Story #1: Expanded Role Proposed for ‘Elite’ Military Forces // Story #2: UN May Get Global Carbon Tax on Air Travel to Avert ‘Trade War’ // Story #3: 1.8 Million Dead People Currently Registered To Vote
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Cargill Set to Exploit Stevia Worldwide
John Fry, principal consultant to Cargill Health and Nutrition spoke to ConfectioneryNews.com shortly after his presentation on stevia at ProSweets’ Conference on Ingredients in Cologne, Germany.
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Food Waste Denounced by Ministers as Almost 1 Billion Go Hungry
from businessweek: Food waste was denounced by farm ministers and policy makers gathered in Berlin as almost 1 billion people in developing countries go hungry. Consumers in rich countries dispose […]
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Hackerspace Global Grid Seek Sat Net to Thwart Net Censors
In a decidedly 21st-century twist, team of German hackers bent on fighting the powers that be has chosen a rather ambitious means of taking the power back: building a hacker-owned-and-operated space program, complete with a constellation of communications satellites beaming uncensored Internet to users on the ground.
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dna barcoding catches food fraudsters, identifies animals
from ctv: Scientists have discovered a range of new uses for a Canadian technology that can be used to peer into 30,000-year-old permafrost, detect phoney herbal medicines and catch invasive […]
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Insulin Pump Hack Delivers Fatal Dosage Over The Air
In a hack fitting of a James Bond movie, a security researcher has devised an attack that hijacks nearby insulin pumps so he can surreptitiously deliver fatal doses to diabetic patients who rely on them.
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8/11 Defcon: Focused Chaos, Miracle Weapons & The Facebook Op
Twitter users face arrest for inciting London looters // Mossad’s miracle weapon: Stuxnet virus opens new era of cyber war // Survey finds smartphone apps store too much personal data