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Brazil blackouts result of cyber hacking: report

AFP Global Edition 12 hours ago

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS said Sunday. The CBS news program 60 Minutes said it had learned that the 2007 blackout in ...

Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis

AP News 13 hours ago

French first lady Bruni-Sarkozy tells TV show of her 8 years `body and soul' in psychoanalysis During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. But after her father died, the then-28-year-old model dove ...

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

AP News 13 hours ago

Patent case before Supreme Court could have major implications for software With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such ...

Kenya PM blasts African tactics at climate talks

AFP Global Edition 13 hours ago

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Saturday criticised a walkout by African states during climate talks in Barcelona as "grandstanding," and said it did not help developing countries' case. "I believe for example that grandstanding ... like walking out of meetings like African ...

Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP

AFP Global Edition 13 hours ago

Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions. Under the plan thrashed ...

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 ? A Product that Speaks for Itself

TechnoFile 14 hours ago

Voice Recognition Software Lets you Talk, not Type Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 – A Product that Speaks for Itself By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com Magazine Like nearly everything computer-related, voice recognition software continues to evolve. And it's getting pretty good at taking what you ...

Kenya plans nuclear plant in next five years: PM

AFP Global Edition 15 hours ago

Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday. "We want to establish a nuclear plant. We want to start with a plant of the average ...

Prized mushroom collection returns to China

AP News 17 hours ago

Precious fungi specimens smuggled out of China as World War II began are returned A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection ...

Britain urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal

Reuters Environmental Online Report 17 hours ago

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal to tackle climate change but developing nations insisted they did not want to talk about it. Britain is hosting ...

Britain rallies G20 on climate change

AFP Global Edition 18 hours ago

Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month. Politicians and central bankers from the world's top 20 largest ...

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