Emissions from planes included for first time in climate change plans for UK

The UK has strengthened its emissions targets in a new amendment, agreeing to make international aviation part of the carbon emissions target for the first time, after the failure to include it initially had drawn criticism."Ed Miliband, the new secretary of state for energy...

Kenyan Bloggers Speak Out Against Violence

The turmoil continues in Kenya, especially now that President Kibaki has announced his hand-picked cabinet, which included the leader of the third-place party as his vice-president. The opposition has been howling ever since, and fears abound of violence intensifying in the...

Will iTunes & Netflix make Blu-ray’s “victory” meaningless?

Actually i think there's a point here. I dont think Blue Ray will have the same lifespan as VHS or DVD. Broadband connections are getting more and more bandwidth with 20mbit almost becoming the  standard (at least in Denmark) and increasing soon with offers in the...

My So-Called Second Life

"I thought I'd want to have lots of sex. Meaningless, multipartnered, degrading sex. After all, if Second Life is a virtual community in which you can look however you want, do whatever you want and use the fake name you want, then I could make all my fantasies come true. And...

Cynthia McKinney introduced articles of impeachment

"“President George W. Bush has failed to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States; he has failed to ensure that senior members of his administration do the same; and he has betrayed the trust of the American people,” Congresswoman Cynthia...

The Improbability of God

"By way of attacking his position, the atheist often hears the line from theists that, “You can’t prove there’s no such thing as god.” The wholly logical response, of course, is to admit the theist’s point. However, it is important to note that the...