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President Obama, not Invited to Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding

President Obama is not invited to Chelsea Clinton’s wedding. As Mr. President thinks, it would be tough to have two presidents at a wedding. 🙂

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America’s Most Hated and Clueless Man Goes, Any Hope Left?

Politics

During the second quarter of the year, Britain’s BP that suffered an accident on its oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has lost $17.15 billion. Analysts predict that the company will be in the red for at least another two quarters, and this is despite the resignation of Tony Hayward, BP’s executive director and “the most hated person in the USA.” (more…)

IBM Opens the First Multipurpose Cloud Computing Center in Poland

Technology

WARSAW, Poland & WROCLAW, Poland – 29 Jul 2010: IBM Poland (NYSE: IBM) and the Wroclaw University of Technology today announced an agreement to establish the first university cloud computing center in Poland. As part of the partnership, the Wroclaw University of Technology will create a new academic curriculum, making cloud-focused courses available to more than 1500 students.

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Ordinary Soot Key to Saving Arctic Sea Ice

Environment

WASHINGTON — The quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according to a new study. (more…)

Russian Court Bans Access to YouTube Entirely

Media, Politics

A court of the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Khabarovsk region, the Far East, ruled to restrict access to world’s largest video hosting YouTube and four other websites, which, as legal experts believed, contained extremist materials, Pravda.Ru news service reports. (more…)

IBM and Tridium, Inc. to Develop New Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Environment, Technology

*IBM and Honeywell division collaborate to advance ‘smart’ technology for structures*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Jul 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) said today it plans to work with Tridium, Inc. to develop new technology and solutions that will allow companies to maximize efficiency of their new and existing buildings and facilities while keeping an eye on profits.

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Three Year Investigation of Military Munitions Sea Disposal Site Completed

Environment, Weapons

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaiʻi Number 5 (HI-05), a deep-water military munitions disposal site in U.S. coastal waters approximately 5 miles south of Pearl Harbor, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.

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Social Networking Sites Reach a Higher Percentage of Women than Men Worldwide

Culture, Technology

*comScore Releases Report, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet*

Reston, VA July 28, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a global report on women’s online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel.

Among its results, the report found that social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting a social networking site in May 2010 versus 69.7 percent of men. To download a copy of Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, please visit: www.comscore.com/WomenOnTheWeb

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