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The boundless opportunities of the Internet holds little promise for thousands of homeless Canadians, but some organizations are trying to change that

The boundless opportunities of the Internet hold little promise for homeless Canadians, but some organizations are trying to change that

Exclusive: Industry will offer cut at climate change summit to avoid tougher actionThe aviation industry will tomorrow make a dramatic pledge to slash carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2050 in a move that will force up air fares and spark a green technology race among aircraft manufacturers.The British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, will unveil an agreement between airlines, airports and aircraft companies to cut emissions to 50% below 2005 levels by 2050. In a bid to seize the initiative from environmental groups clamouring for higher taxes on the industry, the plan will be presented to world leaders at the United Nations forum on climate change in New York.Airlines have been accused of dragging their heels over climate change, but the strategic shift reflects industry concerns that it could be ambushed at the global warming summit in Copenhagen in December if it does not address its growing emissions.Writing in the Guardian, climate change secretary Ed Miliband says he is h

MIT student Oliver Yeh spends less than $150 on a camera, a phone, a coolbox and a weather balloon to take photographsAn american science student has captured images of the curvature of the Earth after sending a balloon into space on a shoestring budget.Oliver Yeh spent less than $150 (£93) on a secondhand camera, a GPS-enabled mobile phone, a weather balloon and a polystyrene coolbox which he launched from a field in Massachusetts as part of a science project.The result was a time-lapse array of stunning photographs from the edge of space that could easily have come from Nasa, with its $17bn annual budget.Yeh, a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, enlisted two friends to help with Project Icarus, which he dreamed up to prove that it was possible to reach the upper levels of the atmosphere even on a tight budget.'For me, it was just about not being afraid to do what I love to do,' the 20-year-old told CNN. 'Before, people were just kind of, 'That's a crazy idea; there he

Exclusive: Industry will offer cut at climate change summit to avoid tougher actionThe aviation industry will tomorrow make a dramatic pledge to slash carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2050 in a move that will force up air fares and spark a green technology race among aircraft manufacturers.The British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, will unveil an agreement between airlines, airports and aircraft companies to cut emissions to 50% below 2005 levels by 2050. In a bid to seize the initiative from environmental groups clamouring for higher taxes on the industry, the plan will be presented to world leaders at the United Nations forum on climate change in New York.Airlines have been accused of dragging their heels over climate change, but the strategic shift reflects industry concerns that it could be ambushed at the global warming summit in Copenhagen in December if it does not address its growing emissions.Writing in the Guardian, climate change secretary Ed Miliband says he is h

RedOctane boss expects motion control releaseActivision boss Bobby Kotick has already said that Guitar Hero will one day work without the need for consoles, and now RedOctane chief Kai Huang has said the series may ditch the guitar peripheral itself in favour of a Natal-powered version.'We've definitely been evaluating Microsoft's Natal technology along with a lot of other different technologies that could enhance the Guitar Hero playing experience,' Huang told Digital Spy.'Natal is very interesting because there's so many different things you can do with it, whether it's the motion detecting, maybe sensing how you're playing, or the ability to use it for interactivity purposes and taking advantage of it for party purposes...'The exec went on to say a Natal version is likely, RedOctane and Activision both clearly eying the growth of the series beyond its current traditions.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dell Inc. will spend $3.9 billion for the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. in an attempt to expand beyond the PC business and compete more aggressively with Hewlett-Packard Co. - which recently bought another tech-services company founded by H. Ross Perot....

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AT&T launched a pilot femtocell sales program in Charlotte, N. C., on Monday, which may help it soothe the feelings of iPhone users who complain about spotty service -- if those users buy the carrier's hardware. Its device, known as the 'MicroCell,' uses 3G wireless technology and piggybacks on users' home Internet service to give them better wireless reception within the home.

Having created the telecommunications technology to help the deaf and hearing impaired to converse over the phone, Sorenson Communications now is focusing on developing skilled interpreters to complete the connection.