March 11, 2010

Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (AP)

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.

March 11, 2010

Independent body to review climate panel (AFP)

AFP - A respected international scientific body will review the UN's Nobel prize-winning climate panel, under fire for errors in a key report on global warming, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said.

March 10, 2010

World's largest meat-eating plant prefers to eat... small animal poo

The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover.

March 10, 2010

Scientists to review climate body

The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

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Software

Personal Accountz

Control your personal finances easily Having a program to review your personal finances is a good idea, especially in a recession. Despite the rather silly spelling of its name, Personal Accountz can be used to track bank accounts, loans, credit cards

Review: System Mechanic 9.5

A neat way to streamline and optimise an ageing PC We've all experienced the scenario before: a computer is getting a bit long in the tooth and becomes sluggish, less responsive and seemingly cluttered full of processes and applications that are far fr

Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3

A powerful update to Corel’s veteran photo-editor Paintshop is Corel’s main, long-standing photo-editing software for home users. The company also has a new, cheaper Digital Studio (at £59) which provides basic tools for editing both photos and vi

Hardware

Review: Toshiba NB305 netbook

Toshiba's newest model features the latest Intel Atom chip Toshiba's NB305 updates the company's netbook range with Intel's latest Atom processor and improved graphics, but is otherwise little changed from the previous generation....

Samsung SCX-4600

Print, scan and copy in style Samsung’s SCX-4600 is a combined printer-scanner that, unlike most of its rivals, uses a laser printer rather than an inkjet model....

Acer Aspire Timeline 1810TZ

A netbook-sized computer with notebook performance Although it’s small enough to qualify as a netbook, the Acer Aspire 1810TZ is better described as a small, portable laptop rather than a netbook....