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Intels mobile division has lost an astonishing $2 billion so far this year

2014-07-16 13:15:36| Extremetech

Intel's Q2 results are excellent and the company's profits much improved -- but its mobile divisions continue bleeding money. When it called this contra-revenue, it wasn't kidding.

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Athabasca glacier melting astonishing rate more five metres a year

2014-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guelph Mercury: What's believed to be the most-visited glacier in North America is losing more than five metres of ice every year and is in danger of completely disappearing within a generation, says a Parks Canada manager. The Athabasca Glacier is the largest of six ice sheets that form part of the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. It is a popular destination for tourists from around the world who climb aboard huge snow coaches to get an up-close look. While it receives about seven metres of snowfall...

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An astonishing, dangerous cold snap is about to descend on the U.S

2014-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: For days, it`s appeared on computer model maps in the form of deep blue and purple shades. Now it`s about to get real and up close and personal. Some of the coldest air in years, if not decades, is poised to pour into the U.S., with mind-boggling low temperatures. Basically a large whirlpool in the atmosphere originating at the north pole -- in geek speak known as the polar vortex -- is diving into the Lower 48. The polar vortex (as simulated by the circulation at 500 mb in the GFS model) dives...

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TV bakery enjoys astonishing Facebook melt down

2013-05-14 22:30:17| CNET News.com

Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro -- which featured on "Kitchen Nightmares" -- decides to fight critics by calling them "punks" -- and a lot, lot worse. [Read more]

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