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UN rethinking international development goals as 2014 deadline looms

2014-05-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bellingham Herald: When a handful of technocrats from the world's most advanced nations gathered in a United Nations basement in 2000 to finalize the world's first-ever development goals, their objective seemed simple: create a blueprint to help the world's poor by 2015. But as the deadline nears and many targets remain to be met, the United Nations is shifting from what it once hailed as the world's ambitious, unwavering promise to the world's poor -- the Millennium Development Goals -- to a more inclusive, participatory...

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Rethinking the Ridiculous Smartphone Theft Prevention Act

2014-02-19 17:34:53| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide

Bricking a stolen smartphone via a kill switch is perhaps the dumbest idea from politicians yet. All it will do is get even more phones stolen.

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Rethinking the Ridiculous Smartphone Theft Prevention Act

2014-02-19 14:00:26| PC Magazine: the Official John C. Dvorak RSS Feed

Bricking a stolen smartphone via a kill switch is perhaps the dumbest idea from politicians yet. All it will do is get even more phones stolen.

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Is Microsoft rethinking its decision to build Office for iPad?

2014-02-14 00:40:35| InfoWorld: Top News

In appearances in September and October, Steve Ballmer said Microsoft would build native Office editions for iPads and Android tablets, but the company's marketing chief spoke with much less certainty when asked about this on Thursday. At the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference, Marketing Executive Vice President Tami Reller was asked about Microsoft's willingness to "repurpose" Office for other platforms, even if this means hurting Windows' appeal.

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