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With patent in the offing, Clark U math/computer science student set to join Amazon
2014-04-19 15:11:49| IT Services - Topix.net
On Feb. 28, Natalia Sternberg , chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department , received an email that delivered the sort of student feedback that gladdens any teacher's heart: "Hi Professor Sternberg, I just wanted to share some good news with you.
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Kindle Docs Now Available on Amazon Cloud Drive
2014-04-17 18:34:22| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Personal documents saved in your Kindle Library will now be accessible from anywhere via Cloud Drive.
Amazon workers go on strike in Germany
2014-04-17 12:06:39| Logistics - Topix.net
Hundreds of Amazon.com Inc. workers in Germany are expected to walk off the job Thursday, according to services union Verdi, continuing a string of strikes aimed at swaying the e-commerce giant on wage levels.
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The global peril of droughts in the Amazon
2014-04-17 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: The Amazon rainforest may release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it stores during droughts, a February paper in Nature found. Luciana Vanni Gatti of the Nuclear Energy Research Institute in Brazil reached that conclusion in a project involving fellow Brazilian researchers and colleagues from Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. The study shows that the Amazon's ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere seems to be linked to rainfall. If further research confirms this...
Amazon Will Collect Sales Tax In Florida Starting In May
2014-04-17 00:47:51| IT Services - Topix.net
Do you like shopping on internet giant Amazon.com because the prices are usually really good and you don't have to pay state sales tax? For Floridians who are supposed to pay the taxes but haven't, the announcement of Amazon's entry into the state's brick-and-mortar retail landscape could mean about $80 million a year in sales taxes, according to ... (more)
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