Green Initiative @ FIFA World Cup

According to a study by the Norwegian and South African governments, the World Cup will result in 2.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. This is eight times as much as the World Cup 2006 in Germany.

Eleven teams have announced they will offset the emissions caused by their participation in the event. Seven of these teams enjoy the sponsorship of PUMA for their offsets: Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Uruguay, Italy and Switzerland.

In addition, Chile, England, Republic of Korea and Serbia have committed to offsetting their own emissions.

The teams' carbon footprint that will offset includes international flights to and from South Africa, domestic flights and coaches to and from group matches for teams and officials, and accommodation in hotels - a total of approximately 6,050 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

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The money made by Microsoft, Apple and Google, 1985 until today

PS: These numbers are per year, not accumulated over time.

An american pen for James Bond

Jeffery Deaver, 60, a millionaire thriller writer, has been selected by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd to breath fresh life into the super-spy. Deaver, who has been hailed as "the master of ticking-bomb suspense", has written 26 novels and sold more than 20 million books worldwide.

Born near Chicago, Deaver is best known for his Kathryn Dance and Lincoln Rhyme books, notably The Bone Collector, which was turned into a film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.
He has written short story collections and stand-alone novels including Garden Of Beasts and The Bodies Left Behind. Before turning his hand to writing books full-time, Deaver was a journalist, like Fleming, and also a lawyer. He follows in the footsteps of Sebastian Faulks, who was picked to write a Bond novel marking the centenary of Fleming's birth.

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We decided to restart the AQAD.. with no promise we will try our best to be regular..
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BP is trying everything from buying search result & doing an apology ad

BP, which is under fire over its role in one of the worst ecological disasters in US history, has purchased the news results in an attempt to stem the tide of criticism on internet sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

A search for the term "oil spill" may direct you to a link to BP's website with the tagline: “Learn more about how BP is helping."

An "Apology ad' is also in the air,

Ranbir Kapoor - brand ambassador for Nissan

Nissan Motors, the Japanese car manufacturing company, is entering in the Indian small-car market with Nissan Micra in India & with the preferred marketing model, it has roped in Ranbir Kapoor to be their brand ambassador.

Yahoo has signed David Beckham

Yahoo has signed David Beckham as its first “global sports ambassador” to front an international ad campaign ahead of the World Cup.

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Yahoo signed a deal to show highlights of the English Premier League online for the next three seasons, 2010-13.

Google Caffeine

Google Caffeine is the new search engine from its block. It promised to push the boundaries when it comes to size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness, among other dimensions.

The Google explains:

“Our old index had several layers, some of which were refreshed at a faster rate than others; the main layer would update every couple of weeks. To refresh a layer of the old index, we would analyze the entire web, which meant there was a significant delay between when we found a page and made it available to you.

With Caffeine, we analyze the web in small portions and update our search index on a continuous basis, globally. As we find new pages, or new information on existing pages, we can add these straight to the index. That means you can find fresher information than ever before—no matter when or where it was published.”

Facts about Google Caffeine:

It processes hundreds of thousands of pages in parallel — if this were a pile of paper, it would grow three miles taller every second.

It takes up almost 100 million gigabytes of storage in one database and adds new information at a rate of hundreds of thousands of gigabytes per day — users would need 625,000 of the largest iPods to store that much information, and if those iPods were stacked end-to-end they would go for over 40 miles.

Volkswagen Beetle - 'Curves are back'