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PepsiCo Unveils Bottle Made From Food Waste. 1

Submitted by tetrahedrassface on Tuesday March 15 2011, @09:34AM

tetrahedrassface writes "PepsiCo has unveiled a new bottle that ups the ante in unfolding "Container War Saga". This new bottle is made of food scraps and waste material from Pepsi's diverse food manufacturing facilities. This new plastic from Pepsi is in response to Coca Cola's "Plant Bottle", with a couple of provisos, and quid pro quos. First this new plastic is entirely made of food waste, and second it hasn't been commercialized yet. Don't let that deter you however. In a few short years all of our High Fructose Corn Syrup infused libations will be available in this mind soothing and reassuring non oil based plastic. PepsiCo says the bottles are made of switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. They also plan to use orange peels, oat hulls, potato scraps and other leftovers. Yum!"

Cutting Prices is the Only Way to Stop Piracy-> 0

Submitted by Stoobalou on Tuesday March 15 2011, @08:56AM

Stoobalou writes "The only way to stop piracy is to cut prices. That's the vedict of a major new academic study that reckons copyright theft won't be halted by 'three strikes' broadband disconnections, increasing censorship or draconian new laws brought in under the anti-counterfeiting treaty ACTA.

The Media Piracy Project, published last week by the Social Science Research Council, reports that illegal copying of movies, music, video games and software is "better described as a global pricing problem" — and the only way to tackle it is for copyright holders to charge consumers less money for their wares."
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New Planet Tyche Discovered?-> 0

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Anonymous Coward

on Tuesday March 15 2011, @08:17AM

Anonymous Coward writes "There has been mounting speculation that a massive object in our solar system has been lurking in the shadows, but what is it?"
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Satellite Images of Japan Before and After Quake-> 0

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autospa

on Tuesday March 15 2011, @07:38AM

autospa writes "In Japan over 10,000 are feared dead after a massive earthquake and a tsunami swept the northeastern coast. As nuclear explosions continue to rock the earthquake-stricken country, the magnitude of the devastation and flooding is extensive. View Japan's northeastern coast in satellite images, before and after the destruction."
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Sprint sued for "Premium Data" charges-> 0

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wizkid057

on Monday March 14 2011, @05:47PM

wizkid057 writes "Sprint is once again being targeted by a class action lawsuit for overcharging it's customers.

Since the release of the HTC EVO 4G and, subsequently, the Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S) phone, Sprint has been forcing users of these devices to pay an additional $10 per month "Premium Data" fee on top of paying for a plan that already includes unlimited data.

As of January 31st they took this one step further and now require that all new smartphone activations (Android, Blackberry, Palm, etc) include additional $10 fee for unlimited data access on top of their existing unlimited data plan.

Some people, myself included, are obviously taking some offense to this double dipping and have submitted a class action lawsuit against the overcharges.

No one at Sprint can define what "Premium Data" I am getting by paying this fee."
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Universal Language Translator-> 0

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Anonymous Coward

on Monday March 14 2011, @05:23PM

Anonymous Coward writes "SILO (Speak In Language Out) crowd sourced universal language translator with a twist. Go ahead make a contribution for the betterment of humanity."
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Human GPS Microchipping: Ban or Embrace it?-> 0

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Max Stout

on Monday March 14 2011, @05:12PM

Max Stout writes "microchipping is coming — this is a list of 15 different ways that 'chips can be utilized. SHould we fear them or be happy to walk around without wallets?"
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5 Reasons Why the iPad 2 Sucks-> 1

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JimLynch

on Monday March 14 2011, @04:43PM

JimLynch writes "Well here are again, a new Apple product has been launched and various presstitutes are falling all over themselves about it. This time around it’s the iPad 2 that has so many journawhores gasping for breath and oozing Apple worship. Ugh. Must we go through this yet again simply because of a new iProduct?"
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Blogger Fined $60K For Telling The Truth-> 0

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jfruhlinger

on Monday March 14 2011, @04:24PM

jfruhlinger writes ""Johnny Northside," a Minneapolis blogger with less than 500 readers a day revealed that a University of Minnesota researcher studying mortgage fraud had been involved in a fraudulent mortgage himself; the blog post was at least partially responsible for the researcher losing his job. The researcher then sued the blogger and won — despite the blogger having his facts straight. Johnny Northside plans to appeal the verdict."
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Teach Your Kids To Read-> 0

Submitted by Susan Leflock on Sunday March 06 2011, @09:04PM

Susan Leflock writes "In order to motivate and teach kids to read, the National Education Association has designated March 2, Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, as “Read Across America Day.”"
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