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Submission + - CO2 to Ethanol in one step with cheap catalyst (sciencedaily.com)

Submitted by networkBoy on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:33PM

networkBoy writes: Boffins at ORNL have discovered a simple and cheap catalyst that can take CO2 dissolved in solution with water and at room temperature convert it to ethanol with 60%+ yields. They envision it as a way to store surplus power from green energy plants and then burning it to fill in lulls in supply.

Submission + - Time Zond DB secure (iana.org)

Submitted by networkBoy on Monday October 17, 2011 @11:05AM

networkBoy writes: The IANA has taken stewardship of the time zone database, saying they will “deal with any legal matters as they arise". Looks like the copyright toll may have bit off more than they can chew. Is this the first case of troll Vs. entire Internet?

Submission + - MS dirty tricks archive trickles back to life

Submitted by networkBoy on Thursday February 22, 2007 @11:44AM

networkBoy writes: The register is carrying a blurb about the dirty tricks of microsoft archive going off-line, and being pulled from archive.org. It appears that several individuals have the pieces to the puzzle and are looking for hosting sources. Maybe the /. community can help here? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/microsoft_ archive_not_lost/

The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to trickle back into view. A week ago the site was placed under password protection, Microsoft withdrew its own account of events, and so-called internet "archive" archive.org apparently also pulled its mirror.

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