2005-12-10
Fuzzy Science
2005-12-04
The Register: Read the letter that won the internet governance battle
"Condoleezza Rice's missive to the EU
By Kieren McCarthy
Published Friday 2nd December 2005 09:07 GMT
"The World Summit in Tunis last month was overshadowed by the global argument over internet governance.
"Its biggest controversy came with the proposition put forward by the EU a month earlier that there be a new inter-governmental body that oversee ICANN. The US government - which currently enjoys unilateral control over the internet infrastructure - was furious and launched an enormous lobbying campaign, both public and private, across the board to retain its position.
"Most significant among all those lobbying efforts was a letter sent from the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice to the UK foreign minister Jack Straw acting in the role of presidency of the EU.
"In the letter, Rice used strong language for a diplomatic missive, to stress how seriously the US administration was taking the issue and how determined it was to retain ICANN in overall charge of the internet. European diplomats privately confessed that the letter had a significant impact on their position."
Read the letter here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/02/rice_eu_letter/
Wired News: Fuel Up With Banana Peels
02:00 AM Dec. 02, 2005 PT
Mad scientist Doc Brown powers his time machine by feeding coffee grounds and other biowaste into the DeLorean in Back to the Future.
While time travel is still in the realm of science fiction, carbon-based fuel cells are about to become science fact -- rendering a similar scenario all the more possible. SRI announced in November that it has developed direct carbon fuel-cell technology.
The process is 70 percent efficient, double that of traditional coal power plants, according to Larry Dubois, vice president of the physical sciences division at SRI.
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