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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552186-1/developer-reaffirms-plan-to-finish-worlds-tallest-building-in-90-days/ Developer reaffirms plan to finish world's tallest building in 90 days The world's tallest skyscraper supposedly remains on track to debut in China early next year, but the details surrounding its progress seem quite strange. by Christopher MacManus November 19, 2012 6:05 PM PST This composite photo shows Sky City's massive height compared to a portion of the Chicago skyline. (Credit: Broad Group) A 220-story Sky City tower in the Chinese city of Changsha could take the crown as the world's tallest skyscraper next March with an astounding height of 2,749 feet, edging out the mega Burj Khalifa that currently stands 2,722 feet over Dubai. What makes the 11-million-square-foot Sky City so astonishing isn't its height or its appearance but rather the three-month construction pla...

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/08/digia-to-acquire-qt-business-from-nokia-port-it-to-android-and-ios/ -- Digia to acquire Qt business from Nokia, port it to Android and iOS Up to 125 Qt personnel at Nokia will join Digia to continue Qt development. by  Ryan Paul  -  Aug 9 2012, 2:48pm SEAST DEVELOPMENT   OPEN SOURCE 35 Finnish software company Digia announced today that it is acquiring the Qt software business from Nokia. Digia plans to pick up where Nokia left off: continuing Qt development, but renewing the toolkit's focus on cross-platform support. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. Qt is an open source software development toolkit that was originally created by Norwegian software company Trolltech. Nokia acquired Trolltech in 2008 and subsequently transitioned Qt to an open governance model and a more permissive licensing scheme. Nokia had originally intended to use Qt to provide a unified development framework that would work...

http://www.voaindonesia.com/content/plastik-dapat-gantikan-bbm-di-as/1536410.html Plastik Dapat Gantikan BBM di AS Sebuah perusahaan di AS mengubah plastik menjadi bahan bakar, berpotensi mengurangi limbah plastik dan ketergantungan terhadap minyak impor. CEO perusahaan JBI, Inc., John Bordynuik, memegang setoples bahan bakar yang diproduksi dari limbah plastik. (VOA/D. Robison) Daniel Robinson 31.10.2012 Plastik bisa menjadi bahan bakar di masa depan. Namun sayangnya, hanya 7 persen dari limbah plastik di Amerika Serikat didaur ulang setiap tahun, menurut Lembaga Perlindungan Lingkungan. Sebuah perusahaan di Niagara Falls, New York, saat ini sedang berupaya meningkatkan persentase itu supaya dapat mengurangi ketergantungan Amerika terhadap minyak impor. Mesin pembuat bahan bakar dari plastik itu disebut "monster pemakan plastik." Setiap jam, ribuan kilogram potongan botol susu, botol air dan kantung belanja masuk ke dalam ruangan pembakaran besar. Limbah pl...

Glynis Smalley-Monash MONASH (AUS) — Men with a condition that can lead to cardiovascular, cerebrovascular disease, or diabetes are likely to incur higher health care costs than women with similar conditions, research shows. The new study, conducted in Taiwan, examines all expenditures across six healthcare services: inpatient, ambulatory care, dental care, traditional Chinese medicine, emergency and contracted pharmacy for 1,378 individuals aged from 65 years with metabolic syndrome (MetS). http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/metabolic-syndrome-may-cost-men-more/

Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writer Updated 11:28 a.m., Sunday, October 14, 2012 http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Amphibious-vehicle-to-go-on-sale-soon-in-US-3947532.php#ixzz29LKpQFHw In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 photo, the Quadski, a one-person motor boat that also drives on land, is tested in in Oxford Mich. The vehicle is being billed as the first commercially available, high-speed amphibious vehicle by its makers, Michigan-based Gibbs Technologies. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for around $40,000. The company hopes to sell it worldwide by 2014. Photo: Carlos Osorio / AP In this Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 photo, the Quadski, a one-person motor boat that also drives on land, is tested in in Oxford Mich. The vehicle is being billed as the first commercially available, high-speed amphibious vehicle by its makers, Michigan-based Gibbs Technologies. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. ...

http://bandung.detik.com/read/2012/09/26/191140/2038867/486/   Rabu, 26/09/2012 19:11 WIB Yayasan Pendidikan Telkom Deklarasikan Telkom University Djuli Pamungkas  - detikBandung --  Bandung  - Yayasan Pendidikan Telkom (YPT) mendeklarasikan penggabungan empat lembaga pendidikan Telkom yang terdiri atas IT Telkom, IM Telkom, Politeknik Telkom dan STISI Telkom menjadi Telkom University di Kawasan Pendidikan Telkom, Jalan Telekomunikasi, Kecamatan Dayeuh Kolot, Kabupaten Bandung, pada Rabu (26/9/2012). Deklarasi tersebut diakui Direktur Aliansi Strategis YPT Agus Ahmad Suhendra merupakan bagian dari proses pendirian Telkom University yang telah dipersiapkan secara bertahap. "Kurang lebih 1,5 tahun seluruh jajaran pengurus menggodok konsep merger ini, hingga akhirnya hari ini terwujud keinginan yang sudah diidam-idamkan. Penggabungan ini merupakan wujud implementasi visi mencapai world class university," tutur Agus saat deklarasi. Agus mengungkapkan langkah pengg...