GenevaLunch » Tech/media http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no WWF faces off with Bern over energy certificates http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65369 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is turning to energy certificates from outside the country to make its CO2 quota for 2008-2012, and environmental group WWF is not happy about it. The Swiss Federal Council announced Tuesday 17 January that it is signing a new contract with the Climate Cent Foundation to increase its engagement by one [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/feed/ 0 Swiss nuclear reactors get EU resistance ok, but gov’t wants seismic checks http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:53:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65116 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – A European Union team of specialists has given the all-clear to Switzerland’s nuclear reactors for resistance, reviewing them on 37 points established in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima accident in 2011, but he Swiss government says it wants further reviews on 8 additional points. The IFSN (Federal Inspectorate for Nuclear Safety) says [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/swiss-nuclear-reactors-get-eu-resistance-ok-but-govt-wants-seismic-checks/feed/ 0 Geneva’s lakefront lights win national energy prize http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:10:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64968 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva was one of the top winners in the sixth annual Swiss government Watt d’Or programme to recognize energy-saving initiatives. It was honoured 4 January as the winner of the energy technologies category for its new LED strings of lights along the Lake Geneva waterfront. The waterfront area has been lit up [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/feed/ 0 “Boson, I presume?”, but not Higgs http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:53:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64826 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at Cern, working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), this week say they have turned up a boson, a particle that carries force, although it is not the famously sought-after Higgs boson. The Chi-b (3P) appears likely to be the first sub-atomic particle found since the LHC went to work in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/23/boson-i-presume-but-not-higgs/feed/ 0 Collisions that changed the world (Chappatte cartoon) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:41:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64745 GenevaLunch.com ©2011 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/16/collisions-that-changed-the-world-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Cern-watchers hyped for Higgs Boson news http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/13/cern-watchers-hyped-for-higgs-boson-news/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/13/cern-watchers-hyped-for-higgs-boson-news/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:24:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64652 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The birth of the child called Higgs Boson might or might not be coming soon, depending on what media you follow, but today is in any event a big day at Cern in Geneva, when the suspension ends and we’ll all learn out what scientists are seeing, thanks to the LHC (Large [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/13/cern-watchers-hyped-for-higgs-boson-news/feed/ 0 Jetman flies over the Alps in formation with jets http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/jetman-flies-over-the-alps-in-formation-with-jets/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/jetman-flies-over-the-alps-in-formation-with-jets/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:38:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64307 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Jetman does it again: astonishes, with his latest feat, flying 28 November with two Breitling Jet Team jets from Dijon, France, in formation over the Alps. We’re nearly speechless, so just watch the video (other feats by Vaud’s famous pilot Yves Rossy, formerly known as  Fusion Man):

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/jetman-flies-over-the-alps-in-formation-with-jets/feed/ 0 Swiss cabinet says no need to tighten IP and download laws http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/swiss-cabinet-says-no-need-to-tighten-ip-and-download-laws/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/swiss-cabinet-says-no-need-to-tighten-ip-and-download-laws/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:54:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64274 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Council has ruled that the country’s laws concerning illegal downloads are adequate and additional legislation is not needed. The decision follows requests by artists’ groups for further protection. France in recent years has tightened its legislation and in some cases people who have illegally downloaded music, for example, have [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/swiss-cabinet-says-no-need-to-tighten-ip-and-download-laws/feed/ 0 Facebook and FTC settle after US commission confirms privacy abuses http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/facebook-and-ftc-settle-after-us-commission-confirms-privacy-abuses/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/facebook-and-ftc-settle-after-us-commission-confirms-privacy-abuses/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:13:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64248 GenevaLunch.com Biggest impact may be on other social media: “sitting on a ton of personal information…doesn’t mean you can monetize it in any way you like” GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Facebook has indeed shared private information with advertisers, a practice it has staunchly denied, according to the US Federal Trade Commission, which has ended a long investigation [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/facebook-and-ftc-settle-after-us-commission-confirms-privacy-abuses/feed/ 0 Swiss Post to start offering “My Newspaper” in German http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/swiss-post-to-start-offering-my-newspaper-in-german/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/swiss-post-to-start-offering-my-newspaper-in-german/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:52:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64152 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Your personalized newspaper put together from several sources and delivered in print form is now on offer from the Swiss Post office, in German; the same service is available anywhere in the world as an e-paper for i-Pad and other readers. The one-year trial lets readers select what sections of which of [...]

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