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Spanish woman fined 800 euros for photo of police car
AFP, Published on 20/08/2015
» MADRID - A Spanish woman has been fined 800 euros ($885) under a controversial new public security law for posting online a photo of a police car parked in a disabled parking space, police said Wednesday.
Google opens first Asia data centres to cope with demand
AFP, Published on 11/12/2013
» US search engine giant Google Wednesday opened its first data centres in Asia to cater for soaring demand, and said it would double its planned investment in the Taiwan facility to $600 million.
Dutch architect to build house with 3D printer
AFP, Published on 23/01/2013
» A Dutch architect has designed a house "with no beginning or end" to be built using the world's largest 3D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon.
Nano-fibres to help mercury cleanup
AFP, Published on 11/09/2012
» Scientists in Switzerland and the United States on Sunday said they had created a "nano-velcro" textile that offers a swift, sensitive and low-cost way of detecting mercury, a toxic and accumulative pollutant, in water and fish.
Energy-starved Pakistan eyes solar power
AFP, Published on 27/03/2012
» From mosques, to homes and streets, Pakistanis are increasingly seeing the light and realising that year-round sun may be a cheap if partial answer to an enormous energy crisis.