Is your SSD more reliable than a hard drive?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923-9.html

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Total chief warns against Arctic drilling

http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/66670

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Study says cost of lithium ion batteries could drop by two-thirds by 2020

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/study-says-cost-of-lithium-ion-batteries-could-drop-by-two-thirds/

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Maps on iPhone 5/iOS 6 • the light at the end of the tunnel • you do have choices

• Best option: don't move to iPhone 5/iOS 6 until Apple fixes this mess

Or

• Wait for Google Maps for iOS 6

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/google-maps-for-iphone-ios6-ios-6_n_1916965.html#slide=more251885

Or

• Google Maps in your iOS browser

https://maps.google.com/

Or

• How to get Google Maps back onto your iPhone • revert to iOS 5

http://www.stuff.tv/news/apple-news/how-to/how-to-get-google-maps-back-onto-your-iphone?

Or

• Android

/ iTunes debacle /

300 Years of fossil fuels in 300 Seconds (video)

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&desktop_uri=/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w

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