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On Tuesday, IBM revealed a partnership with Indian Internet service provider Tulip Telecom to design and build the largest datacenter in India.

Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint has accused the chancellor of the exchequer of 'reviling in contempt' for environmental policy.

BARCELONA -- Start-up 'Gogentle' vies to cut pollution and costs on center-city deliveries, using electric-powered 'cargo-cycles.'

Custom-designed technology cleans, crushes and prepares packaging for the recycling process.

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about the global economy.

A team of doctors reports the first successful transplant of a prosthetic jaw created by a three-dimensional printer.

Carnegie-Mellon University researchers find crowdsourcing initiatives have a lifecycle all their own, and their value keeps growing long after initial enthusiasm appears to have died out.

A transatlantic team of researchers are working on establishing a system to track individuals' "super-identity" with the aim of cutting down on fraud and increasing security.

Why does an economic powerhouse like the United States have infrastructure in such poor condition? Governing's Alex Marshall blames the budgeting process.

In late January, Accenture released a rather startling and unsettling statistic as part of its ongoing research into consumer expectations. It is simply this: a whopping 66 percent of consumers switched companies during 2011 as a result of poor customer service. Wireless carrier, cable companies and utility providers were particularly vulnerable to this behavior.Accenture's research canvased...

The U.S. government has approved the use of Android smartphones for use in the field to communicate and exchange classified information.

Google's 'Mind the Gap!' program is designed to encourage more women to join the engineering profession.

The 'digital divide' - what is it, and what should businesses be aware of?

The 'digital divide' - what is it, and what should businesses be aware of?

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's roundup of must-read stories from the web. This morning we're reading the top picks in the aviation industry.

PARIS -- Part I of a series exploring French voices in an election that could mean big changes for their country. In Part I: Major issues for young voters.

Anthropologists unanimously agree that what is commonly referred to as the Mayan Apocalypse, simply represents the end of a 394-year cycle known as the Baktun, The Week reports. The Baktum cycle ends after the 13th baktum when it closes on December 21 this year— then the 394-year cycle starts all over again.Jesus Gomez, the head of the Guatemalan confederation of Mayan priests, said...

Republic Wireless offers unlimited calls, texting, and data for $19/month, trusting its customers to switch to wifi whenever it's available.

Xinhua Net reports that Aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance, an alliance of leading private-sector Chinese companies, is opening new offices in Europe-- and the Danish design caught their attention.Feng Jun, the chairman of the consumer electronics firm Aigon Digital Technology, said that AEA is aiming to help Chinese companies bring their products to the global market, but that they need their...

Despite the end of the shuttle program, interest in space exploration continues to grow.