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RunCore intros hard drive with a kill switch -- a real one
2012-05-17 23:30:27| CNET News.com
This solid-state drive (SSD) will self-destruct in five seconds with just one click. [Read more]
Verizon to kill unlimited data plans for existing subscribers
2012-05-16 20:00:44| CNET News.com
A Verizon exec said at an investor conference that the company is killing its unlimited data plan for "grandfathered" customers and will force existing and new customers to sign up for a new tiered "data-share" plan on its 4G LTE network. [Read more]
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United Kingdom: Operation to kill gas leak on North Sea oil platform is 'complete success'
2012-05-16 12:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has been stopped, according to the operators. Work to "kill" the leak started yesterday on Total's Elgin platform, around 150 miles (241km) from Aberdeen, with heavy mud being pumped into the well. Total said the operation lasted 12 hours. All 238 staff were evacuated from the platform when the leak was detected almost two months ago in March. At one point about 200,000 cubic metres of gas was leaking every day but this was said to have been reduced...
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Support Platform Near Elgin, Well Kill In Coming Days
2012-05-05 22:00:00| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
PARIS French oil major Total SA Friday reiterated it was ready to start "in the coming days" an operation to "kill" a gas leaking well on its North Sea Elgin platform as it has managed to move a support drilling rig close to the platform.The semi-submersible drilling rig called "West Phoenix" moved within the exclusion zone around the platform that ... (more)
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Mozilla auto-upgrade will kill Firefox 3.6
2012-04-27 22:34:16| InfoWorld: Top News
Mozilla will give Firefox 3.6 the coup de grace next month by automatically upgrading users of that 2010 browser to Firefox 12. The move isn't a first for the open source developer: A year ago, it gave Firefox 3.5 the same auto-upgrade death blow.
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