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The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has called on Japan to take a bold and active role in curbing climate change. Meeting Taro Aso, the Japanese prime minister, in Tokyo Ban said world leaders must agree on a new treaty to curb pollution at a key climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December. Ban, who has put climate change among his top priorities, said the Copenhagen talks would be a “moment of truth” for the future of the planet. The meeting, he said, would determine “whether we will set ourselves on course for disaster by taking a business as usual attitude...

WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND: Roger Federer neutralized Ivo Karlovic’s huge serves Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to a record 15th Grand Slam championship. Two-time finalist Andy Roddick, Andy Murray and Tommy Haas completed the final four. In a match featuring short points and few rallies, Federer conjured up a few great returns to break the 6-foot-10 Croatian twice and secure a 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory on another sunbaked day at the All England Club. Federer, closing in on his sixth Wimbledon title, reached his 21st consecutive semifinal at a Grand Slam tournament...

We get it. Sometimes, not often, but sometimes when you’re staring into the sad abyss of an empty Tennessee fifth, the idea of initiating an impromptu video conference in total darkness seems mighty compelling. That’s where Samsung’s SCH-W760 with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and front-facing infrared camera can help. It’s available now in Korea and could be the difference between making a solo bed-spin performance or 3- to 6-months served at county for violating your restraining order. The choice is yours for KRW580,000 or about 445 of the green stuff. Filed under: Cellphones Samsung’s...

Don’t get too excited, the above picture’s only a render, but T3 Motion — the company that brought you the security-focused electric stand-up vehicle — is planning to bring this whip to life as the CT3 personal commuter / EV. As Autoblog points out, the lack of a fourth wheel should help this get classified as a motorcycle, meaning it won’t be relegated to zipping around the neighborhood but still will be kept to a 45MPH top speed. However, a 80MPH CT-S version is in the works and will be entered into the Auto X Prize that’ll get an envious 100 miles per gallon....

Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities today after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the US combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the Monday midnight deadline passed for US combat troops to… AKPC_IDS += "282,";Popularity: unranked [?]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US troops withdraw from Iraqi cities", url: "http://geoflip.com/?p=282" });

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Do you dream of big plastic tennis-rackets and steering-wheel snap-ons for Sony’s upcoming motion controller? Yeah, then why not build them yourself? Sony Computer Entertainment has launched its Official Licensing Program that gives accessory and peripheral makers in Japan, Asia, North America, and Europe access to all the PS3, PSP, and PS2 tech documents and schematics required to qualify your product for an “Official Licensed Product” logo. Sure, you’ll likely have to hand over some cash for the privilege, but imagine the bank that awaits the person who converts the glowing...

Mind-controlled wheelchairs are becoming all the rage these days, but before you start letting your thoughts wander elsewhere, this latest from researchers at the Brain Science Institute (BSI) — Toyta Collaboration Center have what they claim is a system that’ll control the ride using brain waves analyzed every 125 milliseconds, which it boasts bests the competition by several seconds. Testers using the wheels and EEG cap system have achieved accuracy up to 95 percent which, as you can see in the video after the break, will make cubicle obstacle courses a challenge of the past. So...

SYDNEY, June 28 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday hailed as an example to Australia the U.S. House of Representatives passage of a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Rudd’s Labor government is struggling to get its own emissions trading scheme approved by parliament, and the deadlock is being watched around the world ahead of climate change talks in Copenhagen in December. Commenting on the U.S. bill’s passage on Friday in Washington, Rudd urged Australia’s opposition and other holdouts against his government’s scheme...

FRANKFURT (AFP) – German banks are facing a firestorm of criticism from the government and industry federations that accuse them of threatening small businesses with their tight-fisted credit policies. More than 16,600 small and medium-sized companies in Germany failed in the first half of the year, 14 percent more than in the same period of 2008, the association Creditreform has estimated. The bankruptcies affected 250,000 jobs and Creditreform has warned that a total of 540,000 jobs could be eliminated by the end of the year. Tight credit policies have… AKPC_IDS += "277,";Popularity:...