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Embedded Conference Special Events Keynote Speaker: Al Gore THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY Tuesday, April 3 . 11:00AM - 12:00pm Consistently an active leader in technology, Vice President Gore discusses technological advancement and the potential of user involvement. He identifies key opportunities and challenges, charting a new digital society. Al Gore was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993. He is an active leader in technology and telecommunications and is keenly focused on global warming. His pioneering efforts to protect the earth's ozone layer and to clean up toxic-waste dumps were outlined in his...

Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNSNews.com) - Environmentalists from different climate change camps exchanged harsh words and blows during the closing ceremonies of the United Nations Climate Change Conference Friday, with global warming proponents clashing with global cooling activists. Buenos Aires police took 11 people into custody following the dispute, which apparently erupted over a mix-up in talking points about the risks of global warming and global cooling. Authorities said no one was seriously injured in the fracas. Officials said it appears the disruption began when a draft statement on the dire effects of global warming were traced to earlier warnings on...