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Steve Jobs has Died

2011-10-05T23:48:00.001-07:00

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Intel, Nokia lab to develop 3D virtual worlds for phones

2010-08-24T10:00:00.001-07:00

Nokia, Intel and the Finnish University of Oulo are to start a three year collaboration concentrating on 3D mobile applications and interfaces. Intel said that the goal is to research next generation mobile applications and experiences. The companies and academics are presuming that a 3D internet will emerge, based on stereoscopic and 3D displays and because bandwidth is set to proliferate over

Chennai, India being used as e-waste dumping ground

2010-08-23T11:14:00.001-07:00

As well as the factory of the world, China has also been a dumping ground, with old computer parts and other electronic waste piled high in some cases next to villages. And as India rushes to the top of the global technology space, is it starting to face a similar crisis? India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has intercepted five huge containers of old computer parts being dumped

Apple could be largest semiconductor buyer by 2012

2010-07-21T07:07:00.001-07:00

Apple's fruity business model is pushing it on course to become the world's second largest buyer of semiconductors and may well become the biggest chip buyer in the whole wide world by 2012. It's thought that Apple is going to be spending roughly $16.2 billion on semiconductors which will see it overtake previous Number Two, Samsung, which is projected to spend $13.9 billion. HP will still take

Microsoft scam comes to a phone near you

2010-07-19T01:51:00.001-07:00

Scammers are calling people up pretending to work for Microsoft in the latest social engineering hack. According to the Guardian, the scam is really simple the phone rings at someone's home, and the caller, usually with an Indian accent, asks for the householder, quoting their name and address before saying "I'm calling from Microsoft". The caller claims that Redmond has had a report from their

Malaria-proof mosquito created

2010-07-17T21:12:00.001-07:00

Entomologists have for the first time managed to genetically alter mosquitoes in a way that renders them completely immune to malaria.The development raises hopes that malaria-proof mosquitoes with a genetic edge over the normal type could be released into the wild to interbreed with and eventually replace them. While malaria-resistant varieties have been successfuly bred in the past, this is the

Giving kids computers is a bad idea

2010-07-14T20:37:00.001-07:00

Giving kids computers to help boost their education is turning out to be a complete waste of time.US education authorities are just starting to work out that if you give a kid a computer they will not suddenly turn into programming geniuses. They will play games. Apparently the problem has been noticed as educationalists checked to see if giving low-income kids PCs would be the great social

NASA discovers caverns on the Moon

2010-07-13T20:48:00.001-07:00

The Moon may be home to many bizarre things says a new discovery by NASA of caverns hundreds of feet deep beneath its surface. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) sent back images of the unusual caves to NASA bases, where scientists are puzzling over what may potentially be "down the rabbit hole"."They could be entrances to a geologic wonderland," said Mark Robinson of Arizona State

NTP sues Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola

2010-07-09T20:57:00.001-07:00

NTP is suing Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft, and Motorola for infringement of its wireless e-mail patent. The six technology giants are being brought to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for infringing eight patents relating to push e-mail.NTP was founded by the inventor Tom Campana, who is creditted with inventing wireless push e-mail in 1990. He managed to amass 50

ICANN set to approve .XXX

2010-06-25T06:42:00.001-07:00

Internet regulator ICANN is set to approve the use of an .XXX domain name later today. The idea was mooted a while back but was blocked by US government representatives on ICANN. The administration of George Bush had received word from Jesus that it was not good to have a virtual red light district on his pure and holy Internet. The idea that there should be a .XXX was initially mooted by the

Privacy International to report Google to police

2010-06-10T20:02:00.001-07:00

Street View scandal set to escalate Privacy International plans to file a formal complaint to the UK police as early as next week over Google's Street View snooping, according to the Financial Times. The privacy group believes that the third-party audit that Google published on Wednesday reveals that the downloading of private WiFi data was intentional and thus a beach of

world cup schedule printable

2010-06-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

world cup schedule printableFighting for glory of World Cup 2010, 32 countries will start fighting on the football grounds of south africa, the premier international football tournament, from June 11, 2010 to July 11, 2010. If you need to see all the 16 rounds of schedule and to download the world cup fifa 2010 schedule from the official FIFA site below.With the South Africa band Freshlyground,

Six astronauts take long trip to nowhere

2010-06-05T21:27:00.000-07:00

Six astronauts take long trip to nowhere They won't even have Google 05 Jun 2010 09:47 | by Matthew Finnegan Six fearless, intrepid adventurers have embarked on a space mission where they will travel the awe-inspiring distance of 0,000,000,000.00 miles.The six heroes will spend 520 days

US and Canadian power grids at risk of cyber attack

2010-06-03T00:28:00.001-07:00

The power grids in the US and Canada may be at risk to cyber attacks, pandemics and electromagnetic disturbances, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).The 118-page report called High-Impact, Low-Frequency Risk to the North American Bulk Power System gives the findings of NERC's closed discussions with electricity providers and the US

Live stream of Tiger Woods' public statement

2010-02-19T08:05:00.000-08:00

Tiger Woods is expected to give a public statement on Friday, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. EST. You can watch it live at OnTheRedCarpet.com.It's the golfer's first public comments made in person since his minor car accident in November that spurred revelations about his personal life and caused Woods, the richest and one of the most marketable sports personalities, to take a break from golf.Source: http://

Trojan.JS.Redirector.ar virus Hits Google Adsense

2010-01-25T06:06:00.000-08:00

Today i was browsing internet and everything was alright. That time i was in my office and then i come to my home couple of hours later. Just turn on my pc then my Kaspersky AntiVirus starts its scheduled update. Everything was alright till that update but after that when i try to go to any webpage that has adsense ad on it, my antivirus started giving me bizarre message like detected: Trojan

Ethiopian Airlines crash Nine Bodies Found

2010-01-25T02:06:00.000-08:00

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Rescue crews are searching in poor weather conditions Monday for passengers from an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff with 90 people aboard.By Monday morning, crews had found 23 bodies, but no survivors, off the Lebanese coast where the Boeing aircraft had gone down, the state-run Lebanese National News Agency

clinton bush haiti fund

2010-01-17T01:45:00.000-08:00

For the survivors of the earth quake tragedy in Haiti, two former president of United State have been enlisted to help raise money. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have established the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.After they meet and discuss about this fund in this morning in the oval office, they held a press conference in the Rose Garden to announce the Clinton Bush Haiti

He Saw the Best in Me Marvin Sapp

2010-01-10T20:44:00.000-08:00

Marvin Sapp’s performance tonight on the Celebration of Gospel 2010, of the song “He saw the Best in Me,” has grabbed him a lot of attention on the Internet.Internet blogs, search engines and other listings, are all mentioning the Gospel singers name.So who is this incredible singer?Marvin Sapp was born and raised in Grand Rapids in Michigan in 1968, and started singing in the church at age 4.He

Road to Pardition of U.S. Government

2010-01-10T02:36:00.000-08:00

Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it.Richard LammDecade after decade, Americans have voted for intellectually and morally bankrupt dullards that promise them more goodies under the tree. Every day is Christmas in Washington DC. Long-term means the next election cycle

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2010-01-08T02:50:00.000-08:00

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