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Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista

If Windows 7 really is scheduled to make an appearance during the second half of 2009, does this mean that making the move to Vista is now a pointless effort?

TG Daily claim to have uncovered a roadmap for Windows 7 whichWindows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista suggests that Windows 7 is being fast-tracked:

Several industry sources have confirmed to TG Daily that a

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

How Is Time Measured?

‘A technological evolution’

The movements of the Earth and Moon determine the length of the years, seasons, months and days. People have observed the periodicity of the seasons and of the night sky stars patterns since prehistory. Ancient Egyptians knew that the Nile would overflow when the Sirius star raised over the line of the horizon. Some stars were associated with the seeding time in rural

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Molecular Evolution: Mice Given Bat-like Forelimbs Through Gene Switch

‘A research team led by Dr. Richard Behringer at MD Anderson Cancer Center reports that they have successfully switched the mouse Prx1 gene regulatory element with the Prx1 gene regulatory region from a bat — and although these two species are separated by millions of years of evolution — the resulting transgenic mice displayed abnormally long forelimbs.’

Shown above is an example of the

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The Original, Uncut, Unedited, Raw “Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft” Video

Have you ever seen Bill Gates this happy? :)

Feast your eyes on the original, uncut, unedited, raw version of the “Bill Gates’ Last Day at Microsoft” video. Right… by now even Apple users have had a smile put on their face by the “Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft” video. This year’s keynote address at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, in las Vegas, was
also

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Recycling Business Gets Boost from Cell Phones

‘Hundreds of millions of cellular phones are disposed of every year’

Now, don’t get any crazy ideas by believing that your mobile telephone device has been manufactured from anything but recycled materials. Do you believe that old machinery such as airplanes just disappear into the darkness overnight? No… they get recycled like a great part of the materials our days. Do you know how expensive it

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Blu-ray Hammers Yet Another Nail in HD DVD’s Coffin

‘Announces spectacular market dominance.’

Although nothing’s absolutely sure for the time being, it would seem that the next-generation format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray might end a lot sooner than expected, with HD DVD about to suffer a bitter defeat. And in order to further emphasize their market dominance,
the group supporting Sony’s format has issued at this year’s CES a statement based on

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

How to Tell Real Diamonds from the Fake Ones?

‘The luminescent properties of blue diamonds’

The Hope Diamond, currently housed by the Smithsonian Natural History Museum

Well, for an average person to tell the difference between a diamond and an inexpensive cubic zirconia crystal is pretty easy, as the cubic zirconia quickly loses its luster.
However, while dealing with a real diamond and a synthetic one, the identification process could prove to be a challenge taking into

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

How Do Satellites ‘Fly’?

‘Satellites fall parallel to the surface of the planet.’

Model of the first satellite put into space by mankind, Sputnik 1

The word satellite originally meant ‘co-traveler’ or ‘traveling companion’, and was first attributed to natural bodies orbiting planets such as the Moon, for example, which is Earth’s satellite. Currently, the word satellite is mostly used to describe man-made instruments orbiting the Earth, while moons circling planets

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Carphone misleading over iPhone

‘Staff at the UK’s biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, have been caught misleading customers about Apple’s popular iPhone handset.’

Undercover researchers from BBC One’s Watchdog found staff made false claims about what would happen if a phone was stolen and had not been insured.

This was in the hope customers would take out the store’s own insurance.

The firm said there could be “some element of confusion

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Dogs Found to Have Abstract Thinking!

Dogs are fairly intelligent, they learn rapidly and it is not too difficult to train them, but a new Austrian research published online in Animal Cognition has really come up with a surprise: dogs seem to be able to form abstract concepts. We do not dare to attribute this even to apes, but the team led by Friederike Range from the University of Vienna

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
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