October 31, 2008 by alikat.

nytimes.time

“Microsoft introduced what it said would be a slimmer and more responsive version of its Windows operating system on Tuesday, while unceremoniously dropping the brand name Vista for the new product.” read the article

Microsoft’s official Windows 7 website

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October 30, 2008 by alikat.

inc.com

“It’s Kevin Rose’s Internet; we’re just using it. Rose isn’t only the founder of Digg, a news/technology/nonsense site that has 30 million visitors a month. He also has his own TV network (Revision3), a communications platform (Pownce), and legions of obsessed fans. He’s having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he’s setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul.”  read the article

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October 30, 2008 by alikat.

Formula1.com

Watch the official Formula 1 videos at Formula 1 website. here

Don’t forget to check out the last race of 2008 season at Sao Paulo, Brazil this weekend, where Lewis Hamilton (MacLaren) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) compete for the world championship title!

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October 27, 2008 by alikat.

news.bbc.co.uk

“Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals’ computers.” read

- Read about the Azure Services Platform on Microsoft’s website

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October 24, 2008 by alikat.

news.bbc.co.uk

BBC’s polltracker gives an overview of key US national opinion polls is the 2008 presidential election. view the tracker

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October 11, 2008 by alikat.

npr.org

“Doing several things at once can feel so productive. But scientists say switching rapidly between tasks can actually slow us down.” more

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October 6, 2008 by alikat.

devicedaily.com

“CERN launched the largest computing grid in the world which is destined to analyze the data coming from world’s biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The computing grid consists of more than 140 computers centers from around the world in order to be capable to analyze 15 million GB [15 Petabytes] of LHC’s data.” read

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October 4, 2008 by alikat.

A take on Ethanol by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren senior fellows at CATO institute read

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October 3, 2008 by alikat.

“XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely
drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs
taken by James Nachtwey.  XDR-TB, or extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis,
is a new and deadly mutation of tuberculosis. Similar in creation to
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) but more extreme in its manifestation,
it arises when common tuberculosis goes untreated or standard TB drugs are
misused. James’ photographs represent these varying strains. Learn more about TB, MDR-TB and XDR-TB, and learn how you can take action to stop this deadly disease.” read

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October 3, 2008 by alikat.

"LISBON (Reuters) - Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country’s technological edge in education.

Portugal started rolling out the "Magellan" computer at schools last month. It aims to hand out a total 500,000 of the laptops, which cost just 50 euros ($69.29) for school children, at home and export it to countries in Latin America and Africa." read

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