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5th Space Tourist Has Left the Atmosphere |
 ...sia celebrates the Day of the Cosmonaut so the two Russian astronauts and the 5th tourist will share a celebration meal, which was carried in an aluminum package by Simonyi.
The 5th space tourist in history, the American of Hungarian origins, Charles Simonyi, is expected to stay on the ISS for 13 days, whereas the astronauts will have to spend more time on the station - 189 days. The tourist and the software mogul has pa... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
 ...at the organic light emitting devices are very thin and flexible, electronic display screens could be easily created on nearly every material, thus, for example, clothing could, for the first time in history, display specific electronic information.
There are various ways of using the this OLED, like for example change the color of clothes, beer can would be able to display various sports results. In addition the OLED ... |
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Google collects your web habits |
 ...A new service that was introduced by Google company is intended to easier memorize the websites you have browsed.
Web History, makes it possible to have access to the websites that you were surfing for particular purpose and store this data so that your search habits are always at your disposal.
This new Google's feature is aimed to make your search experience more individualized. However, the good intentions raised ... |
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If Google is 'BigBrother', then YES - BigBrother watches You! |
 ...pilot' or 'helicopter pilot' (a mere coincidence?).
This situation requires some questions to be answered, and, to be more specific: Is Google really watching us that close? Or was it the browsing history, as the user mentioned that he is very interested in sites, relevant to his job? Was it the Google Toolbar, which kept trace of his interests?
As a matter of fact, another user on the same thread reported a situat... |
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Germany Threatens Google Users' Privacy |
 ...man.
The law suggests that since 2008, when the law is presumably to take effect, Google and all the other ISPs will be obliged to provide the authorities with such private information as browsing history, searches and mailing history for google.de users.
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Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing |
 ...a.m. is the same time when in August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, western city of Japan.
"As the only country to have suffered atomic bombings in human history, we have the responsibility to hand down stories of this sad experience to the international community," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.
It is worth mentioning that the bomb had killed more than 140,000 people by t... |
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Evolution of Animal Vision - New Facts Discovered |
 ...Having conducted deep study of evolutionary history, scientists at the University of California in Santa Barbara have found the origins of photo-sensitivity in animals.
The scientists concentrated their attention at Hydra, the aquatic animal that belongs to cnidarians and has inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years. The scientists became the first to study and analyze light-receptive genes called opsins in cn... |
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The Evolution of the First Stars that Lighted Up the Universe Revealed |
 ...arently this radiation represents the oldest light in the Universe.
According to researchers from NASA, the Universe is full of this afterglow light, which can provide answers regarding the shape, history, essence and the fate of the Universe. Dr. Joanna Dunkley from the University of Oxford, UK, and Princeton University, US, who is currently one of the WMAP team members said: "We see patterns in light, light that has ... |
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Bones of 6000 Year-Old Ancient Wild Camels Found in Desert |
 ... Department at ADACH.
The team of Dr Mark Beech includes the following experts: Dr Marjan Mashkour (bone expert), Dr Antoine Zazzo (radiocarbon dating expert) from the National Museum of Natural History, located in Paris, France, and Dr Matthias Huels (radiocarbon dating expert) from Christian Albrechts University at Kiel, Germany.
Due to a large number of camel bones discovered at sites such as Umm an-Nar, archa... |
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IE8 to Include Porn Browsing Mode |
 ...E8, which will be released this month.
Obviously the biggest advantage of the new feature is that users will be able to surf through porn websites without leaving a trace. The mode will erase the history, cache and personal data that users enter and/or share. In addition, the mode will alert users if they are being tracked.
It seems that Microsoft wants to focus on user privacy, which is currently a sour topic wit... |
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