Archive for March, 2008

Shot of the day: Electrical and pnevmoavtomobili from New York

In the United States and Europe in recent years are working to improve the environmental performance of vehicles. At exhibitions in the automobile and there are more and more machines that can work on biotoplivah or using an additional electric motor. And while oil continues to go up, interest for such […]

At RusKripto-2008 proydkut several sections devoted to open source

April 4-6, will take place in Moscow professional conference RusKripto "dedicated to information security and cryptography. This year the organizing committee, it was decided to hold a separate large section devoted to information security and cryptography in the operating systems based on the GNU / Linux. As noted in a press […]

NASA checks prototype lunar chariot

The prototype machine lunar NASA Chariot being tested at the Center for Space Research. Johnson on the court, simulating the lunar surface, reports New Scientist. In the future, these machines will be able razravnivat on the Moon roads, dig ditches and earth to dig in search of minerals. Weight Chariot […]

Yesterday: artificial muscles, XM + Sirius, LJ-strike

In California, have created artificial muscles This material is capable of self and to concentrate electricity - sufficient to energize household appliances or any medical implants.
Ministry of Justice of the United States approved the merger of XM and Sirius During the year, the United States antitrust authorities hmurilis, krivili lips, […]

Yahoo supported the initiative of Google OpenSocial

The company joined the Yahoo Google OpenSocial initiative, as reported in an official press release.
The platform enables OpenSocial create applications that can operate on multiple internet resource social orientation. OpenSocial is an alternative platform for developers Facebook, which was presented last year and has since gained huge popularity. […]

Sail-Ship snakes reduces fuel consumption and emissions

German shipping company Beluga Group conducted successful tests of a new type of propulsion sailing. Drycargo Beluga SkySails equipped with a sail area of 160 m 2 has a total of 12000 nautical miles from Bremen in Venezuela, then in the United States and Norwegian port Mo-e-Rana. Sail used as an […]

NASA Mars rover cut, and then reinstated budget

NASA abandoned the idea to cut the budget team of specialists serving the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Originally, the agency wanted to reduce the remainder of the fiscal year (ending in September 2008) Mars rovers budget by 40%, reports Space.com. To date, both devices takes care of about 20 million […]

Wikimedia Foundation has received major financial support

Fond Wikimedia Foundation, parent organization of Wikipedia, was the largest in its history monetary donation in the amount of three million dollars. According to the Associated Press, the funds provided by the charitable organization Alfred Sloan (Alfred Sloan Foundation), which is engaged in science and technology, higher education, economics, mathematics, physics, etc. […]

"1S–2008

Within 12 - On the Russian Internet forum April 3, Sergey Ryzhikov, the general director of "X-1 Bitrix, the section will hold a" Web site as a service: business and technology. " Experts from well-known companies will discuss topical issues of the use of Internet services in major web portals, process economics, […]

In San-2008

These days in San Francisco (California), the conference Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) 2008 dedicated software open source and their role in the information technology industry.
OSBC event, organized by InfoWorld magazine, targeted at developers of high-level managers, lawyers, specialists from different sectors of the economy, strategists and investors. The […]

For sale has been a patent affecting Internet important technology

As part of the spring auctions to be held by Ocean Tomo auction house in April, buyers will be offered the right to the American patent No. 6418462, in theory, affecting a number of key Internet technologies.
In the named patent, now owned company Netmite, describes a method that allows the […]

China unblocked access to the site of the Air Force

Chinese authorities seem to be unblocked for residents access to news publications Air Force site.
Beijing strictly a long time, the Air Force tsenzuriroval materials, but in recent days the number of visits to the site the British Broadcasting Corporation from the People's Republic of China has risen sharply. For […]

Sony BMG will open a new music store

Recording company Sony BMG Music Entertainment (joint venture between Sony and Bertelsmann AG), according to the Associated Press, plans to open a new online store selling recorded music.
To date, the future of the web service known following. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, referring to the statements made by […]

Shuttle Endeavour "undocked from the ISS

Shuttle Endeavour "undocked from the ISS, thus completing a record for the duration of the visit of the space shuttle to the space station, the BBC. Within 12 days of the expedition, the team "Endevora installed the first unit of Japanese research lab and start to collect the Canadian robot. The […]

Published by Electronic Arts CFO leaves

According to GameSpot, gaming publisher Electronic Arts CFO Warren withdrew Jenson who worked for the company for more than six years. According to the official version, Jenson leaves office on their own, planning to open a new page in their professional work. New work is now a former financial director EA […]