4 Nov, 2007
The long-awaited announcement of Google’s phone plans will occur earlier than expected, and not in the form previously laid out, says the Wall Street Journal. While it had been suggested that an announcement would come November 13th at the earliest, the Journal’s sources say that it will mostly likely happen Monday, Novemb
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4 Nov, 2007
The University of Oregon (my alma mater, coincidentally) is believed to be the first US educational institution to refuse a RIAA demand to hand over the names of students alleged to have illegally downloaded music.
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4 Nov, 2007
For the first time, scientists have proof two supermassive black holes exist together in the same galaxy, thanks to data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. These black holes are orbiting each other and will merge several hundred million years from now, to create an even larger black hole resulting in a catastrophic event that will unleash inten
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4 Nov, 2007
The number of space agencies in the world has been steadily rising since the 1990s and reached 36 in 2005. Bilateral and multilateral agreements between agencies are also growing. The advent of the ISS has it made it possible for many countries to take part in long-term, structured programmes of space research.
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