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On Saturday, October 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan will hold the signing ceremony for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at Iikura Guest House, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Agreement was inspired in significant part by Japan’s proposal at the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005 to create a new international framework against counterfeit Read more about ACTA to be signed by a few countries[…]
Scientists say they have found a way to disarm the AIDS virus in research that could lead to a vaccine. Researchers have discovered that if they eliminate a cholesterol membrane surrounding the virus, HIV cannot disrupt communication among disease-fighting cells and the immune system returns to normal. Scientists have discovered that HIV needs cholesterol, which Read more about Scientists Disarm AIDS Virus’ Attack on Immune System[…]
The researchers have found neutrino’s that seem to go faster, but are putting this out as a request for confirmation. They believe it could be measuring errors but are looking for others to replicate their experiment or check their measurements. BBC News – Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern.
Leaf spine has no tiers and allows data between server nodes to communicate much faster with lower latency. In an age of cloud computing where there is lots of data communication between servers or nodes inside the network, have to go up and down through the tiers is inefficient. No more tiers for flatter networks Read more about Leaf-spine vs three tier networking[…]
“BEAST is different than most published attacks against HTTPS,” Duong wrote in an email. “While other attacks focus on the authenticity property of SSL, BEAST attacks the confidentiality of the protocol. As far as we know, BEAST implements the first attack that actually decrypts HTTPS requests.” via Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of Read more about SSL hacked and decrypted using BEAST[…]
Visual Planet | Multi-touch specification.
CardSwitcher Brings WebOS’ Visual Multitasking to Jailbroken iOS Devices.
the U.S. can’t track or fully account for 5,900 pounds of “weapons usable” nuclear material that it once shipped overseas. Instead, U.S. officials have to rely on foreign governments’ assurances that the potentially cataclysmic stuff is safe. And when those officials occasionally visit the sites holding the nuclear material, nearly half the places “did not Read more about U.S. Can’t Track Tons of Weapons-Grade Uranium, Plutonium[…]
Vocre [voh-krey] is a new translation app from myLanguage that allows anyone to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere – without language being a barrier. via Vocre from myLanguage. You speak in one language one end, it speaks out the translation afterwards. Easy!
Search for copies of the images using Yandex.ru, Tineye.com, Google.com, Baidu.com, http://saucenao.com/ and Cydral.com via right click menu via Who stole my pictures? :: Add-ons for Firefox.
Speed Up Your SSD By Correctly Aligning Your Partitions.
Fresh WebSuction is designed for downloading Web pages or web contents (reference material, software files, online books, e-zines, news articles) for viewing offline via Free offline browser | Fresh Websuction.
Any website designer should read the following: Using Power Structure and Gestalt for Visual Hierarchy. Gestalt principles applied in design A look into colour theory in web design
Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings. It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive ‘scopes. Researchers are looking at ways to make it work with other wavelengths of light to confer true invisibility. Read more about IR invisibility cloak for tanks[…]
2TB USB the size of your Finger Nail | Netbooknews – Netbooks, Netbook Reviews, Smartbooks and more.
The inkling uses a pen and a module you put on the top of any notebook in order to allow you to save what you draw on any paper electronically. Wacom Europe GmbH.
Universe Sandbox is an interactive space simulator for Windows based PCs. Unlike most astronomy software that just shows you what the sky looks like or where the planets are, Universe Sandbox is a powerful gravity simulator. You can add another star to our solar system and watch it rip the planets from their orbits. The Read more about Universe Sandbox[…]
Wow. tiny tiny ARM PC It runs Quake III too! Raspberry Pi | An ARM Linux box for $25. Take a byte!.
The graphs in the link below show how much each aircraft type costs to operate per hour over the last 10 years. EXCLUSIVE: US Air Force combat fleet’s true operational costs revealed – The DEW Line.
Astronomers discover planet made of diamond | Reuters.
This was done on the basis of patent battling. Which goes to show – patents are really great for innovation. Not. Apple wint in rechtszaak: drie Samsung Galaxy-toestellen vanaf oktober verboden – iPhone – iPhoneclub.nl.
Lightweight, SQL oriented monitoring for MySQL mycheckpoint is an open source monitoring utility for MySQL, with strong emphasis on user accessibility to monitored data. It is SQL oriented: charts, reports and advances metrics are generated on the fly with views. mycheckpoint highlights: Can act as web server (see sample), providing with live HTML Read more about mycheckpoint[…]
Analysis: HP – Dial M for mayhem | Reuters. Oops
For staters, gamers discovered that the PC version of title (avaiable on Steam and Gamersgate) actually requires players to stay connected to the internet at all times to play, despite being informed by Ubisoft in writing that From Dust’s DRM would only require players to be online at time of activation. That didn’t prove Read more about From Dust PC is a disaster[…]
The Fibonacci tree design performed better than the flat-panel model. The tree design made 20% more electricity and collected 2 1/2 more hours of sunlight during the day. But the most interesting results were in December, when the Sun was at its lowest point in the sky. The tree design made 50% more electricity, and Read more about Using trees to collect solar more efficiently than flat panels[…]