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Archive for August 2007

Health news from a parallel universe (satire)

Aug 31st, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Health

Today I’m bringing you something extra special: Health news from an alternate universe! In this alternate universe, logic is reversed, good is bad, and trees grow with their branches stuck in the dirt and their roots stretched high into the air. In this alternate universe — which we’ll call “Allopathia” — there’s lots of health […]



Emoze - a Free Push-Email Service

Aug 31st, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

A new and great free service for mobile users. You can push your personal & business emails, contacts & calendar directly to your mobile device! Emoze is Free, Secure and Flexible.
Emoze is compatible with Microsoft Mobile or Symbian devices that have a GPRS or other data connection with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes Domino […]



The pyramid of Cuicuilco

Aug 31st, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Myths & Mysteries

Philip Coppens
“In a suburb of Mexico City sits a circular pyramid, partially covered by a lava field from the Xitle volcano. The pyramid of Cuicuilco rises to no more than 18 metres in height, though measures 120 metres in diameter. Excavated for the first time by Mexican archaeologist Manuel Gamio in 1917, the original height […]



There could have been two Sphinxes…

Aug 31st, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Myths & Mysteries

By Ahmed Maged
“CAIRO: A thorough analysis of Ancient Egyptian history and examination of archaeological evidence indicate that there were two sphinxes on the Pyramids Plateau, an Egyptian researcher argues.
Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa believes that the famed half-lion, half-man statue was an Egyptian deity that was erected next to another sphinx, which has since vanished without […]



HotHardware.com — Revamped And Redesigned For Computing Enthusiasts, Consumers And IT Professionals

Aug 30th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

Beautifully intuitive navigation, robust forum software and new user blogging system offer cutting edge web 2.0 features. Learn, share and interact with tech power-users.
Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 30, 2007 — HotHardware.com, the well respected, long-time online Computing and Technology news and reviews publication, was recently overhauled to provide end users with unfettered access to […]



No longer hope to control the Internet

Aug 29th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Security, Technology

BBC News
Call to regulate the net rejected
The internet should not be used as a scapegoat for society’s ills, said Vint Cerf, Google’s net evangelist and a founding father of the network.

Speaking on the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he rejected calls for strict control of what is put online.
He said the net was just a […]



The 2012 Debate: The Mysteries of the End-Times

Aug 29th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Myths & Mysteries

By John Jaeger
“For some time, the debate has raged over exactly what the 2012 event is supposed to be. Obviously, it can only be speculated upon by even those who consider themselves experts on the subject. Truthfully, we won’t know until we reach December 21, 2012: 11:11 UTC.
There are many prophecies from Aboriginal American’s […]



Amnesty Hypercube - a new desktop platform for web widgets

Aug 28th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Apple, Microsoft, Technology

“Effortlessly move web widgets, games and videos out of your browser and onto your desktop.”
Mesa Dynamics has announced the release of Amnesty Hypercube, a desktop platform for web widgets.
Amnesty Hypercube allows users to collect, manage, share and publish “web widgets”. Amnesty Hypercube is available for both Windows (XP/Vista) and Mac.
Tags: web widgets, share widgets

Sphere: Related […]



Science Evidence from Space that the earth is not very old.

Aug 28th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Astronomy, Science

by Vlad
This article came from http://www.gorepent.com/en/create.html - Here are some of the factors that limit the age of the universe to within the last few thousand years: 1. - The shrinking sun limits the earth-sun relationship to less than “billions of years”. The sun is losing both mass and diameter. Changing the mass would upset […]



Amazing UFO events

Aug 28th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: UFO

Canada - January - August 2007
“*HBCC UFO Research* and *UFOINFO* together have received 293 written UFO sighting reports from January 1, up until August 27, 2007 and I am sure the total number will climb as we still have four months left in 2007. Not included in the total number of reports is approximately 26 […]



Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007

Aug 27th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Astronomy

The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in its entirety for all of Eastern Australia and New Zealand, and will be in progress at Moonrise for the remainder of Australia and most of Asia. It will be visible at Moonset for the Americas, and will not be visible at all for […]



Research sheds light on out-of-body experiences

Aug 27th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Research, Science

Researchers have found a way to induce out-of-body experiences using virtual-reality goggles, helping to explain a phenomenon reported by about one in 10 people.
The illusion of watching oneself from several feet away while awake is often reported by people undergoing strokes or epileptic seizures or using drugs.
In the studies published in Thursday’s Science journal, two […]