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Tiny wind engines cool computers

Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Research, Technology

Minuscule wind engines could help to take computing power to the next level, scientists believe.
US researchers have developed a prototype device that creates a “breeze” made up of charged particles, or ions, to cool computer chips.
The “ionic wind”, the scientists say, will help to manage the heat generated by increasingly powerful, yet ever-shrinking devices.
The research [...]



Top 20 oldest domains on the Internet

Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Online Life

1. SYMBOLICS.COM - 15-Mar-1985
2. BBN.COM - 24-Apr-1985
3. THINK.COM - 24-May-1985
4. MCC.COM - 11-Jul-1985
5. DEC.COM - 30-Sep-1985
6. NORTHROP.COM - 07-Nov-1985
7. XEROX.COM - 09-Jan-1986
8. SRI.COM [...]



Extremely Cheap International Calls on Facebook

Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Technology, Web 2

by Pete Cashmore
Mashable
Rebtel, the service which lets you use ordinary phones to call internationally for the price of a local call, is launching a Facebook app this week. Announced by the team today, the “Reb Me” Facebook app creates local numbers for your global friends, allowing you to call them (and them to call you) [...]



New Free Windows XP SP2 Downloads Cooking over at Microsoft

Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Microsoft, Technology

By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor
Softpedia
There are two versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 that Microsoft will deliver as free downloads, cooking over at the Redmond company. Both releases are scheduled to become available in no more than a day. Microsoft has produced an extensive collection of free downloads associated with some of its [...]



Hospital undergoes wireless surgery

Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Health, Technology

Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital has made a strong effort to incorporate wireless technologies like Wi-Fi into its operations
By Matt Hines
InfoWorld
For years, wireless technologies have only shown up in many U.S. hospitals in the form of rolling computers with Wi-Fi network access, but as evidenced at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, times are changing.
Like many other medical [...]



How to Protect Yourself from Cyberstalkers

Aug 14th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Online Life, Security


by Shelley Lowery
A Cyberstalker is a person who electronically harasses another person via email, instant messaging, forums, chat or any other electronic means. Although the type of harassment varies, it often includes threatening messages, which can be very intimidating.
Being the victim of a cyberstalker can be a very scary thing. However, unfortunately, it is difficult [...]



The rise of the Watchers

Aug 14th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Myths & Mysteries, UFO

“The Watchers”, biblical angelic figures are once again carving out a reputation. Their popularity is so much on the rise that some UFO researchers have actually argued that they might be the people abducting people. Whether or not the return of the Sumerian gods is factual or merely mythical – their popularity continues to rise. [...]



Have fun with your photos

Aug 13th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Online Life

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turn your photos old
create your amazing circles
create reflections

or try Dumpr .net toys!
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Universities to look into ghosts and UFOs

Aug 13th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Psychic abilities, Science

Northampton Chronicle
A small band of real-life “ghostbusters” are at work in British universities, including Northampton, trying to understand paranormal activity from UFOs to telepathy.
Two decades after the Hollywood blockbuster introduced the concept of parapsychology to an audience of millions, a number of research centres in the UK are now dedicated to the field.
And despite scepticism [...]



iPhone - The Revolution continues…

Aug 12th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Technology, iPhone

by Ian Ball
An iPhone is a multimedia and Internet-enabled quad-band GSM EDGE-supported cellular phone that is developed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. This is a revolution in mobile phone technology with its bonny look and advanced features. The functions of this phone include camera phone and a multimedia player. These feature come along with [...]



Could alien life exist in the form of DNA-shaped dust?

Aug 12th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Physics, Research, Science

NewScientist.com news service
Stephen Battersby
Could alien life exist in the form of dancing specks of dust? According to a new simulation, electrically charged dust can organise itself into DNA-like double helixes that behave in many ways like living organisms, reproducing and passing on information to one another.
“This came as a bit of a surprise to us”, [...]



Wikia - the Google’s rival

Aug 11th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Technology

About Wikia
Wikia is supporting the creation and development of over 3000 wiki communities in more than 70 languages. Part of the free culture movement, Wikia content is released under a free content license and operates on the Open Source MediaWiki software. Find out why you should use Wikia and start a new wiki or find [...]