Otto, the first of the two ALMA antenna transporters, was given its name at a ceremony on the compounds of heavy-vehicle specialist Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH, in Baden-Württemberg.
Social networking landed a British man in jail. Dylan Osborn, 37, had been ordered by magistrates not to contact his wife Claire Tarbox, after harassing her with phonecalls and text messages. He signed up for a Facebook account to look at a friend's wedding photos, and as part of the signup process, the site sent an automatic "friend request" to everyone on his email list --- yep, including his wife.
The Lake District, in the north of England, is on the front lines of a new Hundred Years War. It is a war between rodents. Since the 19th century, gray squirrels, an American import, have been overtaking Britain's native red squirrels and claiming their territory.
Patients perceive no significant change in the quality of care for cancer since the United States' government passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 ...
Did you have one of these? I did. I remember playing Space Invaders, moving left and right with the controller --- and also breaking the controller (more than once) after shoving the joystick hard left or right over and over again.
Today, October 8, Intel launched a new Web 2.0-inspired Web site to solicit information and feedback from the public on software companies and technologies. Similar to Digg, it offers a forum where people can submit and vote for their favorite software company or product. The idea is to bring to Intel's attention those technologies the company might most be interested in.
Three researchers who pioneered the creation of "designer mice" to track the role of different genes in human development and disease have won the 2007 Nobel medicine prize, Sweden's Karolinska Institute said ...
REDMOND, Wash. - Msnbc.com is diving into citizen journalism and social media by acquiring Newsvine.com , a small but innovative player in what is known as "participatory journalism."
