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Linden Lab on Wednesday announced it is adding a new dimension to Second Life online world to give businesses private places for virtual meetings. Linden launched a beta, or test, version of Second Life Enterprise "behind-the-firewall product" with a price starting at 55,000 dollars (US). Companies dabbling with Second Life Enterprise behind the safety of their computer fire walls includ ... read more
Los Angeles (AFP) Nov 3, 2009Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and this time the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say. 3D has come a long way since its 1950s golden age when films such as "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" thrilled audiences and these technological advances are fueling a box office boom. ... more
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China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2009China's military has made dramatic progress in space over the past decade and the goals of its program remain unclear, a top American general said on Tuesday. Citing Beijing's advances in space, General Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command, said it was crucial to cultivate US-China military relations to better understand China's intentions. "With regard to China's capabilities ... more  
Al-Ain, UAE (AFP) Nov 3, 2009A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls. Ibn Sina, named after the 11th century Islamic philosopher and scientist commonly known in English as Avicenna, was designed by a team at UAE University in the city of Al-Ain, which is part of Abu Dhabi emirate. "It is the ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 04, 2009Following the launch of ESA's SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument's three antenna arms have deployed as planned, and that the instrument is in good health. During launch and the first few orbits around Earth, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) instrument's antenna arms ... more |
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New York (AFP) Nov 4, 2009The attorney general of New York state filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. on Wednesday alleging the US computer chip giant engaged in illegal practices to dominate the market. "Rather than compete fairly, Intel used bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market," Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said in a statement. "Intel's actions not only unfairly restricted ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 05, 2009In the quest to produce nuclear fusion energy, researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have recently confirmed long-standing theoretical predictions that performance, efficiency and reliability are simultaneously obtained in tokamaks, the leading magnetic confinement fusion device, operating at their performance limits. Experiments designed to test these predictions have ... more  
Chowgachi, Bangladesh (AFP) Nov 4, 2009Chunnu Biswas opened his tiny two-room tin-roofed post office in the morning as usual, but another long day stretched ahead without any letters for him to sort or deliver. It was the fourth day in a row that the 45-year-old postman in the village of Chowgachi in western Bangladesh did not have any business, and dust lay thick on the large table where he used to process piles of mail. ... more |
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