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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Was that a spark? Fish woo with electric serenades

The nocturnal gymnotiform fish (Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus), a weakly electric fish. Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, research now reveals. Male fish can amp up their electric fields to woo females and intimidate rivals, research now reveals.

Theory of recent Mars water turns to dust

The light-colored area in this image shows gully activity on the surface of Mars, which scientists now think was created by a dusty avalanche - not flowing water.In a blow to hopes for finding water and life on Mars, scientists think bright streaks detected inside Martian gullies after 1999 were not spurts of water, but rather avalanches of dust.

World’s biggest particle smasher completed

A 100-ton wheel, the last piece of an ambitious experiment that scientists hope will help unlock the secrets of the universe, was successfully lowered into an underground cavern on Friday.

ArcSight to Report Third Quarter 2008 Fiscal Results

London, UK – 29th February 2008 – ArcSight, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARST) today announced that it will issue a press release reporting financial results for the third quarter that ended January 31, 2008, after the close of the market on March 13, 2008.

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‘All hail Mighty Patapon!’

Bizarre little creatures that look like walking eyeballs and a puzzle-cracking professor may not seem to have much in common at first glance. But they are the stars of two new vastly different hand-held video games that are winning praise for the ways they combine different genres to produce quirky new experiences.

Friction.tv to broadcast campaign to save George Tavern

What do Kate Moss, Amy Winehouse, George Galloway and Friction.tv have in common? They have all joined in the fight to save the renowned and much loved George Tavern in Stepney.

The George Tavern, whose future is threatened by developers Swan Housing, …

Baidu sued over music copyrights

China’s top search engine Baidu.com has been sued by a local music industry group for alleged copyright violation, the second recent similar action from the industry, the group said. The industry group said Baidu’s piracy forced legitimate online music providers to shut down.

Microsoft cuts price for boxed Vista

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 to an audience of 4,000 customers and partners at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, Wednesday, February 27, 2008.  Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista. The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system.

How To Determine The Origin Of Spam?

How To Determine The Origin Of Spam?
 by: Julia Gulevich

Spam will continue spreading as far as it makes profit. If nobody buys from spammers or acts upon their scams, spam will end. This is the obvious and easiest way to fight spam. You can ignore and…

CSS Hacks and Tips For Multiple Browsers & Detection

CSS Hacks and Tips For Multiple Browsers & Detection
 by: Ian Roberts

More and more web developers are ditching tables and coming round to the idea of usingCSS to control the layout of their site. With the many benefits of usingCSS, such as quicker dow…