headermask image

Monthly Archives: December 2008

Thailand blocks over 2,000 Web sites

December 31, 2008 – 6:30 am

The Thai government has blocked more than 2,300 Web sites over the past year, most of them for allegedly offending the country’s monarchy, a senior official said Tuesday.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

‘GoodQuests’ blends gaming with charity

December 31, 2008 – 6:06 am

Elf Island is a virtual world that ties online games to charity construction in the real world by teaming up with Habitat for Humanity. The more "virtual" homes the kids build by completing mini-mazes, the more real homes that are built.If kids are playing video games, why not do some good while they’re at it?

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Site plays Cupid to plus-sized Indians

December 31, 2008 – 5:38 am

An Indian website promises to deliver king-size romance to millions of overweight men and women in the country, where the plus-sized are often hard-pressed to find a life partner.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

NASA reports new details of Columbia deaths

December 31, 2008 – 4:12 am

David Brown, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon. Columbia was destroyed on February 1, 2003, on its return to Earth because of a hole in its wing that allowed in superhot atmospheric gases.A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia were not designed to cope with the catastrophe, leading to “lethal trauma.”

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Obama’s ‘Net-work key to pushing his agenda

December 31, 2008 – 12:05 am

The incoming White House can tap Obama’s digital force to push for his legislation, tamp down critics or bolster popular support. It's also a way for Obama to reach into every state, every city, and every neighborhood. President-elect Barack Obama’s top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Flashback: What we know now about Mars

December 30, 2008 – 10:35 pm

See two decades' worth of Red Planet images.Humans have pondered the mysteries of Mars for thousands of years, with one question eliciting particular interest: Is there life up there?

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

7,600 fossils found at China’s ‘Dinosaur City’

December 30, 2008 – 10:31 pm

Ever wonder how dinosaurs prepared supper? From a bone crusher to a family diner, these prehistoric monsters were dead serious at mealtime.Scientists in China say they have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported on Tuesday.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Big cats traced to Asia, not America

December 30, 2008 – 10:18 pm

This skull specimen represents the most primitive cheetah species known to date. A. View from the side; B. View from above; and C. View from below.A nearly complete skull of a primitive cheetah that sprinted about in China more than 2 million years ago suggests the agile cats originated in the Old World rather than in the Americas.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Atomic time advocates eye 2008’s extra second

December 30, 2008 – 10:09 pm

"GMT is out of date," Elisa Felicitas Arias told The Associated Press last week. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures scientist is seeking to scrap complex clockwork which still affords the 17th century Royal Observatory at Greenwich pride of place despite a revolution in precision atomic timekeeping. Scientists who prefer the Atomic Clock of Greenich Mean Time  argue that leap seconds are onerous because they’re unpredictable.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)

Mothers against Facebook breast-feeding ban

December 30, 2008 – 8:31 pm

A group of nursing mothers fed up with social networking site Facebook censoring their pictures plans to hold a "Nurse-In" to prove that breastfeeding is not obscene. KNTV's Vicky Nguyen reports. (NBC News Channel)Facebook has sparked a massive online debate — and protests — and after removing photos that expose too much of a mother’s breast.

By MSNBC.com: Technology & Science | Posted in Techno News | Comments (0)