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Finally, A Windows Mobile Facebook App!

Ousama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:40:41 EDT

For users of the Windows Mobile platform, visiting Facebook while on the go meant loading up the mobile web page in their device's browser. Meanwhile, Blackberry users have had their own downloadable app since late 2007. But now, as of today, there is at long last a downloadable application just for Windows Mobile users, FriendMobilizer.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Windows Mobile Facebook Blackberry

Beauty and the release

Ousama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:37:39 EDT

In the Miss Independence Day Pageant at Walden House, women halfway between prison and freedom let their self-esteem flourish.

Channel: Women Tags: Miss Independence July 4 Beauty

A lot of hot air! Cutting energy prices with compressed air

Ousama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:34:50 EDT

An engineer at Sandia National Laboratories thinks compressed air stored in underground caverns could help cut in half the cost of electricity from generators.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Sandia Hot air energy

Dubai Atlantis

Ousama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:33:55 EDT

With 1,539 rooms and the world in the grip of a credit crisis, Atlantis " The Palm Jumeirah's $1.5 billion (Dh5.5bn) flagship resort " has a lot of space to fill. But with 40 years' experience in the hotel industry, Sol Kerzner, Chairman and CEO of Kerzner International, is confident a project of Atlantis's scale is sustainable.

Channel: Travel Tags: Dubai Atlantis Palm Jumeirah

Changing the face of education in the UAE

Ousama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:22 EDT

The US's Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is the latest university to set up campus here. Although the project has yet to break ground, the first students will start at its temporary home at the Dubai Silicon Oasis headquarters in August. RIT is following other American colleges, including Harvard Medical School and Michigan State University

Channel: News Tags: Rochester RIT DSO Dubai UAE

Google to Viacom: 'Respect YouTube users' privacy'

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:26:40 EDT

Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago. The two companies are in the discovery part of the case and must make certain information available to each other. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that Google must turn over YouTube user act

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Google Viacom YouTube privacy

Microsoft may refresh Yahoo bid

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:21:58 EDT

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.The latest twist in Microsoft's convoluted courtship caused Yahoo's shares to rise more than 3 percent in Wednesday's sinking stock market,

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Microsoft Yahoo bid

New high-tech attraction tells the Niagara Falls story

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:15 EDT

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario The biggest challenge in creating a new tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is trying to live up to the main event.Beyond being breathtaking, the waterfalls are free to look at.That means parks officials must respond to the "we've seen the Falls, now what?" question with answers that not only wow, but pay the bills.

Channel: Travel Tags: high tech tourist attraction Niagara Falls

Building boom transforming Beijing cityscape

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:42:25 EDT

BEIJING, China (AP) -- This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that could have been plucked from science fiction.A series of landmarks, notable for their futuristic design, will greet visitors to the Olympics.

Channel: Travel Tags: Beijing cityscape

Smell this book! and other summer reading

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:37:41 EDT

Okay, class, here are a few more summer-reading books you might want to check out.Please bear with me; I'm a middle manager in a TV network this is my best opportunity to prove to a large number of people that I can actually read. Sorry I didn't include any links here

Channel: Science Tags: smell book summer reading

Adobe releases tools to improve Flash video search

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:17 EDT

(AP)Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.Adobe Systems Inc., the format's developer,has released a customized version of its Flash Player software that allows Google Inc.'s search engine and others to see the elements of Web pages embedded with Flash content the same way a hum

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Adobe Flash video search

Apple's Video of iPhone 3G Shows Its Marketing Prowess

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:21:06 EDT

The marketing prowess of Apple Inc. is legendary, a reputation that was bolstered again Tuesday by a slick 30-minute online video that offers a guided tour of the iPhone 3G coming July 11.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Apple iPhone 3G Marketing Prowess

Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity

Ousama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:17:10 EDT

WASHINGTON Ã¢â;¬" Senator Barack Obama's decision to support legislation granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with the Bush administration's program of wiretapping without warrants has led to an intense backlash among some of his most ardent supporters.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Obama Voters Protest Telecom Immunity

New Nanowire-Based Memory Could Beef Up Information Storage

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:13:01 EDT

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have created a type of nanowire-based information storage device that is capable of storing three bit values rather than the usual two

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: nanowire computer memory storage

The best five views of London

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:36:49 EDT

Summer is one of the best times to see London in all its glory - but you have to jostle with the hoardes to get the best view. There are ways to escape the traffic, noise and crowds - you've just got to know where to go.

Channel: Travel Tags: London UK London traffic

US Army report blames Pentagon for Iraq blunders

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:31:49 EDT

A new report by Army historians levels tough, candid criticism against Pentagon leadership for its failure to plan beyond the initial invasion of Iraq. "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign" - which outlines the 18 months following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime - says too much focus was placed on a military victory, and not e

Channel: Politics Tags: UA Army Pentagon Iraq

Experts say tourists harming Machu Picchu

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:27:34 EDT

An influx of tourists to Peru's famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu may prompt UNESCO to add the jungle-shrouded ruins to its list of endangered World Heritage sites. Yearly visits to Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist destination, have more than doubled since 1998 to 800,000 people, and conservationists advising UNESCO's World Heritage Committee warn

Channel: Travel Tags: Machu Picchu UNESCO environment Peru

Intel, AMD battle heats up

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:26:38 EDT

Competition in PC processors is heating up between Intel Corp. and archrival Advanced Micro Devices. A new report suggests Intel is clawing back a sliver of market share against gains by AMD in the year to date while both companies are preparing a new volley of 45nm products.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Intel AMD microprocessor

Mysteries of time, and the multi-universe

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:23:25 EDT

In his studies of entropy and the irreversibility of time, Caltech physicist Sean Carroll is exploring the idea that our universe is part of a larger structure.

Channel: Science Tags: Caltech Sean Carroll universe

China brings one-legged mobile TV standard to Olympics

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:23:02 EDT

When the Beijing Olympic Games start in August, China's much-touted mobile TV broadcast service will have to crawl before it can walk--because it's missing one leg.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: China Olympics China TV

U.S. spies on Iraqi army

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:18:21 EDT

Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the American-backed Iraqi army, current and former U.S. officials say.

Channel: News Tags: US spies Iraq Iraqi Army

Six Flags, Dubai plan Arab world theme parks

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:15:38 EDT

U.S. theme park operator Six Flags Inc (SIX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it agreed with company owned by the ruler of Dubai to develop theme parks in the Arab world, including one in Dubai in Six Flag's first foray outside North America.

Channel: Travel Tags: Six Flags Dubai UAE

Commuto: Community-Based Online Trading

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:13:04 EDT

Commuto puts an interesting spin on trading real world goods on the Internet. Clearly, it would be extremely hard for any start-up to be successful in this space when the likes of eBay and Craigslist having pretty much become synonymous with online trading already. Commuto, however, doesn't go head to head with these giants - instead, it focuses on

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Commuto Craigslist ebay

Driver rams bulldozer into Jerusalem bus

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:12:44 EDT

A Palestinian bulldozer driver plowed into a string of vehicles on a busy Jerusalem street Wednesday, killing two people and wounding dozens of others before he was shot dead by police, according to authorities.

Channel: News Tags: Jerusalem Palestine Israel

Whats the iPhone 3G Worth?

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:05:29 EDT

Well, if you don't want to sign up for a two-year contract, AT&T thinks it's worth $600. Ouch. (And that's the cheap 8-gigabyte model. The 16-gigabyte model costs $700.)

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Apple iPhone ATT 3G

Microsoft Acquires Powerset

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:05:06 EDT

In a statement about the acquisition, Powerset says that it needed a bigger partner to expand its product beyond its current state of only searching Wikipedia - something we had speculated about when the rumors of the acquisition first appeared. In its own statement, Microsoft stresses how useful Powerset's technology will be for improving Microsof

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Microsoft Powerset Google Ask Wikipedia

Is the Government Tracking Us Through Our Cellphones?

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:02:34 EDT

How widely is the U.S. government using cell phones to pinpoint the locations or track the movements of Americans, or people living on American soil? In November 2007, the American Civil Liberties filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Justice seeking records related to such tracking practices. The DOJ did not provide

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Cellphones spying Government tracking ACLU

Is Email In Danger?

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:58:14 EDT

Human history is one of progressive improvement in communication. From the 20th century mail was a fundamental form of communication. The invention of electronic mail (email) changed two things. It became cheap to send short mail, and delivery was instant. Email became favored for both corporate and personal communication. But email faces increa

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Email chat SMS

Man versus machine poker re-match

Ousama — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:57:01 EDT

Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, is heading to Las Vegas for a re-match against humans.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Computer Poker University of Alberta Polaris

Unknown molecule opens the door to quantum computing

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:57:36 EDT

The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Quantum computing Purdue University computers

Warner Music Group to offer music through Nokia phones

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:56:39 EDT

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said Tuesday that the Warner Music Group had agreed to join its soon-to-be launched music service programme, giving its device users access to music published by Warner.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Nokia Warner Music cell phones music

Tiny magnet allows disabled people to operate wheelchairs with their tongue

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:23:48 EDT

A new device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the tip of the tongue, U.S. researchers revealed today. The magnet, the size of a grain of rice, lets people direct the movement of a cursor across a computer screen or a powered wheelchair around a room. It is easily implanted un

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Disabled magnet wheelchair

Anti-gang program to extend hours at 8 Los Angeles parks

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:21:56 EDT

Eight Los Angeles parks will stay open until midnight from Fourth of July to Labor Day under Summer Night Lights, an anti-gang program launched Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The $950,000 program, part of the mayor's plan to bring social services to high-crime neighborhoods, will run from Wednesday to Sunday starting at 4 p.m.

Channel: Travel Tags: Los Angeles Anti gangs Villaraigosa

The moment a kayaker risks his life by plunging 120ft down a waterfall

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:18:33 EDT

Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing? Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding waterfall into a jagged mess of rocks, froth and vegetation, with just a fibreglass kayak and a jaunty coloured helmet for protection?

Channel: Travel Tags: Norfolk Broads Kayaking waterfall

McCain's energy record is on/off

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:17:44 EDT

The Republican presidential candidate has swerved from one position to another over the years, taking often contradictory stances on the government's role in energy policy.

Channel: Politics Tags: McCain energy election

The miracle girl who had six heart attacks before she was 18 months old

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:13:10 EDT

It's hard to believe that just one year ago little Zoe Chambers was fighting for her life and was force to struggle for every breath. Now, 12 months after having a heart transplant, the grinning two-year-old looks a picture of health.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Heart attacks children hearts transplant

Finding the Beat of Chicago's Latino Quarter

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:12:27 EDT

IN a fifth-floor art gallery in Pilsen, Chicago's fashionable Latino neighborhood, vibrant guitar chords were pouring out an open window on a recent Friday night. Four Latina artists were showing their paintings, and the shoebox of a gallery was jammed with a mixed, talkative crowd.

Channel: Travel Tags: Chicago Latino. Pilsen

Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom'

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:10:08 EDT

Nearly a century after Danish physicist Niels Bohr offered his planet-like model of the hydrogen atom, a Rice University-led team of physicists has created giant, millimeter-sized atoms that resemble it more closely than any other experimental realization yet achieved.

Channel: Science Tags: Bohr atom Rice University Neils Bohr

The Hidden Gardens of Paris

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:06:23 EDT

NEXT to the Palais de la Dcouverte, just off the Champs-Ã;Æ;Ã;'lyses, is a flight-of-fancy sculpture of the 19th-century poet Alfred de Musset daydreaming about his former lovers. As art goes, the expanse of white marble is pretty mediocre, and its sculptor, Alphonse de Moncel, little-remembered.

Channel: Travel Tags: Champs Alyses Paris France Alphonse

Adobe Makes Flash Searchable - The Holy Grail of Website Usability?

Ousama — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:05:17 EDT

For years the big problem with Flash-based websites is that they could not be properly indexed by search engines. Flash websites have been favored by marketers and advertisers for a long time, because of the ability to create rich, interactive Web experiences. However for most other businesses, particularly those with a lot of information on their

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Adobe Adobe Flash internet