Anthropologists from Brazil and the US have uncovered Amazonian settlements in Brazil dating from about 1250 to 1650, before European colonists came in. The findings, reported in the journal Science, show that these towns were more developed than previously thought, making up actual networks of walled towns and smaller villages, each organized around a...
Google Earth to get better with new Satellite tieup
Google has agreed to license imagery for their mapping products from a satellite due to launch on September 4th. This new satellite can take detailed imagery for an area the size of New Mexico in one day. What does that mean? Well, you could get high resolution pan-sharpened imagery for the entire country in...
Google to launch web browser ‘Chrome’ tomorrow
Google is ready to launch its browser chrome in Beta mode on Tuesday.(09/02/2008) This has come as a pleasant surprise and wonder how secretive Google has been about this development. Chrome will have traits from both firefox and safari. –It has a tab-centric interface, with a default home page that shows snapshots of your...
Mother who killed child in Microwave oven found guilty
A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney’s claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. China Arnold, 28, showed no reaction when the jury’s verdict was announced and then lowered her head, looking down at the defense...
Virus aboard NASA’s space station laptop
A virus was found in NASA’s space station laptop, the virus was removed after an antivirus scan. The virus identified as W32.Gammima.AG worm, generally affects online gaming system’s to steal logon information. NASA officials believe it could have come through a USB drive of an astronaut. Though the threat was not a serious one...
Why is Iphone 3G a big flop in India?
Many expected iphone to become instant hit in every market just like US. But apart from US and few European countries, iphone hasn’t taken off as expected. Even worse, In India it is a total flop show. Indian youngsters are not averse to spending thousands on mobile phones, but they are certainly not dumb...
