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Key ocean mission goes into orbit PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 23 June 2008 10:29
Key ocean mission goes into orbit A space mission that will be critical to our understanding of climate change has launched from California.

The Jason-2 satellite will become the primary means of measuring the shape of the world's oceans, taking readings with an accuracy of better than 4cm.

Its data will track not only sea level rise but reveal how the great mass of waters are moving around the globe...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 June 2008 16:29
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Space cameras to monitor forests PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Space cameras to monitor forests Plans to use a state-of-the-art camera onboard a satellite to monitor deforestation levels in Africa's Congo Basin have been unveiled...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 11:22
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Microsoft's browser gets upgraded PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Microsoft's browser gets upgraded Microsoft has made Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) available to the general public. The new version is the first upgrade to the web browsing program for more than five years...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 14:30
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Yahoo goes back to its roots PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Yahoo goes back to its roots For millions of people worldwide Yahoo remains synonymous with the internet itself, but after Microsoft walked away from buying the firm what does the future hold?...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 14:30
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Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 14:32
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Samsung's Snapdragon super-MID just days away? PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Samsung's Snapdragon super-MID just days away? While we haven't found an official press release on the subject, AVING is reporting a June 2008 retail release of a Samsung Snapdragon MID...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 10:45
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Takara Tomy's RPG Piggy Bank: level up by saving up PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:29
Takara Tomy's RPG Piggy Bank: level up by saving up Now here's a novel concept. Takara Tomy's BankQuest is half piggy bank, half old school RPG. Essentially, gamers / penny pinchers...
Last Updated on Monday, 23 June 2008 10:45
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Physics agency instigates review PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:29
Physics agency instigates review The body overseeing UK astronomy and physics is to commission an independent review of its operations.

The probe into the effectiveness of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) follows widespread concern over the status of its budget.

The council says its settlement from government has left it no choice but to find £80m of savings through to 2011.

This puts at risk a number of current science...
Last Updated on Sunday, 29 June 2008 16:35
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Zambia’s false political crisis 

There will be many reasons for people to disagree. In fact, disagreeing is a very normal thing in life. The right to dissent, although not recognised as such per se, is a fundamental requirement in any functional society – particularly, that which espouses democracy.

We want to take this opportunity to argue that the right to dissent does not necessarily mean the right to anarchy, a vice that few of our people, with a chain of qualifications in deception boast of.   Read More...

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