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Merchant Account Solutions for Hard to Place Merchants!

14th May 2008

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Microsoft software gives free tours of space

13th May 2008

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Any Star Trek fan knows that space travel is not always easy, but Microsoft wants to make travelling the “final frontier” as simple as turning on your computer.

The world’s largest software maker launched a free software application called WorldWide Telescope on Monday that allows everyone from space novices to astronomy professors to easily explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets.

The WorldWide Telescope stitches together 12 terabytes — the data equivalent of 2.6 billion pages of text — of pictures from sources including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

The experience is similar to playing a video game, allowing users to zoom in and out of galaxies that are thousands of light years away. It allows seamless viewing of far-away star systems and rarely-seen space dust in breathtaking clarity.

A test version of the software is available for download at www.worldwidetelescope.org.

Microsoft archrival Google also has its eyes to the skies. Google Sky started as an extension of space data and images into Google Earth before eventually unveiling a version that can be used through a Web browser.

Google’s version is also free.

Microsoft said it will release the WorldWide Telescope free of charge as a tribute to Jim Gray, a Microsoft researcher who went missing off the coast of California while sailing last year. Gray worked on projects with astronomers to organize the vast amounts of data and images being pulled from satellites.

Microsoft expects the technology used in the WorldWide Telescope to help the company in future software applications, but the goal for this program is to spark the interest of children to want to learn more about space and possibly pursue careers in science and engineering. Continued Here

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Google Knows More about You than Your Spouse Does

1st April 2008

Posted by maureen on April 01, 2008 at 10:46 AM

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A Monthlong Magnification of Google: the Company, the Technologies, and the Extracurricular Activities

Bob logs onto the internet with his laptop after dinner. He checks his Gmail and reads a message about his sister’s upcoming heart surgery, a note from his boss about a new business pitch the following morning and receives a reminder about his wife’s birthday next week.

He Googles “watches” and selects one from the search results he knows his wife will love. Quickly, he purchases the watch for his wife, using Google Checkout.

Then his friend catches him on Google Talk and they chat about the college football game they will be attending on Saturday, what time they will be at the tailgate and who is responsible for bringing what food.

Bob starts to feel guilty for wasting time, so he logs into his Google Docs and starts refining the presentation for the new business pitch.

Then he remembers that he isn’t quite sure how to get to the meeting from his home. He types his home address and destination address into Google Maps, prints off a copy and logs off the internet to watch his favorite show at 8 o’clock.

What does Google know about Bob?

His IP address (1)
What time he is likely to use the internet (1)
What time he is likely to log off the internet (1)
His name (2)
His sister’s name (2)
His sister’s email address (2)
The time and date of his sister’s upcoming heart surgery (2)
A heart conditions runs in his family (2)
His wife’s name (2)
His wife’s birthday (2)
What type of jewelry, and specifically watch, he is interested in and likely to buy (1)
His credit type, number and CVC/Security Code (3)
How fast he types (3)
The amount he is likely to spend on a piece of women’s jewelry (3)
The seller that he purchased the watch from (3)
The status of the shipment of the watch (3)
Which college football game he will be at on Saturday, i.e. his physical movements (4)
Which college team he supports (4)
What time he will be at the tailgate (4)
What items he will be responsible for bringing, and thus, purchasing (4)
Who he works for (2)
The name of the company he will be pitching (2)
The name and email address of his boss (2)
The contents of his presentation (5)
His home address (6)
The company’s address (6)