Alternet is running a great article on top 10 Iraq Myths.I was really happy to see the first one
1. Myth number one is that the United States “can still win” in Iraq. Of course, the truth of this statement, frequently still made by William Kristol and other Neoconservatives, depends on what “winning” means. But if it means the establishment of a stable, pro-American, anti-Iranian government with an effective and………………………….
It is an intersting read
TLT news , a Russian news site reports that in the year 2006, Russia out numbers all other nations by grabbing a huge 45% in the spacecraft launches.But in the next year Russian scientists they are only planning to send 20 launches in the next year (2007)
the head of the Federal Space Agency, Anatoly Perminov said Russia would allocate 24 billion rubles (about 2.3 million) for their prestigious federal space program 2007.The United States is at second place by 20 launches.Japan and channel follows the two with six launches each.
“We have no doubt that in 2009 we will complete the GLONASS network, which consists of 24 satellites, and (precise) navigation will be possible anywhere on Earth,” Perminov said.
He also urged countries involved in space exploration to develop international rules for cleaning up “space garbage”.
“We need a system of international measures for regulating the clean-up of space garbage,” Perminov said adding, “Unfortunately, it does not exist at present, but we are discussing it.”
If you want to create websites quickly without any knowledge of HTML.There are applications that allow you to do so.
Some weeks back I was also searching for something like this for one of my friends to create some simple pages.So I thought about helping him by a little bit of research from my side.
The mac application iWeb is considered as one of the best for creating websites.But in windows too there are good and simple applications that will help to create simple, yet elegant pages that are compatible with standards.
In this post I wish to explain about a nifty software called Toweb 1.5 it is being developed by Lauyan .The software is capable of creating simple pages that can have its own “unique” designs or themes.There is a customizable theme generator for making new themes from the ones that are already bundles with the application, you may think this is not really good but in reality it is really extensible you can change every option of the page(OR theme) like borders, fonts, headers, sidebars, pictures, colour schemes etc etc.
A common problem of software is that when it becomes feature rich the programs becomes difficult to use(OR learn).But Toweb is very beginner friendly.After you make necessary changes to the themes you can write the content and then the next step is publishing.If you have a free Geocities account or one from tripod you can just enter the username and password and the software will do the rest for you.
For a beginner it is a very good application to build blogs, and small websites.You can see some good sites on the developers website.
MIT’s Technology Review is running an article about the new revolutions that had happened this year (2006).The list includes both hardware, software and web only applications (web 2.0 ?).
The list includes :
There are more to the list if you are interested take a look
Rumors rounding the Internet is that Yahoo! is going to merge with AOL the American Internet portal baggies, the next year (2007).But another report by imediaconnection is speculating that both AOL and Yahoo! will be acquired by some other company, most probably our software giant from Redmond, Washington.With Time Warner considering to sell AOL no one is sure about the future of AOL.
A Merrill Lynch analyst report has been came out in which they speculate that both AOL and Yahoo! are ready for a “transformation transaction in the coming 12 to 24 months.”After Google bought Youtube Fortune magazine mentioned this rumor back in October describing the merger of AOL with Yahoo! to impress the Wall Street.
So, what will happen this story becomes true?.The userbase will multiply by manifold the product portfolio of Yahoo! (or Microsoft?) will increase at a rocket speed.As both companies (AOL, Yahoo!) are facing Investors who are doubtful about the companies competency with other Internet bigwigs like Google and Yahoo.
As the Web2.0 space becomes crowded with companies that do exactly the same thing (called clones), if a move like this happen to the classic companies of the Internet bubble, I am sure that a we will see a new era of application integration.Think about Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL integrating their services each other that will create an immense pressure on rivals like Google.So I am adding Google (hey! they have lots of cash)also too to the list of possible acquirers of Yahoo! and AOL
Software maker Kaspersky Lab has released its initial anti-virus products that support Microsoft’s new Vista operating system. Shipped on Dec. 28, the software is a beta version of a maintenance update for Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus 6.0 and Internet Security products that includes the new support for Vista, which was introduced by Microsoft in mid-November 2006.
While the first Vista-oriented products built by Kaspersky, which has its headquarters in Moscow, Russia, cover the company’s consumer-oriented technologies, the firm is in the process of creating versions of its enterprise security applications that will be tailored to work with the Microsoft OS. Kaspersky has yet to disclose publicly an official date when those products will arrive.
Built with a number of security tools onboard, including anti-virus capabilities, some industry watchers have predicted that the arrival of Vista will make it harder for mid-tier software makers such as Kaspersky to compete, as Microsoft’s entry to the market will also push industry leaders Symantec and McAfee to cut pricing for their own applications.
Ref :eWeek
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