Though our forebears cooked with fire some 800,000 years ago, the consensus so far was that people hadn’t used fire to heat-treat materials until around 25,000 years ago. The new finding pushes that back at least 45,000 years.The international team of researchers published their findings this week in the journal Science. The work by lead [...]
China will not force the mass installation of the software on PCs, but the software will be installed on computers in schools, Internet cafes and in other public places, the minister added.The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said today that the notion that the Green Dam programme would be required on every new [...]
The latest study compares records of snow and ice thickness and densities over the years, the factors used to calculate mass. The glaciers have lost mass as melting outpaced new snow and ice accumulation, and for all three, the losses were especially dramatic over the past 15 years, according to the USGS study.The three glaciers [...]
For those who remember being glued to the TV on July 20, 1969, when Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the moon, and for a beleaguered space agency hoping to recapture lunar glory, Monday’s 40th anniversary of the first landing is a powerful historical beacon.The moon landing was “nothing less than a turning point [...]
The sporty hybrid CR-Z, which was inspired by the CRX and unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, will enter the Japanese market next February.Analysts believe the Japanese company’s reputation for quality and its strong balance sheet should let it weather the current downturn and increase market share once consumers start buying big ticket items [...]
As for the future of the sheep, the team believes that they are still shrinking. Scientists first began studying Soay sheep, on the island of Hirta in the St Kilda archipelago, in 1985.Since then, the sheep have decreased in size by 5% – their legs getting steadily shorter and their body weight decreasing. The wild [...]
Beckstrom is the former director of the U.S. National Cybersecurity Center, where he created a group of leaders from the nation’s top six cybersecurity centers comprising the civilian, military and intelligence communities. He has co-authored four books and most recently wrote “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations,” which discusses how [...]
China is set to require computer makers such as Dell Inc. (DELL), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Lenovo Group Ltd. (LNVGY) to include the Web-filtering software, officially called Green Dam Youth Escort, in any PCs sold in China. The Chinese government claims that the software, known as Green Dam, is necessary to prevent children from gaining [...]
The choices that Facebook users will have when updating their page include options for everyone to see the message; only allowing friends and people in specific networks to see the updates; friends of friends allows anyone who is friends with a friend to see it; friends only; and, custom, which lets individuals pick and choose [...]
In a notice posted on its Web site today, the ITC said unlicensed Sharp LCD devices, including display panels and modules, and LCD televisions made overseas that use Samsung’s patented invention should be banned from the U.S. The ban is subject to review by President Obama, and the underlying patent case can be [...]