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UPDATED: 16:58, June 25, 2007
Linux becomes mature and achieves excellence
In recent years, the world's leading software and hardware providers such
as IBM and Intel are rushing to do compatibility testing and quality
authentication with China's local Linux products. It indicates that
China's brand of Linux has become established and realized excellence,
according Lu Shouqun, president of the China Open Source Software
Promotion Union at the "Summit Forum of Open Source action and China's
information industry development" held on June 21st in Guangzhou.
China to become largest internet market by 2010
The "Report of Global Media and Entertainment Industry 2007 �C 2011,"
published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on June 21st, announced that
the total value of China's internet market will increase to US$92.5
billion in the next five years. By 2010, the number of internet users in
China will exceed the number in the US, and become the global largest
market for the internet.
Firstborns found to be more intelligent
Eldest children are more likely to be more intelligent than their younger
siblings, according to a new study.
4 young Malaysian scientists to meet with Nobel laureates
Malaysia has selected four young scientists to represent the country at
the 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates With Young Scientists scheduled for
next month in Germany, national news agency Bernama reported on Friday.
Zimbabwe introduces internet access technology
Internet service provider Zimbabwe Online (ZOL)has introduced Internet
access technology dubbed Wi-Fi and is set to change the face of surfing
in Zimbabwe.
Insulin pill for diabetics developed in Britain
A British company has developed a form of insulin that can be taken
orally, which will provide better control of symptoms of diabetes, the
Times reported Friday.
Biomaterial used successfully for bone implants in Cuba
Cuban researchers have successfully used coralline biomaterial for the
reconstruction of bone tissue in maxillofacial, orthopedic and
traumatology surgeries, the Cuban daily Granma reported on Friday.
Writethru: Space shuttle safely lands after completing mission
The Space Shuttle Atlantis safely landed at the Edwards Air Force Base
north of Los Angeles on Friday after successfully installing new
equipment on the International Space Station.
Roundup: Space shuttle to land at California base
Because of bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space
Shuttle Atlantis was diverted to California on Friday to land at the
Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles, NASA officials said.
Atlantis told to land at backup site in California
NASA has waved off the shuttle Atlantis from its final Florida landing
window for Friday, and is now targeting the backup runway at Edwards Air
Force Base in California, said NASA TV.
NASA waves off Atlantis' first landing attempt
Uncooperative weather at Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced NASA to
pass on Atlantis' first landing attempt on Friday, and now hopes turn to
next orbit, according to NASA official website.
Shuttle Atlantis may change landing site in California
The Space Shuttle Atlantis could shift its landing site to the Edwards
Air Force Base north of Los Angeles on Friday due to bad weather,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) officials said on
Thursday.
Space pioneers wanted for 520-day Mars project
Bored with your job? Fancy a challenge for the next 520 days? A new
fixed-term position from the European Space Agency (ESA) may be just the
ticket: the agency's scientists are looking for six people to go on a
pretend trip to Mars.
iPhone no worry to Verizon chief executive
The launch June 29 of iPhone by Apple Inc. won't change Verizon
Communications Inc.'s game plan, Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said
Wednesday.
Chinese enterprise wins award for energy efficiency
China's Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio- energy Technology Company was rewarded
the UK Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, the world's leading green
energy prize, in a final competition taking place in London Thursday.
World's first coal-to-oil mass converter due to start operation this year
Towering above the sweeping grasslands of Erdos, in north China's Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region, two 60-meter-high cylindrical structures
stand out against the skyline.
NASA skips Thursday's landing opportunities due to bad weather
NASA managers decided to skip Thursday's two landing opportunities for
shuttle Atlantis. Now hopes turn to Friday's opportunities, said NASA TV.
Four ringleaders in east China arrested in latest college entrance exam
scam
Police in eastern China have arrested four men who tried to recruit 41
university students to take part in a national college entrance exam scam.
China speeds up narrowing the digital technology gap
"By 2010, all the towns and townships in China's rural areas will have
broadband service." Vice Minister of Information Industry, Xi Guohua,
made the remark in Jiangsu province on Monday. He said in order to narrow
the gap in digital technology between the cities and countryside, China
will speed up the popularization of broadband service in rural areas.
Lake mysteriously disappears in Chile
A lake in Chile's southern Andes has mysteriously disappeared, prompting
scientists' speculation.
China expected to watch mobile TV for free next year
Recently, the base patent holder of China's domestic mobile TV industry
announced that a patent fee of China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting
(CMMB) will not exist within the next two years, and then a one Yuan
patent fee will be collected in a representative manner. This means that
it is possible to use a mobile phone to watch TV for free in 2008. At the
same time, the industry standards of the CMMB will enter the commercial
age.
Intel to upgrade Dalian plant
DALIAN: Intel Corp is expected to conduct a major upgrade of its first
China chip manufacturing plant in Dalian by 2010, a senior city official
said.
A big step closer to human cloning
Human therapeutic cloning has moved a big step closer after US
researchers said they had successfully created embryonic stem cells from
monkey embryos.
U.S. researchers use 3-D simulation to study WTC collapse
Researchers at Purdue University have created a computer-based 3-D
simulation to study in detail the cause of the World Trade Center (WTC)
collapse on Sept. 11, 2001, local media reported Wednesday.
Malaysia invents computer cardiologist
Malaysia's researchers invented a computer program, which listens to a
patient's heart beat to detect heart disease, local media reported on
Thursday.
More women suffer mid-life stroke than men: study
More women than men appear to suffer a stroke in middle age, according to
a new study published on Wednesday in the on-line edition of Neurology,
the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Biologists receive Spain's Prince of Asturias Award
Spanish biologist Gines Morta and his British colleague Peter Lawrence on
Wednesday shared the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for Science and
Technology.
European Parliament says Galileo should be financed entirely by EU budget
The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution on the
financing of the European satellite navigation system, Galileo, saying
all money must come from the European Union (EU) budget for the
construction of the system.
US President Bush vetoes stem cell bill again
U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday vetoed again a bill to expand
federally funded embryonic stem cell research, according to U.S. media
reports.
Malaysia to manufacture world's first Wi-Fi centric mobile phone
Malaysia's Comintel corporation Bhd signed an agreement with Gupp
Technologies Incorporated to manufacture the world's first Linux-based
dual mode Wi-Fi centric mobile phone on Wednesday.
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