For as long as the net has been around, .com has dominated the URL’s for web site addresses. Soon, new extensions will come into use and some believe that companies like GoDaddy will begin selling subscriptions for these extensions and there will be a renewed land grab for the most popular extensions.

A Belgian man thought diagnosed as comatose for 23 years after a near-fatal crash was actually conscious and paralyzed the whole time. The false diagnosis case raises serious questions about those diagnosed as vegetative and for those removed from life support. Rom Houben could hear every word his doctors spoke but could not speak to [...]

According to various TV rating services, the show HOUSE  M.D. is the top rated television show. Why? First, I want to disclaim that I do like this show myself, so I may not be totally objective here. First, I think viewers are attracted to the unique personality of the main character who is antisocial, arrogant, [...]

In July 2009, a Beluga whale named Mila saved 26-year-old Yang Yun when her legs froze up during a free dive competition in Mila’s arctic aquarium home. When Yang tried to surface, she realized that she couldn’t move her legs and she began sinking. She thought “that was it for me – I was dead, [...]

Researchers have founf a molecular switch that can prevent the development of fatal Huntington’s in mice. Huntington’s is a neurological condition caused by a mutation of a gene that codes a brain protein known as huntingtin. It is characterized by uncontrolled jerking movements and stuttering. According to a study published in NEURON, a chemical modification [...]

A Los Angeles based law firm representing a U.S. company in a $2.2 billion law suit again the Chinese government and some global computer companies, said it has suffered cyber attacks coming from China. Gibson Hoffman & Pandone said the hack could be in retaliation for its historic intellectual property law suit against China on [...]

The hackers which penetrated Google’s defenses recently demonstrated a level of sophistication which paints a frightening picture of just how vulnerable the internet is. The hackers used a combination of encryption, stealth programing and found an unknown hole in internet Explorer. A dozen or more pieces of malware and numerous lawyers of encryption allowed the [...]

What will libraries be like in the future. A growing number of librarians are already planning for bookless libraries, administered by central sources in order to allow for “sustainable scholarship”. At one recent conference, experts explained that groups of universities are already exploring shared digital repositories and archives. This collaborative outsourcing will also include catalogue [...]

One of the more significant developments in technology and medicine is the creation of a cell-phone microscope allowing for the use of a standard cell phone and off the shelf lens. This allows physicians to view blood cells to help diagnose blood borne illnesses such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. This device, created by Aydogan [...]

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 – 1948)
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- The future depends on what we do in the present.
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- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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- It is the quality of our work which will please God [...]