Articles Archive for November 2011
Internet and Web »
Is your website dull and boring? Do you wish to make your webpage lively? Do you wish to attract more traffic and enhance its visibility? Well, if this is the case, you will be delighted to know that there are several ways to accomplish this. Among the long list, one of the most efficient ways to make your webpage lively is to make the page interactive by employing a Comment box. It simply implies you should initiate varied measures to encourage the visitors to write in the Comment box …
Space Exploration »
A Chinese Long March 2F carrier rocket hurled Shenzhou-8 into orbit a week ago. Two days later, the unmanned spacecraft linked up with the Tiangong-1 module, accomplishing China’s first space docking. Less than two months before, however, an orbiter launched by a similar Long March rocket had failed to reach its designated orbit due to a malfunction.…
Internet and Web, Jobs and Hobby »
A US District judge sentenced a Malaysian to 10 years in prison for hacking into the US Federal Reserve and other banks. Lin Mun Poo, a Malaysian citizen, had admitted earlier this year to hacking into the US central bank, various private financial institutions and possessing stolen bank card and credit card numbers, officials said.…
Space Exploration »
A huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon Tuesday, giving scientists a rare chance for study without having to go through the time and expense of launching a probe, officials said. Earth’s close encounter with Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will occur at 6:28 p.m. EST (2328 GMT) Tuesday, as the space rock sails about 201,000 miles from the planet.…
Science »
Billionaire adventurer Richard Branson may have large-scale plans for deep sea exploration, but a new ocean discovery makes big waves on a microscopic level. A team of science researchers trawling the ocean floor have just published their findings of the world’s new largest virus, found lurking off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile. It’s so big, it’s actual scientific name is Megavirus chilensis — and you can even view it with a basic light microscope. The previous virus record holder was Mimivirus, which boasted the largest diameter of any virus …

