GoDaddy.com
GoDaddy.com, the internent domain registrar, has recently reached a milestone. They announced the registration of its 50 millionth domain name since opening in 1997.
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‘Borderless internet’ is officially dead
SOPA would set up US website blacklisting, require search engine censorship, and divide the Internet into “domestic” and “foreign” sites.
In L.P. Hartley’s novel, The Go-Between, he wrote, “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” When Hartley wrote his novel of adolescent sexual awakening he knew nothing of the internet. Had he know he might have been shocked just how quickly the past became a foreign place.
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Tablets reshaping online video viewing habits
Many consumers are waiting for the release of Amazon’s Kindle Fire, and as they wait there is evidence that tablets may be reshaping online viewing habits.
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Half-naked men and women are judged in similar ways: study
Men see bikini-clad women much as they would a set of tools.
Women are typically thought of as targets of body objectification. But, research by psychologist Helen Fisher found that men viewed bikini-clad women much as they would a set of tools.
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Growing demand for artists in the video game industry
Art is an integral part of video games. But the debate continues whether video games are a work of art.
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Routine cholesterol testing for all children recommended by U.S. panel
Children should be routinely tested for high cholesterol.
9 to 11 year old children should be routinely screened for high cholesterol so that action can be taken to avoid the development of heart disease, according to new guidelines from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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‘Pee power’ – turning urine into electricity
Urine can be turned into electricity, according to scientists.
We each produce 2.5 liters of urine a day and a total of 6.4 trillion liters globally. But until now it has been widely regarded as a rather unpleasant waste product.
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Smart steering wheel monitors health while driving
Sensors in the steering wheel monitor the driver’s vital signs while driving.
Working in collaboration with BMW, researchers from Germany’s Technische Universitaet Muenchen have extended the function of the humble steering wheel with the development of a sensor system integrated into the steering wheel that can give the driver a quick health check while driving.
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How your car could be a star witness against you in court
Information collected by a car block box intended to help improve federal safety standards, but increasingly it is being used in court cases.
If you are in a serious car accident and are unfortunate enough to land in court afterwards, the the star witness against you may not be an eyewitness or even a human being, it could be your car.
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Diabetes breakthrough tests tears instead of blood
Researchers have developed a sensor that can detect blood glucose levels in tears.
Scientists have found a way to save diabetics from having to draw blood several times a day to test their sugar levels – test diabetics tears.
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Women to be among pioneering Mars explorers
Russian space agency rescuers helping US astronaut Cady Coleman leave the Soyuz TMA-20 capsule shortly after landing.
Men walked on the Moon, but according to a gathering of top female space experts this week, women will be among the pioneering explorers who someday step foot on Mars.
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55 Jobs of the Future
“There is no future in any job. The future lies in
the person who holds the job.” – George W. Crane
Futurist Thomas Frey: One of my primary complaints with higher education is that they tend to prepare students for jobs of the past. The way a Midwesterner would phrase it, “they are constantly shooting behind the duck.”
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