Could YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen become this generation's version of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the famed newspaper reporters who broke the Watergate scandal?
As many as 1 billion people this century could die from tobacco-caused illnesses. With the goal of combating the tobacco use epidemic, Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates have announced plans to collaborate to help governments in developing countries trying to implement proven tobacco-control policies. Bloomberg's Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, which started in 2005 with a $125 million commitment, supports projects that educate and advocate for changing how tobacco is used and perceived. The Bloomberg Initiative will be extended with a $250 million four-year commitment, while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest $125 million over the next five years.
The executives in charge of online payment system E-gold have pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
3-D display technology has had an on-again/off-again relationship with the film industry for decades, but has never established itself on the small screen. Modern technology has made 3-D broadcasting a more realistic proposition, but there's currently no standardized method for how such content should be formatted, processed, and displayed. The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers intends to tackle this problem, and has given the problem over to the newly formed 3-D Home Display Formats Task Force.
China's government warned Internet sites and mobile content providers to steer clear of broadcasting any video of Olympic events without permission, including the torch relay and opening ceremony, saying that anyone who infringes the rights of the state-owned broadcaster to these events will face severe penalties.
Chip company NXP Semiconductors is to sue Radboud University in an attempt to halt the publication of a paper detailing the cryptographic cracking of the Oyster smartcard, used widely on the London transport network.
2008-08-25 /
The UEFA Informer Gadget tracks football matches scores, fixtures and teams standing in real time for all UEFA Competitions and major domestic leagues from UEFA zone like English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and more (35 countries). The new version of the Gadget with the possibility to create user menu from any quantity of preferred competitions. The full/short and wide/normal modes of viewing are also accessible.
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2008-07-09 /
Rapid E-Learning Suite combines an array of smart yet easy-to-use tools for users with basic desktop application knowledge to create rich media content, interactive quizzes, dynamic screencast and streaming video clips.No need of hiring a development
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2008-05-29 /
Liva Notes is desktop stickers. It allows you to write down your notes quickly and easily, allows to place your notes on the desktop in expanded or constricted states, have nice design (there is 12 exclusive themes for you!) and safe notes storage. Every note can be pinned firmly to the desktop and remain visible even if Ctrl+D is pressed. You can also create backup copies and transfer your notes via backup mechanism.
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2008-04-11 /
MemoAccelerator is a program supporting the process of learning new words and sentences in foreign languages (program can be used also for learning history, biology, etc.). Applied algorithms of repetitions result in vocabulary being assimilated at the optimal pace.
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2008-04-02 /
Eye Care Software - Locking your computer and forcing you to take a 5-minute break every 30 minutes. Eye Care Software - Random play music when break. Run 'Eye Care Software' when Windows starts. 'Eye Care Software' (Pro) click progress bar to cancel a break.
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2008-08-14 /
Wedding plans 1.0 makes planning your wedding easy with a pleasant graphical display.Lots of program features like quick links, built in address book, built in bridal party list, custom rehearsal reminder page, guest list address book, custom search.
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2008-07-02 /
Bingo Card Maker is an easy to use tool for creating and printing custom and random bingo cards. It is especially useful for teachers and parents to make educational bingo cards for students and children. It can also be used to make entertaiment bingo cards. There are about 200 bingo sample lists in Bingo Card Maker and users can directly use them to make bingo cards. What's more, users can easily create, save and print their own bingo cards.
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2008-04-28 /
Probability Analysis Software for Windows that provides an easy-to-use tool for using Discrete and Continuous Distributions, handling all the Probability Combinations for you. Features include Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Exponential, Student t, Chi Squared, F, Beta and Lognormal Distributions; Inverses of Normal, Student t, Chi Squared, F, Beta and Lognormal Distributions; Lists of Binomial Coefficients and Permutations plus more.
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2008-04-08 /
Simple Home Budget is easy-to-use application to manage your financial data. Along with simplicity, it offers powerful features to have all your finances under control.
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2008-04-01 /
Nessy Fingers is a touch typing program that helps children improve spelling and keyboard skills.Key positions are taught in the sequence of the alphabet for rapid learning in just 5 short lessons. 9 levels of difficulty, ranging from Tortoise to Lightning fingers, allow all abilities to succeed.
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