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In the USA have started sales of the wireless device for reading books

Large US Internet-shop Amazon has started sales of wireless device Kindle for reading of electronic books.
Sizes of a novelty is almost the same as of a usual book, however it can contain in the memory up to 200 volumes. The screen of the device is economic, and the device can work for 30 hours without […]

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Chinese viruses have struck almost one million computers

Almost one million computers of the Chinese users have been infected with three viruses during national holiday Gotsin.
For every day of a 7-day holiday about 120 thousand computers were disconnected from the Net because of viruses. Names of viruses and as well as the method of penetration and influence on computers are not specified […]

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Pentagon has created Command for wars in a cyberspace

Department of Defense has declared formation in structure of the Air Force of special division which will be responsible for wars in a cyberspace.
Temporal cybercommand will be based in Louisiana where already now there is a military center on development of Internet-protection and the electronic weapon.
According to plans of the military, in one […]

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Skype founders have launched service of Internet-TV

Authors of the popular IP-telephony Skype service launched on October, 1 beta-version of Internet - TV Joost service, informs Financial Times.
Internet - TV Joost service gives users an opportunity to watch free-of-charge Internet TV-channels.
Founders of the service mark, that registration in Joost is also open from now on for all comers. Though earlier registration […]

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New electronic phenomenon attacks teenagers

Research of the American company Harris Interactive has shown, that 43 % of the American teenagers at the age of 13-17 years constantly face with new enough electronic phenomenon - cyber bullying through the Internet or with the help of other electronic devices.
Bullying implies rather wide range of actions - from threats up to sneers […]

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Google has created 12- lingual Internet-translator

Google has presented the new Internet-translator which has an opportunity to translate texts into 12 languages. Company assures that new service will be popular outside the USA and the Great Britain, as well.
It is known, that new service allows its users to type inquiry on the native language and to choose the translation from 12 […]

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Valuable Darwin’s letters are already in the Internet

Charles Darwin, the author of the evolutionism, having spent five years in the round-the-world voyage on board Beagle, had expressed his admiration in the letter which now for the first time has appeared in the Internet.
This valuable letter is included into a collection from approximately 5000 Darwin’s letters, which are stored in the Cambridge University […]

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Unique Encyclopedia of Life has appeared in Internet

The international group of scientists from leading universities of the world has launched in Internet the Encyclopedia of Life - many mullions project which will incorporate and catalog all known biological species on the Earth.
By analogy to Wikipedia encyclopedia it is planned to introduce a system of free editing on a site - users can […]

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Microsoft has declared Windows Longhorn open testing

Microsoft Representatives declared the beginning of the open testing of a new server operational system Windows Longhorn. The final Longhorn version is expected not earlier than the second half of 2007.
Microsoft Company expects that the new system will be tested by hundred thousands of experts in the information technologies field. The third Beta-version of the […]

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Inet grasps the globe

The annual report of the economic intelligence department of Economist magazine (EUI) which estimates readiness of the world countries to use Internet - technologies, affirms that Inet helps to reduce a gap in digital technologies between the countries.
Economist annual report shows, that the Asian and African countries catch up with the largest network users, such […]

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