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Spacecrafts – travel faster then light (Soon)

Published: May 13, 2009

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Washington, May 10: Two physicists at Baylor University, US, have an idea that can turn travelling at the speed of light from science fiction to real science, just like the warp speed at which spacecraft travel in the fictional TV and film series ‘Star Trek’.
Dr. Gerald Cleaver, associate professor of physics at Baylor, and Dr. [...]


Call to ’shut down’ Google Street View

Published: April 29, 2009

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A formal complaint about Google’s Street View has been sent to the Information Commissioner (ICO).
Drawn up by lobby group Privacy International (PI), it cites more than 200 reports from members of the public identifiable via the service.
PI wants Street View shut down while the ICO investigates the service.
“The ICO has repeatedly made [...]


Home Office ‘colluded with Phorm’

Published: April 28, 2009

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The Home Office has been accused of colluding with online ad firm Phorm on “informal guidance” to the public on whether the company’s service is legal.
E-mails between the ministry and Phorm show the department asking if the firm would be “comforted” by its position.
The messages show Phorm making changes to the guidance sought by the [...]