• 黑莓厂商欲与印度政府合作

    10-08-27 Blackberry-maker Research in Motion has said it is willing to work with India to support the country's need for lawful access to encrypted services. 黑莓手机生产商RIM称愿与印度合作,为其数据加密服务提供合法准入。 There are over 1 million Blackberry...

  • 3Par公司收购战 惠普领先戴尔

    10-08-27 Hewlett Packard (HP) has raised its bid in the battle with rival Dell to take control of data storage firm 3Par, with an offer of $1.8bn (1.2bn). 惠普在与其竞争对手戴尔就数据存储公司3Par的争夺战中提高出价,报价18亿美元。 3Par has been the subject of...

  • 谷歌街景地图具有犯罪企图

    10-06-10 Google is almost certain to face prosecution for collecting data from unsecured wi-fi networks, according to Privacy International (PI). 国际隐私权组织称,谷歌因私自从未加密的无线网络中收集数据而几乎肯定将受到起诉。 Pressure is mounting over Google'...

  • 欧洲环境卫星密切监视墨西哥湾浮油状况

    10-05-06 As fears grow that the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico could soon catch the oil slick(水面浮油) and drag it south towards coral reefs(珊瑚礁) in the Florida Keys, scientists are monitoring the situation closely with ESA's Envisat radar data....

  • 纳米点存储研究又有新突破

    10-04-29 A researcher at North Carolina State University has developed a computer chip that can store an unprecedented(空前的) amount of data enough to hold an entire library's worth of information on a single chip. The new chip stems from(源于) a breakt...

  • 美国青少年肥胖趋势明显

    10-04-25 Los Angeles, CA (April 23, 2010) Obesity rates for American adults have stabilized while the rate of childhood and minority obesity(肥大,肥胖) is rising, according to a study in the journal Medical Decision Making, published by SAGE. Using a nove...

  • 揭密:机会只垂青于愿意等待的人

    10-04-15 New research reveals a brain circuit that seems to underlie the ability of humans to resist instant gratification(满意,喜悦) and delay reward for months, or even years, in order to earn a better payoff. The study, published by Cell Press in the A...

  • 商业捕渔误杀大约数百万只海龟

    10-04-07 The number of sea turtles inadvertently(非故意地) snared(捕捉,诱惑) by commercial fishing gear(钓鱼用具,打捞装置) over the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch(...

  • 英国地形测量局免费开放地图数据

    10-04-02 Mapping agency Ordnance Survey (OS) has launched a service offering free and unrestricted access to most of its map data. 英国地形测量局发起一项免费服务,用户可以免费、无限制地获得其绝大部分地图数据。 Sir Tim Berners-Lee said he was delighted by the...

  • 耗时20年 地球构造板块运动模型问世

    10-03-24 A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic(动力的,动态的) three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions. Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison geophysicist Chuck DeMets and longtime collaborators(合作者,投资...