Microsoft’s winning of the bid to buy 1.6% of Facebook for $240 Milion valued the privately owned company at $15 billion. Does it sound real that a private company, a social-networking utility, values such high. Incredible.
After Greenpeace published a report “Missed call: the iPhone’s hazarsoud chemicals” where Greenpeace investigation found two hazardous compounds, brominated flame retardants (BFR) and headphones containing PVC with Phthalates level over 1.5% by weight, much criticism could be seen on YouTube’s page showing the video. BFRs are very effective against fire and used widely in electronics, clothes and furniture from taking fire. Phthalates are toxic and can interfere with sexual development in mammals, means Phthalates are harmful for reproductive system.
The last two days, most probably since 18th of Oct Google’s Alexa traffic rank is 2, that means Google is now in the 2nd position. Google moved up and replaced msn. That’s simply great for Google. It means Google has constant plus more new users As it is offering more options (iGoogle is one of […]
Social network platform Facebook will now pay serious attention and take action to any abuse that will be reported. That’s a very good news of Mark Zuckerberg’s popular platform. As of 19 th Oct’s Alexa Traffic Rank shows a 7 th place for Facebook just behind Myspace but above Orkut. New security settings against sexual […]
According to Yahoo News, A new dinosaur species has been unearthed in Argentina on the banks of Lake Barreales of Province Neuquen. The Species named ‘Futalognkosaurus’ in Mapuche Indian words means “Giant Chief”. The 105-foot (neck: 56 ft, tail 49 ft approx.) Chief was roaming the Earth during the Late Cretaceous Period (88 million of years ago). The dinosaur was human-friendly (if any of us were living at that time ) as it was herbivorous – loving only plants. (more…)
Nobel Prize for Economics, 2007, goes to Leonid Hurwicz (USA), Eric S. Maskin (USA), Roger B. Myerson (USA) – “for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory” Leading Countries USA (6), UK (2) Germany (2), France (1), Independent body (1)
Here are the names of this year’s Nobel Prize Winners and the reasons for their achievements as cited in the announcements Medicine – Mario R. Capecchi (USA), Sir Martin J. Evans (UK), Oliver Smithies (USA) –“for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells” Physics […]
