Oct 20, 2010
Google digitized the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls
By the spring of 2011 on Google servers, Israel will be posted the first images of the Dead Sea Scrolls - biblical and apocryphal texts, which date from the beginning of our era were discovered in caves near the ancient settlement of Qumran on the Dead Sea in 1947.
In order to digitize all 900 scrolls, broken by 30 thousand fragments, the scientists take a few years. Each piece will be photographed at six different wavelengths, after which the images will combine with each other. This method of treatment would lead to high-definition images, and they can see parts of the parchment, blackened on the original scrolls under the influence of time. In addition to the actual images in the publications will include translations of texts and detailed background information. The project budget is estimated at $ 3.5 million
Creating a complete digital copies will rarely disturb themselves scrolls, and will also make available the possibility of free combination of fragments, which may contribute to a new interpretation of certain texts.
In order to digitize all 900 scrolls, broken by 30 thousand fragments, the scientists take a few years. Each piece will be photographed at six different wavelengths, after which the images will combine with each other. This method of treatment would lead to high-definition images, and they can see parts of the parchment, blackened on the original scrolls under the influence of time. In addition to the actual images in the publications will include translations of texts and detailed background information. The project budget is estimated at $ 3.5 million
Creating a complete digital copies will rarely disturb themselves scrolls, and will also make available the possibility of free combination of fragments, which may contribute to a new interpretation of certain texts.
Berkman Center research: the main features of Russian blogs
Scientific organization Berkman Center, working at Harvard University, published the results of his study «Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization», devoted to studying the peculiarities of the Russian-language blogosphere. Starting with an analysis of five million blogs, the researchers gradually reduced the number of sources considered to about 11,000, constituting, in their opinion, "the core of a debate" with a high degree of activity. We offer you the main conclusions reached by experts.
Unlike their counterparts in the U.S. and the rest of the world, Russian bloggers prefer platforms that combine the features of their own blogs with social networking services (social network services, SNS), such as Facebook. In the Russian dominated by a few of these blogs «SNS-hybrids. While the current blogosphere is largely divided on the platforms, a central core of the discussions, which contains the bulk of the discussions of politics and public life. Nucleus are predominantly, though not exclusively, blogs on LiveJournal.
Topics discussed in the center of the debate, divided into four main groups:
politics and public life (for a discussion of news, business, financial, and social activism, political events);
culture (including literature, cinema, elite and popular culture);
regional themes (Russian-language bloggers in Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Israel, etc.);
instrumental subjects (writing and paid for blogging on foreign orders).
Unlike their counterparts in the U.S. and the rest of the world, Russian bloggers prefer platforms that combine the features of their own blogs with social networking services (social network services, SNS), such as Facebook. In the Russian dominated by a few of these blogs «SNS-hybrids. While the current blogosphere is largely divided on the platforms, a central core of the discussions, which contains the bulk of the discussions of politics and public life. Nucleus are predominantly, though not exclusively, blogs on LiveJournal.
Topics discussed in the center of the debate, divided into four main groups:
politics and public life (for a discussion of news, business, financial, and social activism, political events);
culture (including literature, cinema, elite and popular culture);
regional themes (Russian-language bloggers in Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia, Israel, etc.);
instrumental subjects (writing and paid for blogging on foreign orders).
Oct 19, 2010
Facebook caught in the disclosure of personal data of users
This week, the world's largest social networking site Facebook has become the focus of press attention, and critics - a result of the publication of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) investigation found that some popular applications service without users' knowledge transfer personal data to third parties. In total, formed by journalists list appears at least 25 advertising agencies and organizations involved in the collection of private data.
Among implicated in the transmission of data lighted popular game FarmVille from Zynga Game Network Inc, a monthly audience of which is 59 million. In total, Facebook recorded more than 500 million accounts. Thus, according to the newspaper, the number of users whose data have been leaked, could amount to tens of millions. At the same time affected even those of the account holder, who set the most stringent privacy settings.
Among implicated in the transmission of data lighted popular game FarmVille from Zynga Game Network Inc, a monthly audience of which is 59 million. In total, Facebook recorded more than 500 million accounts. Thus, according to the newspaper, the number of users whose data have been leaked, could amount to tens of millions. At the same time affected even those of the account holder, who set the most stringent privacy settings.
77% of Americans use social networking sites during working hours
The company Panda Security has conducted a study of small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. on the use of members of social networks. Revealed that 77% of employees use social networks in the workplace, while 33% complained that the victims of the virus, infected through social networks.
Ranked Among the employees of small and medium business Facebook is the most popular social network: 69% of respondents reported that they have personal pages on this site. In the second place in popularity is Twitter (44%), the third - YouTube (32%), and then recruiting service Linkedln (23%).
Ranked Among the employees of small and medium business Facebook is the most popular social network: 69% of respondents reported that they have personal pages on this site. In the second place in popularity is Twitter (44%), the third - YouTube (32%), and then recruiting service Linkedln (23%).
Oct 18, 2010
iPad - favorite tool for terrorists
It turns out that the tennis tournament US Open to the U.S., which was not so long ago, the organizers prohibited to bring the plates. This was done deliberately, on the grounds that the device can be used by terrorists. In this case, potential terrorists could freely carry the iPhone.
According to Reuters, some visitors Stadium Arthur Ashe Stadium, who took with him a popular tablet by Apple, had been contemptuously rejected, when the guards found that they would be willing to match a dangerous weapon.
Visitors were taken aback clearly explains that the device is a favorite tool of terrorists, through which they can direct aircraft to the stadium or use it for remote detonation of the charge.
According to Reuters, some visitors Stadium Arthur Ashe Stadium, who took with him a popular tablet by Apple, had been contemptuously rejected, when the guards found that they would be willing to match a dangerous weapon.
Visitors were taken aback clearly explains that the device is a favorite tool of terrorists, through which they can direct aircraft to the stadium or use it for remote detonation of the charge.
Google expects billions of new web users
Following a report on the excellent results of Google in the third quarter of this year, while celebrating the 25 th anniversary of the MIT Media Lab, executive director of the corporation, Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) spoke about how he sees the future of his company and the Internet in general.
When he was asked about the fact that Google has already earned a billion on mobile advertising, Eric Schmidt said: "anything that pays a billion dollars - well, if there is growth, then even better."
Following a significant number which counts Google with its employees, billions of people around the world who have access to computing devices. The world has been used for nearly 4 billion mobile phones, and from 800 million to a billion of them are smartphones.
When he was asked about the fact that Google has already earned a billion on mobile advertising, Eric Schmidt said: "anything that pays a billion dollars - well, if there is growth, then even better."
Following a significant number which counts Google with its employees, billions of people around the world who have access to computing devices. The world has been used for nearly 4 billion mobile phones, and from 800 million to a billion of them are smartphones.
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