>> Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Space Race
from sputnik to Apollo to Neil Armstrong, the race to the moon combined politics, technology and triumphs. Relive this exciting time in our space program

Mars Recovers
watch as two NASA revers embark on an incredible journey to uncover the secrets of mars. Discover how the martian landscape is similar to Earth's - and how its very very difficult

Solar Blast
Powerful blast from the sun have the power to fry satellites, crash ATM's and even strand airplanes in the sky

PIRANHA PICTURES: Yard-long "Megapiranha" Fossil Found

Eight to ten million years ago, South America's waters harbored a toothier, three-foot (one-meter) version of today's famed, flesh-eating piranhas.

Alberto Cione, a paleontologist at Argentina's La Plata Museum, first noticed the evidence of Megapiranha pananensis (pictured in an artist's rendering)--an upper jaw with three unusually large and pointed teeth--in his collection in the 1980s. The remains had been discovered half a century earlier in a riverside cliff in northeastern Argentina.

Cione and his colleagues now report that Megapiranha bridges the evolutionary gap between modern-day piranhas and plant-eating pacu fish. The new study appears in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Egypt Asks for Loans of Artifacts Held Abroad

Egypt will request temporary loans of some of its most cherished artifacts currently on display at museums abroad, antiquities officials announced on Sunday. The requested items include the famous bust of Nefertiti currently at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany, and the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum in London.

Most of the items are meant for display at the 2012 opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, which is being built near the pyramids at Giza (see a map of Egypt).

Nefertiti's bust is requested for display at the Atun Museum, which is set to open in the Nile Delta city of Meniya in 2010, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced in a statement.

All five of the artifacts are on a list of unique items that Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's antiquities council, has said should be returned permanently to their homeland.

But in an email to National Geographic News, Hawass said that the antiquities council will request a letter of guarantee from the Egyptian government "that will secure the safe return of these objects to the lending institutions."

(Hawass is an Explorer-in-Residence with the National Geographic Society, which owns National Geographic News.)

"We are not 'Pirates of the Caribbean,'" he added. "We respect our contacts. We are in the 21st century."

Diplomatic Move

The recent statement from the Egyptian antiquities council called the requests a "diplomatic move."

Earlier this month a dispute escalated between Egypt and Germany over a previous request for the temporary return of the bust of Nefertiti.

Germany's Minister of State for Culture said the 3,400-year-old limestone bust is too fragile to travel the 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) to Cairo.

Hawass told National Geographic News "it will be a scientific war" if Germany refuses to loan the iconic artwork. The antiquities chief also said he would organize a worldwide boycott of loans to German museums if the request is denied.

Meanwhile, Egypt's Ministry of Culture says it will mail official letters to France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States this week to request the temporary loans.

Hawass said Egypt will deal with each museum on an individual basis.

"If a museum cooperates with us, then we will continue our good relations and cooperate with them in a mutually beneficial, scientific manner," he said.

Hannah Boulton, a spokesperson for the British Museum, said that the museum will wait for the letter before commenting in detail and that museum policy is to consider any request.

She added, however, that any such loan would only be temporary.

"Obviously a precondition of the loan from the museum's collections is the recognition that the ownership is rested within the British Museum," she said.

Messages left with the Altes Museum and with two other institutions being asked for loans—the Louvre in Paris, France, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts—went unreturned.

Top Five

Hawass, who champions the repatriation of Egyptian artifacts, has previously called for the permanent return to Egypt of all five items on the list for temporary loans.

(Read "Egypt's Antiquities Chief Combines Passion, Clout to Protect Artifacts" [October 24, 2006].)

The requested items include:

• Nefertiti's bust at the Altes Museum. The painted limestone likeness of the Egyptian queen has been in Germany since 1913, a year after German archaeologists discovered it at a site 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Cairo.

• The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum. The writing in three languages on the 1,600-pound (726-kilogram) slab of rock was essential to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics.

• The Zodiac ceiling from the Dendera Temple at the Louvre in Paris. Archaeologists consider the zodiac an Egyptian representation of the astrological calendar.

• The statue of Hemiunu, an architect of the Great Pyramid, at the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.

• The statue of Ankhaf, builder of the Chephren Pyramid, at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

Hawass said the current requests for temporary loans of the five items are sincere.

"The temporary return of artifacts from museums in Europe and the United States will allow Egyptians who do not travel the opportunity of seeing wonderful masterpieces," he said.

"I believe that our request for the return of these artifacts temporarily is a fair one."

Treasure wars Video, who owns the past?

>> Sunday, July 5, 2009

Webpage maker pro

Web Page Maker is an easy-to-use web page editor that allows you to create and upload web pages in minutes without knowing HTML. Simply drag and drop objects onto the page and position them freely in the layout. It comes with several pre-designed templates that help you to get started. It also includes ready-to-use navigation bars that can be inserted into the page. Additional features include built-in color picker, Java script library, image library and built-in FTP client.

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VCD Cutter latest 4.1

VCDCutter is a MPEG,VCD and Movie Player. This version can play MPG,VCD,or
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Ulead video studio pro 6.0

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Tweak now registry cleaner pro

The Registry is a heart and soul of any Windows system. It contains information that controls how your Windows appears and how it behaves. Most applications today use registry to store configuration and other important data. When you install an application, a new registry entries will be created. This entries will automatically be deleted when you uninstall the application. Unfortunately, it is not always work that way. Sometimes, you will find that some applications fail to remove their own registry entries. This entry will become obsolete. After a long period, after installing and uninstalling a lot number of applications, your Windows registry will contain a large number of obsolete entries. This will significantly increase the registry size and thus will slowdown your computer, because Windows will need more time to load, search, and read data from registry.

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Total video converter 3.21

Total Video Converter is a total solution for video conversion which supports reading, playing all kinds of video and audio formats and converting them to popular video formats. Total Video Converter includes a powerful media conversion engine internally so that you can convert media files with very fast speed.

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Roboform pro for all users and administrators (free)

RoboForm allows you to:
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. Fill long registration and checkout forms with one click.
. Encrypt your passwords to achieve complete security.
. Generate random passwords to maximize password strength.
. Fight Phishing by entering passwords only on matching web sites.
. Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords.
. Back up your passwords and copy them between computers.
. Synchronize passwords between computers using GoodSync.

RoboForm Password Manager is
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RADMIN remote admin

Radmin is a remote control program that lets you work on another computer through your own. You see the remote computer's screen in a resizable window on your own monitor, or as the full screen. Your mouse and keyboard control the remote computer so you can work on it as if you were sitting right in front of it.

Radmin Structure:
The Radmin system includes two applications:

Radmin Server, which is installed on a remote computer.

Radmin Viewer on the local computer that shows the remote screen display on your own monitor.
To get started, make sure Radmin Server is running on the remote computer. Then run Radmin Viewer on the local computer and connect to the remote computer via the existing TCP/IP connection.

Photo to dvd Film maker

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* International support

Coolsoft power MP3 cutter, converter and recorder

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Easy DVD Shrink pro

Easy DVD Shrink is an easy-to-use DVD copying software to get perfect duplicates of your favorite movies on DVD or Hard Drive with just a few clicks. The shrinking engine can fit any DVD video (up to 9.4GB) on to your DVD disc (4.7GB/Single Layer or 8.5GB/Dual Layer) with no loss of content or quality. It preserves all existing DVD contents including original menus, trailers, language tracks, subtitles, and etc. You can freely adjust the target sizes of your DVD backup.

Minimum System Requirements

· Any PC running the following platforms:
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- Windows XP Home/Professional
- Windows Server 2003
· 128 MB RAM
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DVD Cutter and ripper

DVD Cutter is a multifunctional and easy-to-use DVD cutter software, it enables you to cut DVD files easily by setting the start time and the end time with high quality. Then you can capture your favorite clips from your movie.

DVD Cutter has other powerful functions as well. It can quickly convert your DVD files to many other video formats including DVD to MP4, H.264, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 3GP, 3GPP, VOB, DivX, Mov, RM, RMVB, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc
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Besides, it also provides edit and join functions.With it, you can crop video, effect video and customize the video settings( customize video and audio bitrate, adjust resolution, set frame rate, etc.) according to the uses' need.

DIVx video encoder and decoder

Dr. DivX is an encoding application able to convert popular video formats to the high quality DivX format by following a simple wizard-based flow. Dr. DivX is very simple and intuitive, catering to any new user’s basic requirements while it is powerful enough to allow a professional to use its advanced features like editing, resizing, multiplexing, improving video quality, and freedom for selecting various filters etc. required in a professional environment.

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Boilsoft RM converter

Boilsoft RM Converter lets you easily to convert Real Media files(*.rm, *.rmvb) to AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD, SVCD, DVD files.

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BadCopy Pro (CRC error recovery software)

BadCopy Pro is a leading data recovery tool for floppy disk, CD-ROM, CD-R/W and other storage media. It can effectively recover and rescue corrupted or lost data from damaged, unreadable or defective disks. Various damage situations and all file types are supported.

System Requirement:
OS: Win95/98/Win2000/Windows Me/Windows XP/Windows NT 4.0
32MB RAM, 1MB Free Hard Disk Space

AVG anti spyware 7.5.0.50

Anti-Virus programs offer insufficient protection against urgently growing threats like Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers. That's where the protection of ewido anti-spyware begins and supplements existing security applications to create a complete security system - because only a complete security system works effectively.

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2D and 3d animation creator

2D&3D Animator produces high-quality images, titles, banner ads and buttons for your Web page or for a presentation.

It comes with an object-oriented design interface that enables you to edit graphics, manipulate text and layers (graphic animations), apply special effects, and then compile the animated graphic all from within the same program. You can add shadow to object, make it glow, and draw it with opacity. Further add cool deformation, transition and color adjustment effects.

You can create animations from your own pictures (JPG, GIF, BMP, AVI, ICO, PNG) and add 3D text and shapes. In addition to font size and color, you can use colored lighting, textures and more. The layers technology helps to control over the object's placement, size, motion, and appearance.

The ready-made templates make the product easier to use. You can choose one of several ready-made templates for banners, buttons or logos. Once you select a template, you can begin to alter it any way you want. By double-clicking on objects you bring up tool bars and options.

To cut loading time for your visitors, have the program optimize your graphic by removing extraneous material. Once finished, output may be exported as GIF or AVI clips as well as JPEG, ICO, PNG or Bitmap images.

YOGA Kundalini (Special yoga classes)

The word YOGA comes from the root Yuj which means to join, and in its spiritual sense, it is that process by which the human spirit is brought into near and conscious communion with, or is merged in, the Divine Spirit, according as the nature of the human spirit is held to be separate from (Dvaita, Visishtadvaita) or one with (Advaita) the Divine Spirit. As, according to Vedanta, the latter proposition is affirmed, Yoga is that process by which the identity of the two (Jivatman and Paramatman)—which identity ever exists, in fact—is realised by the Yogin or practitioner of Yoga. It is so realised because the Spirit has then pierced through the veil of Maya which as mind and matter obscures this knowledge from itself. The means by which this is achieved is the Yoga process which liberates the Jiva from Maya. So the Gheranda-Samhita says: “There is no bond equal in strength to Maya, and no power greater to destroy that bond than Yoga.” From an Advaitic or Monistic standpoint, Yoga in the sense of a final union is inapplicable, for union implies a dualism of the Divine and human spirit. In such case, it denotes the process rather than the result. When the two are regarded as distinct, Yoga may apply to both. A person who practises Yoga is called a Yogin.

File format: PDF
Pages: 168

Web creation CSS, HTML, XHTML

An understanding of correct, semantic markup is essential to any web professional, so this book explains how XHTML should be used to structure content so that the markup adheres to current web standards. You’ll learn about the wide range of HTML elements available to you, and you’ll learn how and when to use them through building example web pages. Without creative use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), websites would all look largely the same. CSS gives you the ability to set your website apart from the rest while maintaining the integrity of your markup. You’ll learn how CSS works and how to apply styles to your pages, enabling you to realize your design ideas in the browser.

JavaScript can be used to make your website easier and more interesting to use. This book provides information on appropriate uses of this technology and introduces the concepts of programming using it. You’ll also see how JavaScript works as part of the much-hyped technique Ajax and in turn where Ajax fits into the wider Web 2.0 picture.

The book concludes by covering server-side technologies, acting as a guide to the different options available and explaining differences between available products. With insights from renowned experts such as Jason Fried of 37signals, Daniel Burka of Digg and Pownce, and Chris Messina of Citizen Agency, Foundation Website Creation provides invaluable information applicable to every web project, regardless of size, scope, or budget.

File format: PDF

VC object oriented programming

C++ Unleashed is a survey of advanced topics in C++. The goal of this book is to provide a focused examination of each of these topics, covering the essential information you need to fully exploit the power of the C++ language. Many of the topics in this book deserve a book in their own right. Because it is not possible, given the available space, to cover every aspect of some of these subjects, the chapters in this book explain only what is most necessary for you to gain a working understanding of the technologies they describe. Often, you will find that the information provided here is sufficient for your immediate needs. Even if that is not always the case, these chapters provide a useful foundation in these advanced issues that will allow you to quickly gain a more comprehensive understanding of them with further study.

File format: PDF
Pages: 946

VB DB Programming in 21 days

Welcome to Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic 5 in 21 Days, Second Edition. You cover a lot of ground in the next 21 lessons--from developing fully functional input screens with fewer than 10 lines of Visual Basic code and writing Visual Basic code libraries, to handling complex user security and auditing in multiuser applications, to creating online help files for your Visual Basic programs, and much more. Whether you are a power user, a business professional, a database guru, or a Visual Basic programmer, you'll find something in this book to help you improve your Visual Basic and database skills.

Each week you focus on a different aspect of database programming with Visual Basic. In Week 1, you learn about issues related to building simple database applications using the extensive collection of data controls available with Visual Basic. In Week 2, you concentrate on techniques for creating database applications using Visual Basic code. In Week 3, you study advanced topics such as SQL data definition and manipulation language, and issues for multiuser applications such as locking schemes, database integrity, and application-level security. You also learn techniques for creating ODBC-enabled Visual Basic applications.

File format: HTML

Tricks of JAVA programming gurus

The Book of JavaScript teaches readers how to add interactivity, animation, and other tricks to their web sites with JavaScript. Rather than provide a series of cut-and-paste scripts, thau! takes the reader through a series of real world JavaScript code with an emphasis on understanding. Each chapter focuses on a few important JavaScript features, shows how professional web sites incorporate them, and takes readers through examples of how they might add those features to their own web sites.

This thoroughly updated 2nd edition includes new chapters on Ajax, revised appendices, and new examples throughout. Summary sections and assignments close each chapter, making the book perfect for use in college courses or independent study.

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Thinking in JAVA second edition

Learning a complex new language is no easy task especially when it s an object-oriented computer programming language like Java. You might think the problem is your brain. It seems to have a mind of its own, a mind that doesn't always want to take in the dry, technical stuff you're forced to study.

The fact is your brain craves novelty. It's constantly searching, scanning, waiting for something unusual to happen. After all, that's the way it was built to help you stay alive. It takes all the routine, ordinary, dull stuff and filters it to the background so it won't interfere with your brain's real work--recording things that matter. How does your brain know what matters? It's like the creators of the Head First approach say, suppose you're out for a hike and a tiger jumps in front of you, what happens in your brain? Neurons fire. Emotions crank up. Chemicals surge.

File format: PDF
Pages: 1156

TCP/IP Protocols in networking

The purpose of this tutorial is to train system administrators how to solve complicated server networking issues using standard libpcap and networking tools. The course breaks troubleshooting into 4 categories based on protocol: ethernet, IP, TCP, and application. For each category, the instructor will describe the important components of the protocol, how to use tools to monitor for errors, how to correlate the output from the tools, and the corrective actions that need to be taken. All teaching examples are in the form of case studies based off of production experiences. Example tools include tcpdump, tethereal, Wireshark, netstat, arp, route and ifconfig. Example case studies include troubleshooting arp, IP routing, TCP states, DNS, DHCP, and SMB/NFS. This tutorial provides a detailed whitepaper in addition to the presentation slides.

Attendees will learn how to apply a troubleshooting methodology using the correct tools to locate problems a server has communicating on a network. The attendee will then be able to identify the faulty component and apply the appropriate fix

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Learn SQL in 21 days easy study material

Learn Sturctural Query Lanuage in 21 days. The Structures Query Language, SQL is a query language which is used with relational database. This chapter starts by describing some of the terms used in data processing and how they relate to SQL. The later part of this chapter describes relational database and how SQL is used to query them

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