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The Chinese may be planning to put GPS satellites in orbit, and use a dirty trick they learned from the French. Apparently they’re going to make the network’s signal frequency so close to the American GPS system’s that one can’t be jammed without jamming the other.
Another dirty trick: The Chinese were allowed to participate in [...]

Optical illusions are fun and tonight I came across one that really made my eyes go crazy so I had to share:

Just look at the waves rolling through the picture. Neat. If you know of any good optical illusions, let me know.

It’s been a very busy month for Google with all the new projects being released. It’s just amazing how many products are coming out and how many more are still waiting to be released.
So far we’ve seen Google’s Web-based Spreadsheet Application, Google Earth Release 4 and now Google U.S. Government Search.
Google today announced Google U.S. [...]

Yesterday afternoon Google started testing a new Picasa feature. It’s called Picasa Web Albums.

In case you’re not familiar with Picasa, it’s Google’s free desktop photo management software. I know a lot of people will compare it to Flickr, which is of course expected.
Picasa is a quick download that makes it easy for people [...]

To celebrate the first anniversary of Google Earth, you can download a brand new version, Google Earth 4.
What’s really exciting about this new release is it’s now available for multiple Operating Systems and not just Windows anymore. Running on OS X? Feel the love. Prefer Linux? Ditto. That’s right, Google is releasing simultaneously for PC, [...]

Microsoft says on their Security Bulletin Advance Notification site Windows users should expect to see twelve security bulletins tomorrow June 13. At least nine of the twelve patches will include fixes for flaws Microsoft dubs “critical.”
Microsoft Exchange is set to receive one patch rated “important”, while Microsoft’s Office Suite will have two patches, at least [...]