Stem cells have finally been used to help heal a fracture in the skull of an animal. Very interesting article about the use of stem cells for helping to heal such problems. It has been long publicised that stem cells hold much promise as an alternative to gorwing clones for spare parts. Hopefully further research… Read More »Stem Cells
Well it’s about time and hopefully we’ll see prices start to fall as a result of this move. Legislation is currently being drafted that will see ComReg in control of the Irish Domains (i.e. .ie’s). Most Irish companies don’t even bother looking at registering a .ie address due to the red tape nonsense and overpriced… Read More »ComReg to Seize .ie
Following up on an earlier report that I blogged about the discovery of methane on Mars it has now just been confirmed that life has also been found on Mars. Movement has been spotted by the NASA lander, on the planet’s surface. No further details are available yet but more will be posted as it… Read More »Life Found on Mars
Thanks to Ray C for this link. The spectometers have revealed the presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere. As is the composition of methane gas (CH4) containing carbon, this now confirms both water and carbon existed on the planet. Possibly supporting life at some stage or maybe even still supporting life… source: BBC NEWS… Read More »Methane on Mars
Well, when Rob O’Connor sent this link onto me I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Seemingly David Blunkett is trying to claim £3K per year, from those who were wrongly imprisoned in British jails. His argument is that you shouldn’t be getting free accommodation and food!!!! #$%£%##** Somebody give this guy a cup of… Read More »Blind Justice?
Heard about this on the radio this morning on the way into work. Looks like Fr. Ted will be remade for American audiences. Steve Martin has been lined up for the lead role and has seemingly accepted being a fan of the original and all that (then again who wouldn’t take it when offered a… Read More »Fr. Ted to Return?
Looks like MS are on the road to iPod competition. They aim to release their new mobile media solution, built by Creative running MS software, by Christmas 2004. This should help to heat up the mobile media market and hopefully inspire a price war in the consumers favour. However, I wonder why Creative have chosen… Read More »iPod Killer?
Co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, has just donated $13.5M to the SETI team in order to fund a new radio telescope for their research. Just when I thought that I was helping SETI out by running 3 machine with the desktop client, someone comes along and belittles my contribution with a 13.5M donation. Nice to… Read More »First MS now ET!
Well not really what the heading says. Toshiba have just produced the world’s smallest hard disk; less than half the size of the ones used in Apple iPods. The stamp size disks have been recognised by Guinness World Records as the smallest in the world and one can only wonder where this will take us… Read More »Stamp out Hard Drives