China launched its first moon orbiter with a patriotic propaganda celebrating the country’s space ambitions and technological prowess. The Chang’e One orbiter, named after a lunar goddess, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern province of Sichuan and expected to arrive in moon orbit on Nov. 5.
The satellite also expected to [...]
Entries from October 2007
Lunar Goddess, China first moon orbiter
October 30th, 2007 · No Comments · General News
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YouTube finally unveils the anti-piracy filters
October 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer & Internet
YouTube finally rolled out the long-awaited technology that automatically remove copyrighted clips, hoping to solve the movie and television studios fed up with the website’s persistent piracy problems. The filtering tools are designed so the owners of copyrighted material can block their stuffs from appearing on YouTube, which has become a havoc in its two-year [...]
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Signs to change jobs before you get fired
October 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Personal Development
1. You don’t fit in. Your values don’t match the company’s. If your colleagues are dishonest and focused on getting ahead regardless of legal or moral barriers, it’s time to quit before scandal sinks the company.
2. Your boss doesn’t like you and you don’t like him or her. If your boss never asks your opinion, [...]
CurreX a currency converter widget for WordPress
October 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Wordpress
If you’re searching for a currency calculator plugin that’d allow to convert between almost any of the world currencies, so here is curreX – the Ajax based Currency Converter for WordPress.
The widget is very simple and does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It accepts a currency value (integer or decimal) and a source & [...]