http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205111,un-biosafety-conference-urged-to-reach-deal-on-liability.html Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in agriculture was urged Tuesday to work out international rules for liability. It is a matter of credibility for the international community, to ensure such a deal is reached, said Ah... Science,Technology Tue, 13 May 2008 13:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/205111,un-biosafety-conference-urged-to-reach-deal-on-liability.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204839,dispute-marks-start-of-un-biosafety-conference.html Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in the agricultural sector opened in the former West German capital of Bonn on Monday amid differences among the delegates. The world's leading gene technology companies want a voluntary... Science,Technology Mon, 12 May 2008 14:06:30 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204839,dispute-marks-start-of-un-biosafety-conference.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204696,some-tips-on-how-to-outsmart-the-spammers--feature.html Washington - If you think you spend too much time dealing with junk e-mail, you are not alone. Each day, nearly 80 per cent of all e-mail sent is spam, according to a recent study by the University of Maryland. That means that if you get your fair sha... Internet,Technology Mon, 12 May 2008 02:13:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204696,some-tips-on-how-to-outsmart-the-spammers--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204597,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - Can a faster computer allow you to surf the internet with fewer lags? Yes, but only to a point. The speed of your computer has relatively little to do with pure internet performance. Most of the time you spend waiting will be a result of... Internet,Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204597,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204596,making-your-pc-hd-ready-tips-for-buying-blu-ray-drives.html Willich, Germany - The format war is over, and Blu-ray has emerged as the victor in the fight to succeed the standard DVD. Now manufacturers are hoping that Blu-ray DVDs will also conquer the hearts of PC users. Surprisingly affordable drives are now... Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204596,making-your-pc-hd-ready-tips-for-buying-blu-ray-drives.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204595,updates-of-adobe-reader-advisable.html Bonn- Users of the PDF program Adobe Reader should update the software as several weak points have been found and hackers have already used one of them to their advantage. Otherwise users risk having damaging files on their computer, the German Feder... Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204595,updates-of-adobe-reader-advisable.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204594,the-latest-must-have--sunglasses-with-built-in-digital-camera.html New York - Want to take a photo immediately? No photo opportunity will be lost, if you have a pair of sunglasses with an integrated digital camera. A tiny lens has been built into the frame of the 100 dollar sunglasses and uses 1.3 mega pixels to tak... Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204594,the-latest-must-have--sunglasses-with-built-in-digital-camera.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204593,virus-infected-web-sites-on-the-rise.html Mainz - The number of web pages infected with viruses continues to climb. Between January and March 2008, US-based IT security company Sophos discovered a newly-infected web site every five seconds on average. ... Internet,Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204593,virus-infected-web-sites-on-the-rise.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204592,love-in-your-inbox-be-careful.html Bonn - Internet users should be extra suspicious of an ongoing wave of e-mail messages claiming to hold links to love letters or video clips. These messages are currently the weapon of choice by hackers trying to build what are known as Storm botnets... Internet,Technology Sun, 11 May 2008 03:14:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204592,love-in-your-inbox-be-careful.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204504,the-computer-helper-tips-and-tricks-for-pdfs--feature.html Washington - Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) has proliferated. Originally designed as a file format that allows content creators to distribute documents to those who did not have the application that created them, PDF files are now found widel... Internet,Technology Sat, 10 May 2008 02:15:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204504,the-computer-helper-tips-and-tricks-for-pdfs--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204482,myspace-announces-data-sharing-for-users.html San Francisco - MySpace is hoping to become everyone's space. The world's largest social networking site is to allow users to transfer key information from their profiles to other websites, ending the walled garden approach that had turned many use... Internet,Technology Fri, 09 May 2008 19:49:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204482,myspace-announces-data-sharing-for-users.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204462,yahoo-google-pact-seen-likely-after-brilliant-trial.html San Francisco - An advertising alliance between Yahoo and Google was viewed as increasingly likely Friday after Google CEO Eric Schmidt said a two-week test had been a brilliant success. Expanding the test, which involved Google serving ads on Yaho... Internet,Technology Fri, 09 May 2008 17:42:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204462,yahoo-google-pact-seen-likely-after-brilliant-trial.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html Wuppertal, Germany - A fossil which was hailed Friday as the missing link in a worldwide evolutionary mystery has been discovered by a rock hunter poking around after a building demolition in Germany. The carpoid, which lived 360 million years ago, i... Science,Technology Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204266,facebook-acts-against-online-predators.html San Francisco - Social networking hub Facebook announced a string of new safety measures Thursday and said it would join rival MySpace on the Internet Safety Task Force. The world's second-largest social site said it had reached agreement with every ... Internet,Technology Fri, 09 May 2008 02:13:13 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204266,facebook-acts-against-online-predators.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204185,torrentspy-slapped-with-110-million-dollar-fine.html Los Angeles - File-sharing site TorrentSpy has been ordered to pay 110 million dollars in damages to the Motion Picture Association of America for copyright infringement. TorrentSpy did not host the copyrighted materials but just provided links to th... Internet,Technology Thu, 08 May 2008 15:28:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204185,torrentspy-slapped-with-110-million-dollar-fine.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204036,taiwans-compal-to-build-notebook-computer-plants-in-poland-brazil.html Taipei - Taiwan's Compal Electronics Inc, the world's second-largest contract notebook computer maker, plans to build a notebook computer plant in Poland and another in Brazil, a newspaper said on Thursday. Compal President Ray Chen said that Compal,... Technology Thu, 08 May 2008 07:54:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204036,taiwans-compal-to-build-notebook-computer-plants-in-poland-brazil.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203977,singapore-looking-at-lighter-touch-in-regulating-internet.html Singapore - The Singapore government is considering a lighter touch in regulating the internet after 13 bloggers called for freedom to discuss political issues and views, the group said on Thursday. The bloggers also proposed that any regulation of o... Internet,Technology Thu, 08 May 2008 00:15:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203977,singapore-looking-at-lighter-touch-in-regulating-internet.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203932,grand-theft-auto-iv-smashes-halo-sales-record.html New York - Controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV has smashed the sales record set last year by the shoot-em-up game Halo, with first week sales of over 500 million dollars, its publisher said Wednesday. The interactive game, which casts player... Games,Technology Wed, 07 May 2008 18:32:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203932,grand-theft-auto-iv-smashes-halo-sales-record.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203796,worlds-longest-bridge-to-link-qatar-and-bahrain.html Paris - French construction company Vinci has been chosen to build what will be the world's longest bridge, a span of 40 kilometres that will link Bahrain and Qatar, the French weekly Le Point reported Wednesday on its website. The contract, which is... Technology Wed, 07 May 2008 11:38:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203796,worlds-longest-bridge-to-link-qatar-and-bahrain.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203621,webby-awards-announce-oscars-of-the-internet.html San Francisco - Fake newscaster Stephen Colbert was named Webby Person of the Year Tuesday in the annual Webby Awards that are often touted as the Oscars of the Internet. Colbert's portrayal of a pompous right wing news anchor has made his Comedy Ce... Internet,Technology Tue, 06 May 2008 19:50:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203621,webby-awards-announce-oscars-of-the-internet.html