Google Chrome The new web browser

The new web browser is based on open source applications. There are different tabs for different applications (e-mail, web, calendar, documents, video, and more.) This 38-page comic style explanation includes "sad tabs" and "memory hogs" -- and explains that when a bug or memory hog is discovered in one application, you shut down one tab, not the whole browser. The comic explains that WebKit is the open source rendering engine used for Google Chrome. Google GEARS is for software developers. Well done. Worth reading the whole book.

Google Chrome is now available.

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A WORM TYPE VIRUSES IS FOUND ON LAPTOP COMPUTERS

Computer virus goes into orbit
NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. A "worm type" virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center in Texas, according to NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries on Wednesday. The virus is reported to be malicious software that logs keystrokes in order to steal passwords or other sensitive data by sending the information to hackers via the Internet. The laptop computers are not linked to any of the space station's control systems or the Internet. "The bottom line is it is a nuisance for us," Humphries said. "The crew is working with teams on the ground to eradicate the virus and look for actions to prevent that from happening in the future." The virus had no adverse effect on space station operations, according to Humphries. The space station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes at an altitude of about 350 kilometers. NASA is reportedly looking into whether the virus got into the computers by hiding in a memory drive used to store music, video or other digital files. Humphries said this is not the first computer virus stowaway on the Space Station. "This is not a frequent occurrence but it has happened before," Humphries said.

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Elon does well in U.S. News & World Report rankings, again

Elon University retained the second-place ranking in its category in U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue.

For the second straight year, Elon was almost at the top of the magazine's rankings of 118 master's-level universities in the South.

The rankings are based on factors such as graduation rate, selectivity of the admissions process, class size, student-faculty ratio, the percentage of freshman who return for a second year and how the school is assessed by leaders at other colleges.

This is Elon's eighth year in the top 10 in its category. When Elon first appeared in the college guide in 1995, it was ranked 39th.

Rollins College in Florida was ranked first in the category.

Elon also ranked first among Southern master's-level universities the magazine calls "up-and-coming" schools that have made "striking improvements or innovations."

The magazine said Elon, along with Belmont University in Tennessee, was the most frequently mentioned when it asked college leaders for schools that fit this category. Belmont finished second to Elon in the two schools' category on the "up-and-coming" list. Appalachian State University in Boone ranked third in that category amount Southern master's-level schools.

Elon is listed in seven of the eight categories in the "Programs to Look For" feature that is part of the college guide. No other school in the country is listed in that many categories, which include study abroad, service learning and internship opportunities.

Among other North Carolina schools on the list of 118 Southern master's-level universities, Appalachian State University ranks 9th. The University of North Carolina at Wilmington is 14th and Queens University of Charlotte is 20th. Campbell University and Western Carolina University tie for 36th and Gardner Webb University ranks 51st.

North Carolina Central University, Pfeiffer University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke were among schools in the range of 60th to 89th place on the list of Southern master's-level universities. The magazine doesn't list a more specific ranking for those schools.

Fayetteville State University was in the range of 84th through 118th place.

Appalachian State University ranked fourth, UNC-Wilmington ranked sixth and Western Carolina University ranked 14th on a list of top public master's level universities in the South.

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Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace — and good wishes from China — to children all over the world.

Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China’s most popular animals — the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow — and the Olympic Flame.

Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name — a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.

When you put their names together — Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni — they say “Welcome to Beijing,” offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.

Fuwa also embody both the landscape and the dreams and aspirations of people from every part of the vast country of China. In their origins and their headpieces, you can see the five elements of nature — the sea, forest, fire, earth and sky — all stylistically rendered in ways that represent the deep traditional influences of Chinese folk art and ornamentation.

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