Monthly Archives: May 2012

Travel the Globe with Google World Wonders Project

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By Sean Captain, Managing Editor, TechNewsDaily Credit: Google Royal Palace at Caserta, Italy. Summer is travel season, but also a time of high airfares and, for many, tight budgets. If you can’t get to the great sites of the world in person, Google’s new World Wonders Project can get you pretty close Continue reading →

An IHG Travel Deal Worth Discovering

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MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) (IHG) (IHG) (ADRs), one of the worlds largest hotel companies, is daring travelers to discover the Latin America and Caribbean they thought they knew with an enticing destination travel deal. Have you ever discovered Brazils tropical rainforest via a boat tour down the Amazon River? Or traveled back to colonial times by way of the old city of Quito, Ecuador Continue reading →

Expedia Reports More Travelers Dream Dominican This Year

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BELLEVUE, Wash., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Expedia.com, the world’s leading online travel agency, has found that the Dominican Republic is an increasingly popular destination for US travel, up 30%, making it the 2nd most popular destination for Americans to travel in Latin America and the Caribbean. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110121/SF33870LOGO-b) As the largest and most diverse Caribbean destination, the Dominican Republic is an easy trip from Miami, New York City, Atlanta and even some European destinations. Known for its warm and hospitable people, the Dominican Republic is a destination like no other, featuring astounding nature, intriguing history and rich culture Continue reading →

Google Brings World Wonders to Local Living Rooms

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Planning your next family vacation, but strapped for cash? Consider Google, instead. The Web giant’s new World Wonders project brings the sandy beaches of Australia’s Shark Bay or the ruins of the Temple of Hercules in Italy to your fingertips Continue reading →

Was flame virus written by gamers? Code similar to apps such as Angry Birds

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Cyber experts refute claims that code is spy tool Same ‘simplistic’ language used in video games Suggestion that virus could have come from Israel Spyware is too big to be stealth tool say some experts By Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 10:11 EST, 31 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:04 EST, 31 May 2012 There is confusion over who developed a new computer super-virus after some programmers today reportedly said the coding was the same relatively simple language as found in video games like Angry Birds. The suggestion contradicts theories put forward by other experts who only yesterday said the virus, known as The Flame, was so sophisticated it had to have been developed by some of the world’s top brains at the U.S.’s National Security Agency. To guard against the virus the United Nations is issuing its ‘most serious warning’, but now some say element of the virus – known as malware – are baffling Continue reading →

Super-stealthy ‘Flame' computer virus spies on Iranians

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Whenever a high-ranking Iranian politician has sent or received an email in the past two years, a computer virus nicknamed Flame has most likely copied that email and secretly shipped it to an outside computer network. When a user of an infected Iranian computer typed a password, Flame stole it Continue reading →

Super-stealthy ‘Flame' computer virus spies on Iran

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Whenever a high-ranking Iranian politician has sent or received an email in the past two years, a computer virus nicknamed Flame has most likely copied that email and secretly shipped it to an outside computer network. When a user of an infected Iranian computer typed a password, Flame stole it. When the user opened a sensitive document or instant-messaged a friend or video-chatted with a colleague, Flame nabbed that, too Continue reading →

29 Johns Hopkins stem cell researchers awarded funding

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Public release date: 30-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Vanessa McMains vmcmain1@jhmi.edu 410-502-9410 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions This year the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund awarded 29 of 40 grants to Johns Hopkins researchers for the study of stem cell metabolism and regulation, the creation of new cell models for human diseases such as schizophrenia and Rett syndrome, which previously could be studied only in animals, and the development of new potential therapies. Researchers whose preliminary data promised greater discoveries were awarded Investigator-Initiated grants. Jeff Bulte, Ph.D., professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Institute for Cell Engineering, hopes to develop a cell therapy for treatment of type 1 diabetes an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system kills the insulin-producing cells that help regulate blood sugar. Continue reading →

Catholic spirituality is political – Taizé youth

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QUEZON City, May 31, 2012Far from being a merely religious concept, spirituality can be highly political, as Filipino youth who have been immersed in the Taiz community would agree. Pia Montalban, 29, a disaster training volunteer of Alay Bayan, explained that it is precisely her Catholic spirituality that moves her to be immersed in social and political realities Continue reading →

Spiritual Enlightenment Experiences with Divine Openings – Video

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30-05-2012 10:21 Watch as participants share what has happened for them since reading Lola’s life changing book, ‘Things Are Going Great In My Absence’ and experiencing Divine Openings for themselves. Continue reading →