Researchers in Europe have generated a digital zebrafish embryo — the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate. With a new microscope scientists could for the first time track all cells for the first 24 hours in the life of a zebrafish. The data was reconstructed into a three-dimensional, digital representation of the embryo.
Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points to a new avenue in the search for habitable planets.
Beginning Nov. 1, Verizon will charge companies that send out text messages a fee of 3 cents for each message sent, reports The New York Times.
Verizon spokesperson Jeffrey Nelson says the fee is a way to add a new revenue stream to its wireless business. The 3-cent fee is in addition to the fee that […]
Spammers are targeting Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday release due out this week, according to vnunet.com.
The spam messages tempt users to download bogus patches by claiming to come from Microsoft security assurance director Steve Lipner. But the messages come attached with an executable file that harbors a Trojan application.
SC Magazine points out that Microsoft never sends updates […]
Micron Technology has agreed to a $400 million purchase of German memory-chip maker Qimonda AG’s 35.6 percent stake in Inotera Memories. The buyout will consolidate capacity amid an oversupply in the market, reports Bloomberg.
Nanya Technology, which already owns 35 percent of Taiwan’s Inotera, and Micron will take over Qimonda’s two memory-chip factories. Micron […]
