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A recent study by a team of researchers at Northern Illinois University and at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, found that planet of Mars used to have regular rain similar to planet of Earth, especially in the north and valleys around the equator. The findings were based on analysis of Mars topographic which was captured by NASA satellites, as reported by AFP news.
(photo: NASA Hubble Space Telescope)
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Gartner, a worldwide information technology research company, has identified a list of top 10 mobile applications for the next few years. As smartphone users (i.e., BlackBerry, iPhone) have increased significantly around the world, many users continue to access Internet thru mobile web. The list of top 10 mobile apps are the following:
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Transparency International, the world watch dog to fight against corruption has published a new ranking for the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The data was based on over ten independent surveys conducted during 2009. The highest ranking indicates a clean government with transparency, while lowest ranking means really corrupt country.
Ranking of Selected Countries:
1. New Zealand
2. Denmark
3. Singapore
4. Sweden
5. Switzerland
8. Australia
14. Germany
17. Japan
19. United States
56. Malaysia
84. India
84. Thailand
111.Indonesia
120.Vietnam
139.Philippines
146.Russia
179.Afghanistan
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NASA, the America's Aerospace agency, has confirmed this week that they have found enough water for human to survive on the Moon surface. The amount of water (about 25 gallons) found on Moon could allow a human to take a bath, as reported by latimes.com. The discovery came after an experiment to crash a satellite into Moon’s South Pole about one month ago.
As latimes.com wrote, "'The moon is alive,' declared Anthony Colaprete, the chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission."
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A study conducted by a research team headed by Jason Rentfrow of the University of Cambridge in England as part of the Gallup Organization's Well-Being Index, has published a list of happiest states in America, as reported by livescience.com. The data was based on over 350,000 individuals and were interviewed within the twelve months of 2008.
To generate the list of happiest states in America, the research team used six types of well-being index, including evaluating people lives, analyzing emotional health & physical health, looking into healthy behaviors (smoker or non-smoker), and questioning respondent’s job satisfaction.
Utah is on top of the happiest state in America today, follows by Hawaii, while California ranks number nine. The top 10 happiest states are the following (maximum 100 points):
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Yahoo Meme allows users to type-in about 2,000 characters on each post which is longer than Twitter of 140 characters. Yahoo Meme is now targeting International users including Indonesia, Brazil, China, the Philippines, India and Turkey, as reported by techcrunch.com. Based on several researches, Facebook has grown very rapidly in Indonesia during the past twelve months. Similarly, Indonesian users are high on texting use. Yahoo Meme should be a great tool for the region. To attract local users with native language (Bahasa), Yahoo Meme has translated the word “Meme” into local word as “Mim.” However, in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, using a ‘dog’ icon on the Indonesian homepage may be not an attractive character and could be an offensive choice. Yahoo graphic designers need a cultural lesson here.
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A new study by Pew Internet & American Life Project shows Americans are less likely to be isolated by too much using technology tools, such as mobile phone and Internet. The study also gives a high mark for people using social networking sites including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace, since those social networking sites help people to find friends with a diverse background. More Americans are using networking sites to improve contacts with families and friends.
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