ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first general-purpose electronic computer. It was the first high-speed, Turing-complete, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems, though earlier machines had been built with some of these properties. ENIAC was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. The first step toward fulfilling that mission came when our founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, working out of a Stanford University dorm room, developed a new approach to online search that quickly spread to information seekers around the globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine — a free service whose utility and ease of use have made it one of the world’s best-known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users.
What does Google do?
Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people find and use information. We maintain the world’s largest online index of websites and other content and, via our automated search technology, make this information freely available, nearly instantly, to anyone with an Internet connection.
Google primarily generates revenue by delivering relevant, cost-effective online advertising. Businesses use our AdWords program to promote their products and services with targeted advertising. In addition, the thousands of third-party websites that comprise our Google network use our Google AdSense program to deliver relevant AdWords ads that generate revenue and enhance the user experience.
Virus or Worms? Which One Do You Prefer?
Our human body is very susceptible to common sickness such as colds, cough, irritation and all are caused by a virus. A virus enters the human body through the different holes and openings and attached itself to a host cell. It releases certain genetic information to a cell and recruits other cells for greater destruction. On the other hand, there are high breed viruses which does not need a hole or an opening from a body to destruct, it just find some weakness points from the human host and there it enters and propagates itself very fast.
How does a computer virus simulate a biological virus? Just as a biological virus injects its own genetic information into a cell and interferes with the body’s normal operations, a computer virus is a program written to interfere with the proper functioning of a computer. It may damage programs, delete files, reformat hard disks and perform other forms of destructive acts.
To be classified as a virus, a program must meet two criteria. It must be able to execute itself by placing its own code in the execution path of another program. The program must also be able to replicate itself by replacing existing computer files with copies of the virus-infected files. Similar to the way a biological virus requires a host cell, a computer virus requires an infected host file to propagate itself.
World’s 50 Most Populous Countries
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Tour de l’Ile, Vacheron Constantin
$1,500,000 US dollars
The Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 with the world’s most expensive watch. Its name refers to one of the historical sites of the venerable company, located next to the current Maison Vacheron Constantin on the Quai de l’Ile. At $1.5 million, this is the most expensive watch this year.
The world’s most expensive watch is also the most complicated double-face watch, and only produced in a limited edition of 7. Tour de l’Ile is made with a totally original combination of horological complications and astronomical indications composing a list of sixteen different points including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and the representation of the night sky.
Most Expensive Cars in the World
Fasten your seatbelt and prepare yourself as I lay down three (3) of today’s Most Expensive Cars in the World. (I wish to buy them, but I don’t have much time for shopping…)
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car produced by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS introduced in 2005. It is the quickest accelerating and decelerating road-legal production car in the world, and it was the world’s fastest road-legal production car until it was beaten by the SSC Ultimate Aero TT in 2007.
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The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder mid-engine sports car named after the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. It is currently the most powerful naturally aspirated production car in the world. It was built in 2003 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fibre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and carbon-ceramic brake discs.
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UN Food Body calls for summit on global food ‘emergency’
NEW DELHI — The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on Wednesday urged world leaders to attend a summit in early June to discuss what he described as an "emergency" global food shortage.
"In the face of food riots around the world like in Africa and Haiti, we really have an emergency," FAO chief Jacques Diouf told a news conference in New Delhi.
Diouf said as populations have moved to the cities, food output has stagnated, prices have risen and food stocks are at their lowest since 1980.
He said this crisis should be addressed by the 191 members of the FAO in Rome in early June.
Diouf said that in fast-growing countries such as India and China, which together account for a third of the world’s population, "demand for more milk and more meat because of economic growth of eight to 10 percent means higher demand for more cereals" that in turn worsens food shortages.
The 7 wonders are:
Time has changed and so as its wonders. The New7Wonders Foundation, which is behind the New7Wonders campaigns, has the express aim of undertaking documentation and conservation works of monuments worldwide under the motto:
The official declaration of the new set of wonders in the world was made last July 7, 2007 (07-07-07). Here are some of its nominees:
Mayon Volcano is an active volcano on the Filipino island of Luzo, 15 km northwest of Legazpi City.It is classified by volcanologists as a stratovolcano (composite volcano). Its symmetric cone was formed through alternate pyroclastic and lava flows. Mayon is the most active volcano in the country, having erupted over 47 times in the past 400 years, and is a part of what is called the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Tubbataha Reef is an atoll coral reef in the Sulu Sea that belongs to the Philippines. It is a marine sanctuary protected as Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park. The reef is composed of two atolls, North and South Reefs. Each reef has a single small islet that protrudes from the water. The atolls are separated by a deep channel 8 kilometers wide. Over one thousand species, including many that are endangered, can be found at on the reef. These include manta rays, lionfish, tortoises, clownfish and sharks.
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.
Phong Nha - Ke Bang is a national park in the center of Quang Binh province in north-central Vietnam. It protects one of the world’s two largest karst regions with several hundred caves and grottoes. The park deprives it name from Phong Nha cave, the most beautiful of all, containing many fascinating rock formations, and Ke Bang forest. The plateau is probably one of the finest and most distinctive examples of a complex karst landform in Southeast Asia.
What is the most expensive dress in the world?
On July 28 2004 Samantha Mumba attended the premiere of Spider-Man II in the world’s most expensive dress.
Created by Scott Henshall the dress contains about 3,000 diamonds in the shape of a spider’s web and would cost you, not only the clothes off your back, but an additional £5 million as well.
The cost of her dress would compete to the cost of the movie she was about to watch.
Weird Acronyms & Tech Term Oddities
As we continue in this Endless Journey for Technology, we could not resist to encounter such odd terms and weirdness. Here are some of those:
