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iPad is Bible Preaching the Gospel of Christianity

A priest in Italy with sophisticated technical skills has designed and developed an application that will let priests celebrate Mass using the popular tablet computer from Apple Incorporated rather than traditional Roman missal. The Reverend Paolo Padrini who consults for the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said on Friday the free application will be [...]

U.S. Scientists Find Evidence Of Ocean On Mars

A team of scientists from University of Colorado at Boulder have said that they had found evidences of existence of ancient ocean on Mars. The findings, by Dr Bryan Hynek and Gaetano Di Achille, were published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

This vast ocean covered 33 percent of the Mars surface in northern hemisphere nearly 3.5 billion years ago and might have supported life. The scientists came to the conclusion after studying water related features such as river valleys and delta deposits.

Google Defends Itself In Wi-Fi Privacy Breach

Google has written to three U.S. congressmen stating that its accidental sniffing of private data from Wi-Fi networks across the globe didn’t breach any U.S. law. The letter was released by the congressmen, who are demanding a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the incident, on Friday. The letter reiterated Google’s contention that the act was unintentional and committed accidentally.

The Internet search giant last month admitted that its Street View vans, which gather information for Google Earth and Google Maps, inadvertently collected data from Wi-Fi hotspots in dozens of countries about what users were accessing on Internet. The activity came to light after German authorities questioned about the data these Street View vans were collecting. The operation which spanned over a period of three years created a storm about the company’s conduct in the matters of privacy.

Google Wants E.U., U.S. To Pressurize China

Google Inc. urged the European Union and U.S. governments to pressurize China on Internet restrictions. Censorship violates the principles of human rights and is also a means to impose disadvantages on multinational companies in the markets, David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer of Google told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday.

Google recently had to shunt its Chinese site to Hong Kong to avoid the country’s strict censorship rules. The Chinese government decried the move, which also took a toll on the Mountain View company’s share in the Chinese Internet market. Google threatened to discontinue China operation after it was subject of cyber attacks from the country in January. Google alleges the attacks were an attempt to gain access to personal data of human rights activists, who used its e-mail service, Gmail.

Falcon 9 May Usher A New Era In Space Travel

‘Space tourism’ may just become a reality with the successful launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 private rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday. Touted as an important milestone for private role in the launch industry, the 180-foot rocket delivered a dummy Dragon payload into the planned 155 miles high orbit. The success, which came after an initial abort at the time of ignition, has cleared the decks for private flights to the International Space Station as soon as next year.

Mold Testing Adapted By Defense Department Technology

Southern California based environmental inspection and testing company, Machado Environmental/Air Duct Cleaning, has incorporated technology developed for the United States Department of Defense to mold detection. This technology, Developed primarily to combat Anthrax attacks, has been adapted as a tool to very quickly measure certain indoor molds related to building materials. “We thought the idea [...]