James Owen
for National Geographic News
April 24, 2007
The first known planet beyond the solar system that could harbor life as we know it has been discovered, scientists report.
The most Earthlike planet yet found, it orbits a red dwarf star and likely contains liquid water, said the European astronomers who made the discovery.
The planet is estimated to [...]
Entries from April 2007
April 26, 2007
First Habitable Earthlike Planet Found, Experts Say
April 25, 2007
Pew Report: 36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
Wikipedia users
4/24/2007 | MemoReport | Lee Rainie, Bill Tancer
36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia
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April 12, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut [1922-2007]
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/kurt_vonnegut/index.html
Link to obituary
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Kurt Vonnegut
April 11, 2007
Google Launches Free 800-Number Local Search
By Nathan Weinberg
Google has launched a free local search service that you can access via 1-800-GOOG-411 (800.466.4411). It’s simple, does only one thing, and isn’t perfect, but it could be the start of a very useful service. You call, give your city and state, followed by a business name or category, and the automated voice [...]
April 9, 2007
State of the Blogosphere 2007 Report
Summary:
In summary:
* 70 million weblogs
* About 120,000 new weblogs each day, or…
* 1.4 new blogs every second
* 3000-7000 new splogs (fake, or spam blogs) created every day
* Peak of 11,000 splogs per day last December
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