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Latin Tech Wire - May 21, 2006

Submitted by editor on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 9:49pm.

Latin Tech Wire

May 21 - June 3, 2006

Technology News

Helping Mexican Tech Take Off
Mexican tech companies have a new ally: the Technology Business Accelerator (TechBA) program of the Mexican Secretariat of the Economy helps high-tech companies trying to reach international markets, mainly in the US.

Inside Windows Vista Beta 2
This week marks the unveiling of Beta 2 of Microsoft's next-generation operating system. While Microsoft continues to make improvements and fixes to Vista, there are still plenty of bugs to be found in the new OS.

Screensavers Saving Lives
How often is your PC running, but doing nothing? There are dozens of distributed public computing projects that can take underutilized computing power and turn it into life-saving drugs, predictions of climate change, first contact with extraterrestrials, and more. See what these projects are accomplishing and how you can take part.

Yahoo! Messenger Worm Installs Browser and Incessant Music Track
In the first recorded incidence of malware installing its own web browser on a PC without the user's permission, the self-propagating worm yhoo32.explr, installs a 'Safety Browser' and hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage, adding spyware and an unstoppable music loop.

Longer life could have a downside
In this three-part series, LiveScience looks at the implications of extending our life spans, including the social burdens, ethical dilemmas and psychological strains involved in the quest for immortality.

Google plugs into video advertising
Google says it's ready to help Web sites run video advertisements, putting the Web search leader into competition with television for the biggest chunk of ad spending.

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Einstein's Messengers
This 20-minute online documentary about LIGO, the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, examines how the observatory is spearheading the exciting new field of gravitational wave astronomy, opening a new window on the universe and its formation.

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June 22, 2006 – LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
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