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Google Earth 5.2 Gets Real-Time Weather Layer

August 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Google has added a layer in Google Earth 5.2 that will help travelers plan their trips or see what the weather is like around the world. The app now offers images of rain and snow over areas as the conditions are occurring. – Google said it has added a real-time weather layer for Google
Earth to help travelers
plan their trips or see what the weather is like around the world.
Downloaded by more than 700 million people around the
world, Google Earth is a free desktop application that lets users search for
satellite …

Google Maps Gets Smarter Suggest Feature, Google Buzz Layer

April 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Google April 22 extended its Suggest feature for Google Maps to 10 more domains and eight additional languages, including United States, China, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Google also made its Google Buzz layer available on Google Maps for the desktop, and added Search by voice functionality for Google Maps 4.1 on Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones.
– Google April 22 extended its Suggest feature for Google Maps to 10 more domains and eight
additional languages, part of the company’s plan to make its search smarter for
users.
Google Suggest for Maps displays relevant search
suggestions for places, businesses (with addresses) and points of inte…

TECH ANALYSIS: Cisco OTV Extends Layer 2 Between Data Centers

February 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Cisco is turning on a new feature in the Nexus 7000 platform to enable the extension of Layer 2 networking between geographically separated data centers. Working with VMware, whose VMotion technology requires Layer 2 connectivity, and NetApp, Cisco seeks to extend the benefits of Layer 2 interconnect.
– Cisco
is introducing Overlay Transport Virtualization to extend Layer 2 networking
between data centers.
I
had a chance to see the newly announced OTV feature of the Nexus 7000 platform in action at the
Cisco campus on announcement day, Feb. 9. Working with engineers from VMware
and NetApp (…

SOA Software, Layer 7 Announce New Governance Solutions

December 7th, 2009 | No Comments

SOA Software has announced a new cloud services governance initiative known as Atmosphere. Meanwhile, Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of security and governance software for SOA and the cloud, announced the general availability of the Layer 7 Enterprise Service Manager (ESM).
– SOA Software has announced a new cloud services governance initiative known as Atmosphere.
SOA Software’s Atmosphere initiative creates a unifying brand for a
suite of SOA (service oriented architecture) and cloud services
governance products the company will deliver through 2010. The
Atmosphere…

SMC Debuts Line of Layer 3 Switches

August 21st, 2009 | No Comments

SMC Networks offers cost-conscious businesses a line of TigerStack II 1000 switches designed for flexibility and reliability.
– Networking solutions specialist SMC Networks announced the launch of the
TigerStack II 1000 Stackable Managed Layer 3 switches, designed to improve the
performance of workgroup network infrastructures of small to medium-size
businesses.
The switches (SMC8926EM and SMC8950EM) deliver wire-speed …

Layers, another iPhone painting app

August 4th, 2009 | No Comments

The creator of NetSketch –a collaborative drawing tool for iPhone– recently launched his new iPhone paiting app: Layers. “It offers a balanced set of painting tools, layers, and an intuitive interface to boot,” said Ben Gotow.
Main features of this app including:

Allows you to add up to five layers to each drawing
Add a layer from a [...]

Cosmic impact caused mass extinction event in North America 12,900 years ago

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

A team of scientists has found what may be the smoking gun of a much-debated proposal that a cosmic impact about 12,900 years ago ripped through North America and drove multiple species into extinction.
University of Oregon archaeologist Douglas J. Kennett and colleagues from nine institutions and three private research companies report the presence of shock-synthesized [...]