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Los Angeles Goes Google, VISTA Telescope Delivers Amazing Space Shots

by Warren Riddle on December 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Los Angeles has become the latest major U.S. city, joining metropolitan areas like Washington, D.C. and Orlando, to go Google. The City of Angels' 34,000 employees will reportedly begin using Google Apps today for e-mail and collaboration. [From: Google Blog]
  • 18 British universities joined together to build the $60 million infrared VISTA telescope, the largest of its kind in the world -- and the first images are spectacular. The pictures depict the Fornax Galaxy cluster, and the Flame Nebula, which resides at the center of the Milky Way. [From: FOX News]
  • The Season of Giving often results in receiving needless gifts that you have absolutely no desire to actually own. Instead of purchasing inevitable return items, a new Web site is urging shoppers to see how the money spent could specifically affect those less fortunate. [From: The New York Times]
  • A European research firm recently conducted a study about teenagers and their media habits, and it determined that Euro kids still love conventional forms of technology. The study concluded that, despite the boom in streaming and social networking, teenagers still love to watch old-fashioned TV and play around with their friends (in person). [From: The New York Times]
  • Government agencies have increasingly used social networking sites as a surveillance tool recently, a practice which some believe may be a violation of privacy laws. Two organizations, one of which is connected to the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, have sued the Department of Defense, the CIA, and other agencies to find out more information about their online activities. [From: The New York Times]

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