The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from January 2008:
This month in Odyssey.(Science Scoops)
Jan 01, 2008; ... What's the speed limit of developments on the Information Superhighway? Too fast for even the most knowledgeable alpha geek, knowbot, or cybrarian to keep up to speed. Not familiar with those terms? Well, that's my point. Everyday new technologies are enabling us to access more ...
Multitasking maniacs--beware!(Science Scoops)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you're like 17-year-old Sarah in Lakewood, Ohio, you often have several online chats as well as email going at the same time as your homework. "I get everything done," says Sarah. However, the idea that we can be major multitaskers and excel ...
Wishing for a new, improved Internet?(Science Scoops)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you had a genie in a bottle and three wishes, how would you change the Internet? Don't you think it would be nice to have better security? Fewer pop-ups? Worldwide wireless? Virtual reality? Well, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided ...
Galaxy zoo.(Science Scoops)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] READY TO BOLDLY GO where no one has gone before? Well, you won't actually take off in a space ship. But if you surf to www.galaxyzoo.org, you could be the first human being to see an image of a distant galaxy. This zoo isn't just for looking--the ...
Wireless world whopper!(Science Scoops)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WOW -- 238 miles! That's the distance from Washington, D.C., to New York City. It's also the world record for the longest-distance, point-to-point wireless link set on April 29, 2007, in Venezuela. The Escuela Latinoamerica de Redes (EsLaRed), or Networking School of Latin ...
The checkers solution.(Science Scoops)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chinook can beat you at checkers. Even if you're a genius and don't make a single bad move, the game will end in a tie. If you don't believe it, go to http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/play/and play against Chinook yourself. Chinook is a ...
Getting connected--wirelessly!
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RECENT TECHNOLOGIES make our world more connected than ever. Read on to learn how. Computers on the Go Almost all new notebook (often called laptop) computers are now wireless. Plugged-in components, called cards, provide graphics, ...
Teens in the metaverse: how many teens play quidditch? Or fly over alien landscapes? Not many. But that may be about to change if Teen Second Life (TSL) turns science fiction into reality.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NEAL STEPHENSON'S 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash describes a future in which a virtual world, called the metaverse, runs parallel to the real world. People enter the metaverse by creating virtual representations of themselves called avatars. In the 1990s, ...
A wizard's vision of a wireless world.(Nikola Tesla)(Brief article)(Biography)
Jan 01, 2008; ... In 1900, wires were cutting-edge technology. The first electrical engineers were busy weaving a worldwide web of wires. Wires conducted power to Edison's incandescent light bulbs. Wires relayed information to Bell's telephones and Morse's telegraphs. The globe was agog with wires. So it's ...
Wormy multiplication.(BRAIN STRAIN)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After spending a tow frigid January days cooped up inside surfing the waves of cyberspace, I decided I needed a vacation where I could catch some real waves. So I turned off my computer, and headed far, far away ... to Hawaii! As soon as my ...
Sqezng yr wrds: data compression is the secret to wireless communication. Hw shrt cn u tlk?(Activity to Discover)
Jan 01, 2008; ... You need to leave an important message for a friend. But you can find only a very tiny piece of paper. You write small and abbreviate a lot. In a simple way, you've just applied an important rule of information theory--the science that makes computers, DVDs, and Wi-Fi possible. Information ...
Albina's cell phone.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Albina Ibraimova lives in Kyrgyzstan, a small country in the mountains of Central Asia. Every day, she walks for forty-five minutes to get to school. In the afternoons, she makes bread from scratch, sorts through pounds of beans by hand to ...
Have you been exposed to electrosmog?!?(Table)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Is a free ride along the information superhighway really free? It sure is! At least to anyone with the right equipment. Soon they will be able to cruise along in the fast lane of wireless wavelengths jammed with information, entertainment, and communication. That's because in ...
Take another look--with "Many Eyes".(ACTIVITY TO DISCOVER)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Do you and your friends debate the details of different TV shows? Why not "see" who's right, who's wrong, and what's really going on with Many Eyes? Many Eyes is an online networking site from IBM that lets users visualize all sorts of data. The data can relate to ...
Simply weird: has Sam's metaverse gotten better or worse? To find out, fill in the blanks, using the terms in the accompanying list.(Activity to Discover)
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Junpacked my laptop first thing. "Is there a place with 1. --around here, Grandma. I asked. My grandmother wiped her hands on a dish towel, stood on tiptoes to kiss my cheek, and gave me a puzzled look. "Johnson Electric over in ...
Career watch: working on the internet.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Millions of people around the world access the Internet every day. And some of them are getting paid to do it. Here's a look at a few young professionals who make their living online. MICHAEL FURDYK-Internet Entrepreneur Michael ...
Urban geocaching: treasure right under your nose.
Jan 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Victory Cache." The title sounds intriguing, along with its code name, "GCGoXR." I put the coordinates of the geocache into Google Earth and wait as the world spins around on my screen. Within seconds I hover virtually over the spot where the treasure is ...
Wiki wise.(KIDS CAN ...)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WHAT IF YOUR SOCCER TEAM COULD CHAT, share practice schedules, review sports movies, and post local soccer events on a shared Web site? Or, the next time you have to do a school presentation with other kids you could review and comment on everyone's slides from home without ...
Star chart.(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 6 p.m. on Jan. 15. Useful all month (except for planet positions), the chart is also accurate for 7 p.m. on Jan. 1 and 5 p.m. on Jan. 31. To use the All-Sky Chart, ...
The birthday stars of winter.(STARGAZING)(Cartoon)
Jan 01, 2008; ... GREETINGS, GREETINGS, FELLOW STARGAZERS, WANT TO SEE TWO ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL STARS THAT CAN BE USED TO CELEBRATE CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS? C'MON ... I'LL SHOW YOU. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] COME THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, JUST STEP OUTSIDE ON ANY CLEAR NIGHT, BETWEEN THE ...
2007 index.
Jan 01, 2008 ... A Activities alien species in the Everglades, Mar 07:41-43 ant maze, Apr 07:41 bio-hitchhikers, Apr 07:42-45 bird in the hand, Feb 7:16 bone builders quiz, Sep 07:18 build a bee condo, May 07:17 ...
Career Ideas for Teens in Information Technology.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... CAREER IDEAS for Teens in Information Technology by Diane Lindsey Reeves with Gall Karlitz and Don Rauf (Checkmark Books, 2006) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever been asked what you want to do you grow up? Some common answers are astronaut, ...
Avian Avatar.(ANIMAL ANGLES)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Cartoonist Chuck Jones drew inspiration from a Mark Twain quip about starving coyotes chasing roadrunners. Sixty years later, Wile E. Coyote is still after Road Runner on YouTube. What's true and what's 'toon? The greater roadrunner--Geococcyx californianus--does move ...
MAJOR FIRE AT CANCER HOSPITAL ; (1) Patients flee Royal Marsden in bedclothes(2) Hospital roof is falling in
Jan 02, 2008; ... PATIENTS fled the Royal Marsden Hospital today after a massiveblaze ripped through the building. Hundreds of people, some on trolleys and in wheelchairs, and manyclutching clothes to their faces, were evacuated as more than 125firefighters battled flames at the cancer treatment ...
Kenya's tragedy ; COMMENT
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE violence now engulfing Kenya following its disputed electionis a tragedy for the whole continent. Democratic reform and more honest government are crucial toAfrica's economic development. If it can fail in Kenya, one ofAfrica's more successful countries, then the chances in ...
Windies wobble this time in Cape Town ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... MARLON SAMUELS and Shivnarine Chanderpaul added 106 for thefourth wicket but West Indies struggled on day one of the SecondTest against South Africa in Cape Town. Samuels laboured ...
Murray is given the runaround by Rainer ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... ANDY MURRAY suffered a nightmare start in his clash with RainerSchuttler in the second round of the Qatar Open today. The British No1 lost the first six points and never recovered inthe opening set, going down 6-1. Murray's serve was particularly ...
ESCAPE FROM THE ROYAL MARSDEN
Jan 02, 2008 ... Blaze drama: a nurse leads patients to safety in the evacuationof the Royal Marsden Hospital which was engulfed by fire thisafternoon. Thick black smoke billowed across London, ...
Sainsbury starts to feel the pinch ; MARKET ROUND-UP
Jan 02, 2008; ... NEXT week's trading update from J Sainsbury, 214p firmer at42712p, is unlikely to make pleasant reading, indicating that noteven the supermarket chains are immune to moves by consumers to cutback on spending. Societe Generale predicts a 3.5% increase in third-quarter salesfor the ...
Jitters push gold and oil near highs
Jan 02, 2008 ... GOLD and oil prices moved close to record highs as politicalinstabilities sent investors scurrying to safe havens. Traders said the murder of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan andviolence in Nigeria, the eighth-biggest seller of crude oil,contributed to the ...
'Georgie was full of spirit. Now her dreams will never happen' ; Families tell of agony as three teenagers are killed in crash
Jan 02, 2008; ... THE families of two teenage girls killed when the car they weretravelling in crashed into a bendy bus in south-east London havepaid tribute to their "beautiful" daughters. Amy Curran, 16, and Georgina Fox, 15, died in the Charlton crashwith 18-yearold driver Joe Wallis on their way ...
Gang warfare claims 2008's first teenage murder victim
Jan 02, 2008; ... A TEENAGER stabbed to death just six hours into the new year wasthe latest victim of a vicious "postcode war" between rival Londongangs, his friends said today. Henry Bolombi, 18, is the first teenager to be murdered in Londonthis year. Henry known by his gang name "Black H" ...
Hospital blaze ; COMMENT
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE terrible fire blazing at Chelsea's Royal Marsden Hospital isa tragedy for one of London's most successful healthcareinstitutions. The Royal Marsden has a world-class reputation incancer care indeed it was the world's first hospital dedicatedentirely to treating cancer victims and ...
Don't sack Allardyce, Sven tells Newcastle ; FOOTBALL IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON has urged Newcastle to stick with SamAllardyce. The two managers meet tonight when Manchester City go to StJames' Park, with Eriksson ...
Fears allayed over Tevez ankle injury ; FOOTBALL IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... CARLOS TEVEZ will not face a long spell out after it emergedtoday he only bruised his ankle in Manchester United's 1-0 win overBirmingham. The striker scored the only goal but was forced off the pitchafter 71 minutes and had to be carried ...
Repair delays cause extra week of intercity disruption
Jan 02, 2008; ... RAIL bosses faced a barrage of criticism today as they admittedengineering works that have brought major disruption to intercityservices from London will finish a week late. Network Rail said repairs to the West Coast main line from Eustonwould continue until Monday a week later ...
A poor service & and passengers out of pocket too
Jan 02, 2008; ... PASSENGER watchdogs and opposition politicians hit out at theincreases, despite the operators' attempts to justify them: BRIAN COOKE, chairman of London TravelWatch, said: "We shall beasking the Government to conduct a full, preferably independent,audit of this year's increases ...
Great train robbery as fares rise by up to 14.5% ; (1) Operators bring in the highest possible increases allowed by law (2) Commuters will be 'priced off railways and back into their cars'
Jan 02, 2008; ... RAIL companies faced a backlash from passengers and politicianstoday as they raised fares by up to 14.5 per cent. Anger and frustration boiled over at the ticket offices as theinflation-busting rises hit home. The train operators, which each make tens of millions of ...
Premier League pair sign for Rangers
Jan 02, 2008 ... THE Queens Park Rangers revolution gathered pace today with thesignings of West Ham winger Hogan Ephraim and Arsenal defenderMatthew Connolly. Ephraim (right), who spent three months on loan at Loftus Roadearlier this season, has agreed a three-and-a-half year contract foran ...
Symonds cashes in on umpire blunder ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... ANDREW SYMONDS put India to the sword in Sydney today but thenadmitted he should have been given out by umpire Steve Bucknor longbefore he completed his century in the Second ...
Captain Gayle's quick start runs out of puff ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... WEST INDIES captain Chris Gayle fell four runs short of a half-century as South Africa's bowlers enjoyed the better of the firstsession of the Second Test at Newlands. Gayle hit ...
German test up next for Murray in Qatar ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... ANDY MURRAY hopes to continue his blistering start to 2008 bybeating German Rainer Schuttler today in the second round of theQatar Open. The British No1 began the new year by beating Belgium's OlivierRochus 6-0, 6-2 in his first match since ...
Shepherd's got the mettle to rise further ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... KIRK SHEPHERD was close to tears after failing to complete afairytale victory in the final of the PDC World Championship atAlexandra Palace. The 21-year-old sheet metal worker from Kent and 500-1 outsiderat the start of the tournament caused a sensation by reaching thefinal but ...
Madonna is Maharajah's guest of honour on Pounds 100,000 trip
Jan 02, 2008; ... MADONNA and Guy Ritchie, who are celebrating the New Year inIndia, will be guests of honour tonight at a lavish party hosted bythe Maharajah of Jodhpur. The 49-year-old singer and her film director husband arecelebrating the formal approval of their adoption of Malawi-bornorphan ...
Campo tells Anelka he should join bigger club
Jan 02, 2008; ... NICOLAS ANELKA has been told he should be playing at a biggerclub than Bolton by his own team-mate Ivan Campo. Campo's comments come as Chelsea are reportedly close toclinching a big-money deal to sign the striker. Bolton boss Gary Megson insists no offer has been received ...
Strictly come splashing ; Caribbean holiday for grieving TV dance star Kelly Brook
Jan 02, 2008; ... IN LONDON where the temperature is about to plunge below zero,most of us are going around wrapped up in hats, gloves, coats andmufflers ... so here's a picture of Kelly Brook, who isn't. Brook wore a black floral patterned bikini as she enjoyed awinter sunshine break in Saint- ...
GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 2008 ; (1) Rail passengers are hit with fare increases of up to 14.5%(2) But London station stays shut and repairs bring more delaysBut London station stays shut and repairs bring more delays
Jan 02, 2008; ... COMMUTERS were hit by inflation-busting rail fare rises today asparts of the network fell into chaos. Train operators faced anger from passengers and MPs. Rises of upto 14.5 per cent kicked in as Liverpool Street terminal remainedclosed after Network Rail failed to finish ...
ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY
Jan 02, 2008 ... JANUARY: the Democrats and Republicans test the popularity oftheir possible candidates in a series of contests in each of the ..states. In some states, a "caucus" an informal gathering of votersin private homes, schools and other public buildings is held. Inothers a "primary" election ...
Austen's sexed-up powers ; The Londoner's Diary
Jan 02, 2008 ... SEXED up, not dumbed down, was the critics' verdict on BBC1's newadaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. But viewers and straighter-laced Austenites were not quite sokeen to give the Andrew Davies adaptation the thumbsup. Among complaints on the BBC website from ...
Ainsworth heats up climate in the Tory green circle ; The Londoner's Diary
Jan 02, 2008 ... IS DAVID Cameron losing his grip on his shadow cabinetcolleagues? The Tory leader is big on green issues, as we know,having been photographed with huskies in the Arctic Circle andplanting trees in north London. Now his Environment Spokesman has gone out on a limb with aseries of ...
Ruthless on the Desert Island ; The Londoner's Diary
Jan 02, 2008 ... YOU CAN'T accuse John Humphrys of lacking ambition. On hisforthcoming appearance on Desert Island Discs this weekend which isbeing trailed repeatedly on Radio 4 the veteran newsman discloseshow when he was a correspondent in Rhodesia he recorded no fewerthan seven TV reports in advance ...
Can Cameron make this a great year for the Tories? ; The Conservative leader is landing blows on the Government with ease. But he must now show voters he has what it really takes to be Prime Minister
Jan 02, 2008; ... TWELVE points ahead in the polls, a floundering and tiredGovernment: what could possibly go wrong for David Cameron? As ithappened, the way the Conservatives were caught off guard last weekby the assassination of Benazir Bhutto provided an unexpectedreminder of the distance still to ...
Santander bid hopes send A&L soaring ; BANKING
Jan 02, 2008; ... SHARES in Alliance & Leicester soared 93p to 741p today afterreports that takeover talks started by Spain's Banco Santander lastmonth are "not dead". The former building society, the subject of takeover speculationfor more than a year, said it would make no comment. But ...
Rebels hit Xstrata's Pounds 1bn project
Jan 02, 2008 ... COMMUNIST rebels have attacked Xstrata's $2 billion (Pounds 1billion) Tampakan copper and gold project in the Philippines, thebiggest undeveloped copper and gold resource in South-east Asia. The area is thought to contain 12.8 million tonnes of copper ...
Manufacturing slowdown points to interest rate cut ; ECONOMICS
Jan 02, 2008; ... PRESSURE on the Bank of England to cut interest rates again nextweek rose today when further evidence arrived of a decline in theeconomy. The monthly survey from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing andSupply revealed that the manufacturing sector is slowing, with alarge drop in ...
OFT's fines soar to Pounds 237 million as it goes for major players ; IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... FINES handed out by the Office of Fair Trading rose nearly 80-fold last year in its second year under chief executive JohnFingleton. He has been criticised for taking on high-profile casestargeting large companies. The regulator ...
New Star offloads Heathrow properties to Brixton at Pounds 64m ; IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... IT LOOKS as though New Star has been holding a clearance sale ofcommercial properties in its Pounds 2 billion flagship UK PropertyUnit Trust since last month's admission that its value had fallen by8.2%. Today it offloaded two Heathrow warehouses to ...
Telecoms boss in the money after Pounds 1000m sale of Apertio ; IN BRIEF
Jan 02, 2008 ... BRISTOL telecoms tycoon Paul Magelli today made himself a multi-millionaire as he sold his mobile telecoms equipment company forPounds 100 million to Nokia Siemens Networks. Canadian-born Magellico-founded Apertio in 2002 with about Pounds 500,000 of ...
Sole survivor Berry is looking for a home ; LONDON NEWS
Jan 02, 2008 ... A PUPPY who was the sole survivor of a litter of five is lookingfor a home. Berry, a Yorkshire terrier cross, was handed to the RSPCA inHillingdon less than five weeks ago after the death of her motherand four siblings. At just over four weeks old, Berry was still smaller ...
Campaign to save bar on historic site from the bulldozer ; LONDON NEWS
Jan 02, 2008 ... RESIDENTS and business owners are campaigning to save a popularbar and restaurant from being demolished to make way for amultimillion-pound office and retail development. The Light in Shoreditch, which is located within a Victorianpower station that once generated energy for nearby ...
Liverpool Street closure adds to travellers' woes
Jan 02, 2008; ... LIVERPOOL Street station will not reopen fully before tomorrow,rail chiefs admitted today. And Network Rail could not even guarantee the terminal would beup and running on that day saying only that it "expected" this tohappen. Network Rail chiefs stand accused of "complete ...
Passengers' fury as rail fares soar by up to 14.5% ; Commuters 'will be driven back to cars'
Jan 02, 2008; ... RAIL companies faced a backlash from passengers and politicianstoday as they raised fares by up to 14.5 per cent. Anger and frustration boiled over at the ticket offices as theinflation-busting rises hit home. The train operators, which each make tens of millions of ...
Snow on way as icy winds blast Britain
Jan 02, 2008; ... BRITAIN was braced for snow today as the country was caught inthe grip of a cold snap. Freezing winds from Russia sent temperatures plummeting amidwarnings that snow could cause delays on roads and public transport. Snowfalls are predicted for tomorrow, with some areas ...
SHIP RUNS AGROUND IN CHANNEL
Jan 02, 2008 ... A CARGO ship ran aground in the Channel today. The German-registered LT Cortesia, above, was carrying more than42,700 tonnes of cargo when it grounded in the busy Dover Strait at5am. None of the 27 ...
Didn't they tell you? No one's working today
Jan 02, 2008; ... THIS was the scene at 9am today in Upper Thames Street in theCity. The only traffic on the street, which usually seethes withthousands of workers, were two solitary women as most Londoners tookan extended on way New Year holiday and postponed the big return towork until next ...