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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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Europe moving in 'R&D slow lane': "Sluggish science and technology investment puts the EU's goal of being a leading knowledge-based economy at risk." [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Google Maps offers justice: "I swear to tell the Google, the whole Google and nothing but the Google..." [The Register]
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This month two new columns have appeared, and two more are in the pipeline. I wrote a column about the new top-500 list of supercomputers (in Finnish, Huippulaskennan huipulla tuulee). In the other column I discussed the history of the web browser and the current decline (in Finnish, Selaimen nousu ja tuho).
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Academics to advise on European research: "Academics from throughout Europe to advise EU commission on which research projects to fund. [...] The members are: [...] Dr Leena Peltonen-Palotie (FI) [...]" [Guardian Unlimited] The well-known Finnish bioscience researcher Leena Peltonen-Palotie is thus now a member of the European research council (ERC). An important responsibility!
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Simulated society may generate virtual culture: "A society of virtual "agents[per thou] - each with a remarkably realistic personality and the ability to learn and communicate - is being crafted by scientists from five European research institutes who hope to gain insights into the way human societies evolve."
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