Saturday, February 18, 2006

Webwatch

Securing the bits

http://www.bitdefender.com

Do you think that conventional anti-virus software, like Norton and McAfee, make tall claims but never come up to expectations? Bit Defender has a free edition you can easily download and scan your PC with. There are various other tools and fixes as well. So if you have a good idea about the specific virus or worm infecting your PC, you can download the very tool which will take care of it.

What are they saying?

http://www.edge.org/edge_video.html

If you like listening to scientific lectures, this website is for you. It features talks and lectures on selected topics by a few well-known scientists. Loads of interesting topics, dealing with the universe, genomics, heuristics, globalization and physicists, are featured. Unfortunately, there is no download link. So you will just have to listen to the lectures online.


Science project

http://amasci.com/amateur/dscope.html

If you have a science project coming up, the recipe for making a disgust-o-scope may be just the thing for you. This website features the detailed history of the instrument and how it is made. All you need are mirrors. However, it is a bit complicated, so students should make sure that they go ahead with the project only under the supervision of a science teacher.


Photos featured

http://puzphotos.blogspot.com/

Although this blog has not been updated since 2004, you can still have some fun with the entries that are there. The blogger has posted photos featuring anything and everything relevant to scientific tools and instruments. If you fancy yourself as a science geek, see how many of these 50 or so questions you can answer correctly.

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