Routers: Pictures of the Year 2005

The French deputies legalize the exchanges of files

The deputies adopted against any waiting Wednesday evening of the amendments legalizing the exchanges of files on Internet via the system "peer to peer" (P2P) at the time of the discussion of the bill on the royalty.
English translation from French

Astronomers Use Laser to Take Clearest Images of the Center of the Milky Way

The center of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen in the infrared using the Keck Laser Guide Star (left panel) and the Keck Natural Guide Star (right). The white cross marks the location of the supermassive black hole.

Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey

Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years.

Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years.

Mobile Gaming Technology Brings Pacman to Life

Researchers in the Department of Communication Systems (Lancaster University), based in InfoLab21, have been developing a new game which can be played by up to five players on mobile phones.

Amazing Animals

Encrypt Decrypt messages using Enigma Machine!