The Large Hadron Collider located on the French-Swiss border is the world’s largest scientific experiment.

Scientists working for CERN, the corporation undertaking this experiment have managed to cool the apparatus near absolute zero.

The aim of the experiment is to simulate and recreate the conditions of deep space, i.e. at the moment of creation.

The reason for the extremely low temperatures is that, in deep space it is obviously very cold, so to get an accurate simulation, these conditions need to be recreated.

The machine will shortly begin firing particles at close to the speed of light, when these particles collide, a new particle should be created, and this will be called the ‘God particle’.

The problem is, scientists are unsure how this particle will behave. Some say it will create a black hole!!

Firefox 3 was released recently, after vigorous testing, me and my colleagues have decided IT’S BRILLIANT!

It has taken 36 months to develop, and for a non-profit organisation, that is rather impressive.

Firefox 3 Boasts, 3 times faster page loading, compared to Firefox 2 and 7 times faster than Microsoft IE.

If we put this into perspective, Microsoft is a world leader, with Billions of Dollars of capital to invest in new products and Mozilla is a small non-profit organisation.

It just goes to show that monopolies can be beaten.

Leading experts have decided that leading companies are overlooking the power of the social networking boom.

Seen by some as a platform for teenagers to organise booze ups, social networking is more about spreading the word, whether it is a party or a product, both have equal response.

And furthermore it’s free too; traffic will organically flow to a profile, without the need for paid advertising. And if your content is good, then people will keep coming back and you may become highly recommended.

With success stories such as Lilly Allen, who utilised Facebook to launch her illustrious music career, it is proof that social networking does pay dividends.

The announcement of the new Google Android Mobile phone raises some web design questions.

As designers we have to face the fact that the way a page is constructed is vital.

With the release of new mobile devices, that have the operability of a PC, the web will be increasingly viewed on them, thus a web page will look completely different on a smaller display.
Therefore we must design for the web, using a simple layout with clear and concise content, so people can find what they are looking for, even on smaller screens.

Soon we will find that websites will be developed specifically for smaller displays, this shows the constantly changing environment of the web world.

The Google powered phone will possibly be released later this year, it is said to be an improvement on Apple’s I Phone.

We look forward to testing it!

Microsoft has announced that the next instalment of the Microsoft OS ‘Windows 7′ will have an entire touch interactive interface.
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