A week ago the world went wild over CERN's tentative claim that it could make neutrinos travel faster than light. Suddenly, intergalactic tourism and day trips to the real Jurassic Park were back on the menu, despite everything Einstein said. Now, however, a team of scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands reckons it's come up with a more plausible (and disappointing) explanation of what happened: the GPS satellites used to measure the departure and arrival times of the racing neutrinos were themselves subject to Einsteinian effects, because they were in motion relative to the experiment. This relative motion wasn't properly taken into account, but it would have decreased the neutrinos' apparent journey time. The Dutch scientists calculated the error and came up with the 64 nanoseconds. Sound familiar? That's because it's almost exactly the margin by which CERN's neutrinos were supposed to have beaten light. So, it's Monday morning, Alpha Centauri and medieval jousting tournaments remain as out of reach as ever, and we just thought we'd let you know.Remember those faster-than-light neutrinos? Great, now forget 'em originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Opera celebrates 15th birthday! http://post.ly/P4I [from http://twitter.com/citizenk/statuses/1638197949]

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Clearly, the browser wars are heating up to a level we haven't seen since the heady bubble days of the late 90's

The Opera Developer Console is a web technology-based tool for inspecting and analyzing various aspects of a webpage during development or debugging.

What do i need for Opera@USB ? - a computer with an internet connection - a USB-Stick / USB Flashdrive with about 8 MB space left

As the phones ring off the hook at Opera, the browser vendor insists rumours that Microsoft is buying it out are unfounded

I picked up my phone and called Berit Hanson, spokesperson for Opera, disclosed who I am (being somewhat a competitor and also a colleague spokesperson) and asked her what was the actual truth

John Dvorak probably drunk too much.

In a recent conversation with one of our insiders at Microsoft, the source revealed that Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, has acquired Opera Software, makers of the Opera browser.

Something is brewing

Norwegian internet browser maker Opera (OPERA.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) has not been approached by Google (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) or any other firms as a possible takeover target, Christian Jebsen, the company's Chief Financial Officer, sai

Bien que l'information soit pour l'instant à prendre avec précaution, un tel move de Google serait une réponse possible à Microsoft si celui-ci se décidait à intégrer son propore moteur de recherche dans Internet Explorer de manière plus efficace

Pierre Chappaz, former head of Yahoo Europe, on his french language blog says that Google might be interested in buying Opera.