The once imperial residence of Changan City (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), Weiyang Palace was the largest palace ever to be constructed. It was 6.7 times the size of the Beijing's Forbidden City, 11 times the size of the Vatican City. The ...
Tags: Weiyang Palace, Changan City
No matter what soothes your soul, the classic or beyond the mainstream, come and be spoiled for choice at the Beijing Music Festival, says Chen Jie. For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground ...
Tags: Beijing Music Festival, concert
An enduring mystery of archaeology involving a well-known historical site in ancient Rome is being quietly unraveled in Indiana, thanks to a sophisticated computer simulation created by Ball State University digital artists. The ...
Osram has reported a net income of €34 million for the 2013 financial year. Its EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes and amortization) earnings were up 31 per cent from €314 million in 2012 to €410 million for the year ...
Growth and clear profitability improvements in the fourth quarter Company targets further profitable growth on a comparable basis in 2014 Gross savings from Osram Push now expected at €1.2 billion Osram has fully achieved and ...
Chinese rescue teams have reached some of the most remote areas of Sichuan province hit by Saturday's powerful earthquake, state media report. The rescuers have been travelling on foot into Baoxing County because of the damage to roads in ...
Tags: sichuan, yaan, earthquake
EMC has donated a large storage system to the Vatican, which will use it to store digitized images of printed works, some of which are more than 1,000 years old. The 2.8-petabyte storage system (a petabyte is 1 million gigabytes) is ...
Tags: EMC, Vatican storage, storage system
As 115 Roman Catholic cardinals meet behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, the historic tradition has focused a lot of attention on modern technology. During the papal conclave, which lasts until two thirds, or ...
Tags: Vatican, smartphones, Twitter
Pope Benedict has told church leaders social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter aren't a virtual world they can ignore, but rather a very real world they must engage if they want to spread the faith to the next generation. The ...
An Italian startup backed by the Vatican Thursday launched a global portal for Catholic websites intended to provide reliable information for people seeking the truth about the Christian religion. The website, www.aleteia.org, takes its ...
Tags: Desktop Apps, Vatican, Europe, Catholic website
Pope Benedict XVI will extend his online presence to Twitter and start answering questions put to him via the social network in English and seven other languages. The official Papal handle is @pontifex, the Vatican announced on Monday, ...
Tags: Pope on Twitter, Pope Twitter account, social media, Twitter, Vatican
Pope Benedict XVI used his first tweet to bless the approximately 648,000 people who followed him before he had even made his first Twitter appearance. Pope Benedict XVI posts his first tweet using an iPad on ...
Tags: Pope, Benedict XVI, Apple iPad, Twitter
Pope Benedict XVI has taken delivery of a brand new'Popemobile'based on the Mercedes-Benz M-Class luxury SUV. The new Popemobile represents a significant trade-up for His Holiness,who has been riding in the back of the customised G-Class ...
Tags: Mercedes Benz, Popemobile, luxury SUV, new car
IDG News Service-Pope Benedict XVI will extend his online presence to Twitter and start answering questions put to him via the social network in English and seven other languages. The official Papal handle is@pontifex,the Vatican ...
Tags: social network, Vatican, Account, online
A number of initiatives and funding programs in Europe continue to promote solid-state lighting as both a key enabling technology and a way to build industrial strength and create jobs,writes TIM WHITAKER. Solid-state lighting(SSL)is ...