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Brazil builds largest Lego tower

Six thousand Lego lovers and a crane create the world's largest Lego tower in Sao Paulo. more »

Japan raises nuclear crisis level

Japan nuclear crisis now at highest rating, matching Chernobyl, causing greater unease among public more »

A rare look at the faces of Santa Croce

The restoration of the Santa Croce Basilica in Florence is offering art lovers an intimate view of the chapel's 600-year-old frescoes. more »

Iran unveils solar-powered car

University students in Iran have developed their own version of a solar-powered car. The environmentally-friendly 'Havin' can travel up to 130 kilometers an hour. more »

Google Invests $168 Million In BrightSource Energy Solar Power Plant In The Mojave

Internet Giant Google announced that they will be investing $168 million in a solar energy power plant being developed in the Mojave Desert by the startup BrightSource Energy. more »

Batteries - recharged within minutes

New battery in your phone or laptop, that is charged hundreds of times faster. more »

Google Decides Against Resuming Street View Photography in Germany

A German court last month declared street-level photography by Street View's car-mounted cameras to be legal when it dismissed a lawsuit alleging personal and property rights violations on the part of Google's Street View service. more »

Adobe Shows Three Amazing iPad Apps That Work with Photoshop

Forget Flash — Adobe’s latest iPad experimentations are way more interesting than a plugin to let you view restaurant websites. The three apps — Eazel, Lab and Lava — all link to Photoshop CS5 running on a Mac or a PC, and let you use the multitouch display to control various functions. more »

Dialing with Your Thoughts

Researchers in California have created a way to place a call on a cell phone using just your thoughts. more »

Deadly rush-hour blast hits subway in Belarus

A blast at a metro station in the Belarussian capital of Minsk has killed at least 11 people and injured dozens more. more »

The tiny robot that can operate inside your eye

Researchers in Switzerland are perfecting a robot small enough to be injected into your eye without anaesthetic. The team say their device could carry drugs to the exact position they are needed or even carry out minor operations. more »

Skynet Users Will Browse the Internet at a Cosmic Speed!

Today travelling into space is as easy as travelling outside of Lithuania. Penkių Kontinentų Komunikacijų Centras gives its clients a cosmic Internet speed on April 12, the Day of International Aviation and Astronautics. more »

Facebook shares green data centre technology secrets

Facebook has announced that it will share the design secrets behind its new energy-efficient data centre with rival companies. more »

BS/2 solutions are becoming popular in Africa, too

In March this year, representatives of BS/2 Company, which belongs to Penki kontinentai group, creators and suppliers of software to secure the operations of ATMs and self-service devices, visited Nigeria. more »

Penki TV – Unlimited Capabilities of Television

The company Penkių Kontinentų Komunikacijų Centras, which belongs to Penki Kontinentai group of companies, was issued a license by the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission to broadcast Penki TV television program via wired broadband (IPTV) network. It will be broadcasted in Vilnius and watched by all subscribers of UAB Penkių Kontinentų Komunikacijų Centras IPTV television. more »

Thousands join Tokyo anti-nuke march

Around five thousand people march through the streets of Tokyo in anti-nuclear protests. more »

Flood water no match for Brazil's porous pavement

Brazilian researchers have developed a new type of permeable pavement that can store rain water and ease the impacts of floods. more »

La Caixa introduces contactless ATMs

Spanish bank La Caixa has rolled out the world's first cash machines to feature contactless technology from Fujitsu. more »

Virtual sales provide aid to poorer countries

Up to 100,000 people in China and Vietnam are playing online games to gather gold and other items for sale to Western players, suggests a report. more »

Brain waves from thoughts used to move cursor

A cursor on a computer screen can be controlled using thoughts about a range of vowel sounds, research has found. more »