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Discovered in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have been available only for display in a museum in Israel ... so far.

Thanks to digital photography experts and a project created by Google, high-resolution photos of five of the seven original manuscripts from the Dead Sea can now be viewed online. The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital website offers a look into the distant past, allowing users to view and examine the rolls in detail.

Photographed by digital photographer Ardon Bar-Hama, the images contain about 1,200 megapixels, according to Google, so that people can come to get a detailed view of historical manuscripts.

Opening the page of one of the parchments, as the Great Isaiah Scroll, greets you with a description of the manuscript, its history and its meaning. By clicking zooms the photo of the scroll itself so that you can not only read the words but feel the texture and age of the scrolls themselves. Zoom far enough even reveals some of the cracks, tears and holes that have invaded the paper in the last 24 centuries.

You can easily scroll from one page to another or from a specific page. Move your mouse over any part of the parchment shows the specific verse you are reading. Clicking on the verse provides an English translation of the ancient Hebrew text.

Facebook can hold its annual developer conference on Thursday, that is named the most important F8 in history. And it's expected to feature additional functions and options on the world's largest social network website.

Users can see newly revamped news feeds with highlighted “important’ stories among consequent week, said Mark Tonkelowitz, an engineering manager at the Facebook.

“Now, News Feed can act additional like your own personal newspaper,” he wrote on the company’s blog. He continued “News can
are available one stream with ‘top photos and statuses’ featured at the highest of the news feed. And as for the video, Facebook can create it easier for users to cover some stories that they don’t wish to indicate in their news feeds. the positioning will mark ‘Top Stories’ with a blue mark within the corner of the update.”

Meg Whitman Back in Spotlight at H-P

As Hewlett-Packard Co. board members met Wednesday to debate the fate of Chief govt Leo Apotheker, many individuals briefed on true said H-P board member Meg Whitman could be a candidate to be named interim CEO of the large technology company, though she might not have an interest within the position.

In considering Ms. Whitman, H-P is wanting to a Silicon Valley veteran who turned eBay Inc. from a unusual start-up into the world's leading on-line auction company and who remains an influential figure within the technology scene as an H-P director and an adviser to a number one venture-capital firm.