Amazon

The Amazônia-1 is keeping an eye on deforestation in the Brazilian forests and urban expansion around the world. Brazil announced it will launch the satellite in 2011 and will use a high-resolution camera to capture potentially illegal activity in forests, particularly in the Amazon and Congo rainforests.

Developers, start your App Engine -- Google's, that is. Google announced Monday a preview release of its App Engine, a hosting tool so developers can build scalable Web applications on the search giant's infrastructure.

Google said its App Engine will make it easier for developers to build and scale applications rather than focus on system administration and maintenance.

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