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Google+用户数量明日或达千万 周末再翻番

发布时间：2011.07.13 07:15      来源：赛迪网     作者：子聪

【赛迪网讯】7月13日消息，据国外媒体报道，据美国家谱网站Ancestry.com的保罗艾伦（Paul Allen）估计，Google+服务的用户人数将在明日超过1000万人。

艾伦用了一种巧妙的方法来估算Google+的用户数量，他将Google+上搜索到的人名姓氏与美国人口普查得到的人名姓氏统计数据进行对比，从而估算出Google+的用户人数。

艾伦说：“从昨天中午到今天凌晨这段时间，Google+的用户数量增长速度非常快，这段时间一共增加了30%，远远超过了上周的增长速度。我估计到今天晚上的时候，Google+的用户数量已经达到950万人左右。 这也就是说，在过去的32到34小时里，Google+的用户人数增加了220万人。”

他继续说：“我预计Google+明天将轻松突破1000万用户大关，如果谷歌继续提供邀请新用户的功能，那么这项服务的用户总数将在本周末达到2000万人。这种邀请新用户的功能可推动Google+用户人数呈指数形态增长。”

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T-Rex's cousin found in China 01 April 2011

A new dinosaur has been identified from fossils dug up in China and has been nicknamed it T-Rex's cousin.

The dinosaur has been officially named Zhuchengtyrannus magnus in honour of Zhucheng, the city in which the fossils were found Photo: AFP/GETTY

12:30AM BST 01 Apr 2011

The gigantic creature roamed North America and east Asia between about 65 million and 99 million years ago.

Researchers led by Dr David Hone, from University College Dublin, discovered fragments of fossils from the meat eater in a so-called dinosaur quarry in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.

Known as a theropod because it walks on its two hind legs, the dinosaur is said to be a close relative of T-rex.

It was identified from skull, jaw bone and pieces of teeth. Based on their size it measured about 11m long, stood about 4m tall and weighed close to six tonnes.

Dr Hone, from UCD's school of biology and environmental science, spent three years at the Shandong site before joining the Dublin college.