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Astronauts Survey Shuttle for Damage After Launch
July 16, 2009Astronauts aboard Endeavour began inspecting the shuttle's heat shield for possible damage after Wednesday's launch. Officials spotted some debris falling off during liftoff. Astronauts began their first full day in space by inspecting the heat shield...
Nokia Faces Wrath Of Iran's Protesters
July 15, 2009By Golnaz Esfandiari Ehsan doesn't personally own a Nokia, and over the past few weeks the 26-year-old Tehran resident has actively tried to ensure that friends and family -- or anyone else who will listen -- don't buy the mobile-phone giant's products...
Shuttle Carrying Japanese Lab to Space Station
July 15, 2009By Brian Wagner Space shuttle Endeavour has launched on a mission to finish construction of a new science lab at the International Space Station. The seven astronauts aboard Endeavour began their journey Wednesday evening to deliver the third and...
Windows 95 on iPhone with help of Bochs emulator
July 14, 2009Developers of iSoft team ran Windows 95 on iPhone, its done with help of Bochs emulator and original Win 95 image. See video below. Main trouble is a perfomance of the iPhone and, mainly, of emulator… only windows was booting for 5-10 minutes...
Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Unboxing (Video)
July 14, 2009The first official look at the Prestige Collectors Edition of Modern Warfare 2 - available for pre-order now and releasing worldwide on November 10th, 2009. See video below.
Vint Cerf: "Father of the Internet" Still Looking Forward
July 09, 2009By Art Chimes Vint Cerf is often called the "Father of the Internet." He doesn't like the title much, saying there are others who deserve to share the credit. But he was there at the beginning, as a co-designer of the basic architecture of...
Hackers Assume Larger Role in Russia’s Online ‘Religious Wars’
July 09, 2009By Paul Goble Hacker attacks against sites maintained by political opponents of the Russian government have received a great deal of attention, but increasingly, hackers are turning their attention to Runet sites operated by religious groups, a reflection...
Turkey's YouTube Ban Is Cause For Concern
July 08, 2009By Claire Berlinski Very few people in Turkey are exercised by the YouTube blackout, now in its second year. Despite the ban, the video-sharing site is believed to be the ninth most popular site in Turkey. Almost every Internet user -- from Prime Minister...
NASA speaker discusses lunar exploration and Apollo on July 7
July 01, 2009Natural satellite, ocean mover, and timepiece -- the moon continues to fascinate humans 40 years after astronaut Neil Armstrong took one small step for a man. On July 7, NASA's Langley Research Center will host Roger Launius, who will discuss "...
NASA climate instrument to study greenhouse effect
July 01, 2009Studies of a previously unmeasured range of infrared radiation will be performed in Chile's Atacama Desert by a new instrument out of NASA's Langley Research Center. The study hopes to provide new information about Earth's climate in which radiation...