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Google Believes Data Retention Limit In EU Report To Be Too ...

Despite search engine providers’ claims that the longer they keep users’ data, the better search results are, EU regulators believe that is not the case and as long as the Internet is part of our daily lives, there is a need to [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Astrology class with Ananur April 19 in Rockland

Hi there, it's been awhile since I've written anything here. I plan to write more, again, as it seems my blog has been missed. How wonderful to find that out. thank you! first things first: I want to let you know that I will be teac [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

New Laser Technology Could Find First Earth-like Planets

The leading method of finding planets orbiting distant stars spots mostly Jupiter-sized worlds. Technology limitations make it difficult to detect smaller planets. But that is about to change. A revolutionary laser technology being develope [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Intel introduces five new Atom processors

For a long time VIA dominated the niche small factor, low consumption market, but now Intel is preparing to step foot into new terrain. The Atom processor, formerly known as Silverthorne, has had its fair share of press coverage, but it was [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Cargo Ship From Europe Joins Station in Space

Europe’s new Jules Verne cargo ship made a nearly flawless first docking at the International Space Station on Thursday, carrying tons of needed supplies and expanding Europe’s role in space. The robotic spacecraft, gingerly a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Jules Verne Prepares For Demonstration Day 2 Before ISS Dock...

Jules Verne and the International Space Station are ready for the encounter, the officials for the International Space Station announced at the end of the week. On Monday, ESA’s ATV will approach 11 meters of the International Space S [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Endeavour returns to Earth, makes rare nighttime landing aft...

The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up "a two-week adventure" at the international space station. The shuttle swooped through the darkness an [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Endeavour, astronauts back on Earth

Shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts glided through the darkness and made a rare nighttime landing, completing an exceptionally long space station mission that had NASA and other countries' space managers rejoicing. Endeavour's touch [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Astronauts prepare for fifth spacewalk

After a final inspection of Endeavour's thermal shield, astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex began preparing for a Saturday spacewalk to store on the station the laser-tipped boom they used to search for damage. Every shutt [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

New Home in Space for a Nearly Assembled Robotic Device

Building Dextre, the new robotic grappling device for the International Space Station, has meant frustration and elation for astronauts in space and experts on the ground. Shipping the device aboard the Endeavour last week to its new hom [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Spacewalkers Add Hands to Space Station

Spacewalking astronauts added hands to a robot outside the international space station early Friday as experts on the ground prepared to beam up a software patch they hoped would fix a problem getting power to the giant machine. The Canadi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Cassini Gets a Cool Shower From an Ice-Spewing Moon

Cassini spacecraft had a deliberate near-miss with Enceladus on Wednesday afternoon, passing about 30 miles above its surface at a speed of more than 32,000 miles per hour. Over the next couple of years, Cassini is to swing by another seven [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Astronauts check shuttle for damage

The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early Wednesday as they spent their first full day in orbit carefully examining the ship for any launch damage. Endeavour was set to dock with th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab

The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from its Florida home port on Tuesday to deliver the first part of a huge Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station. Soaring on a white pillar of light on a rare night launch, the n [...]