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San Francisco (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Internet giant Google unveiled a new feature to its popular Google Earth application on Wednesday, allowing users to view the night sky above and zoom in on far-away constellations and planets. The Sky application allows users to view and navigate through 100 million stars in far away galaxies, all depicted in high-resolution images. The application labels which stars make up the constel ... more EU proposes single European licencing for mobile satellite services 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 22, 2007The European Commission proposed Wednesday a single EU-wide licencing process for mobile satellite communications services, which would do away with the current patchwork of national permits. The European Union's executive arm said operators were currently holding off investing in technology allowing communications between satellites and handheld devices because of the burden of getting lice ... more Sharp develops super-thin LCD TV 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday it had developed a liquid crystal display television that is less than an inch thick. The technology used in the prototype allows the company to cut the thickness of a 52-inch flat television to just two centimetres (0.79 inches) for the main display section, less than one quarter that of its current thinnest model. It has a power consumption half that ... more Mars-500 Experiment Could Be Extended To 700 Days 
Zhukovsky, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 23, 2007A simulated Mars mission, expected to be launched in Russia later this year, could be extended from 500 to 700 days, the head of the Russian Space Agency said Wednesday. Speaking at the MAKS-2007 air show outside Moscow, Anatoly Perminov said: "There are proposals to extend the Mars-500 experiment at the Russian Institute of Medical and Biological Studies...probably to 700 days." ... more 50th Aniversary Of The Russian ICBM Rocket 
Korolev, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2007Today is the 50th anniversary of the first successful launch of R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile developed at the Special Design Bureau No.1 (now S.P.Korolev RSC Energia). The first long-range two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile in our country was intended for delivering a warhead to any point on the territory of a potential enemy. The R-7 rocket design was fundamentally ... more |
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Zhukovsky, Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 22, 2007The U.S. Air Force (USAF) will continue flying the B-52 strategic bomber into the foreseeable future, despite their having been in service for more than five decades, a senior U.S. military official said Tuesday. The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range strategic bomber flown by the USAF since 1955. A total of 744 B-52s have been produced, but only about 100 B-52H bombers remain in service ... more Northrop Grumman Showcases Information-Enabled Joint Warfighting Capabilities At LandWarNet Conference 
Ft. Lauderdale FL (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Northrop Grumman will highlight information technology (IT) and communications solutions for the defense industry this week at LandWarNet 2007. Northrop Grumman will exhibit its secure wireless solution MobileShield. MobileShield delivers fully secure, high-speed, Internet protocol-based wireless solutions that facilitate the convergence of data, voice and video onto one network. It also ensures ... more Hurricane Dean pounds Mexico for a second time 
Nautla, Mexico (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Hurricane Dean on Wednesday hit Mexico for a second time in two days, blasting the eastern state of Veracruz with strong winds and pounding rain threatening to trigger dangerous floods and mudslides. Dean was little more than a shadow of the monster storm that roared onto Mexico's Caribbean coast on Tuesday, but authorities worried that as many as 3.5 million residents could be at risk from ... more Five killed in Ethiopian volcanic eruption 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Aug 22, 2007A volcanic eruption in northeastern Ethiopia killed five people and displaced more than 2,000 others, state media reported Wednesday. The volcano in the Afar region started spewing lava on August 12 and the eruption lasted for three days. Although the activity has since subsided, locals are still advised to leave the area. "The volcano has dried and polluted local rivers that has displac ... more UK Satellite Mission To Improve Accuracy Of Climate-Change Measurements Gains Global Support 
London, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2007TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies) is a proposed satellite mission, led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to improve tenfold the accuracy of earth observation satellites used to deliver climate change data. TRUTHS will launch a calibration laboratory into space to help settle international debates around climate change and provide a robust statist ... more |
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New York (AFP) Aug 22, 2007World oil prices were mixed Wednesday as traders weighed a shock increase in crude reserves in the United States, the world's biggest energy consumer. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, slipped 31 cents to close at 69.26 dollars per barrel. The price had earlier fallen as low as 68.63 dollars, the lowest level since June 28. ... more Japan takes emergency step to meet power demand 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 22, 2007Japan's largest power company on Wednesday took rare emergency measures to address an imminent power shortage due to record heat and the suspension of an earthquake-hit nuclear plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the world's biggest private power company, implemented the emergency guidelines for the first time in 17 years, TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Yamato said. ... more Analysis: Kurd oil law drives Iraq oil 
Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government will not wait for a federal oil law before it starts signing more contracts to explore what is thought to be sizeable reserves in its territory. The KRG has already signed a handful of contracts with small oil companies and, now that it has passed a regional law governing any underground oil and natural gas, it will not put development on hold while Baghdad ... more Analysis: SCO energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 For the past several days, Western analysts have been fixated on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's massive Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist drill. The exercise, held Aug. 8-17, was the SCO's largest joint exercise in its six-year history, with armed forces from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan totaling 6,500 troops, and 80 aircraft taking part. ... more Analysis: Chavez heads to Namibia 
Miami (UPI) Aug 22, 2007 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Namibia next month, possibly hoping to secure a deal that would give his country's state-run energy company a leg up on other nations seeking untapped oil potential in Africa. Though Chavez spokesmen would not officially comment on the agenda of the Namibia visit in September, Energy Ministry officials have expressed an interest in a joint ... more
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