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Astronauts launch first space walk of Atlantis mission
Houston (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Two astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis stepped out into space Monday on the first walk of the current mission, to prepare the European research laboratory Columbus for hooking up to the International Space Station, NASA said. Astronauts Rex Walheim and Stanley Love emerged from the decompression chamber of the International Space Station at 1413 GMT, 22 minutes before the planned ... more Two Canadians to blast off into space in 2009 
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Two Canadian astronauts will participate in space missions next year, the government said Monday. Julie Payette will serve as a mission specialist on NASA's space shuttle Endeavour in April 2009. The shuttle crew will deliver the last elements of the Kibo laboratory contributed by the Japanese space agency to the International Space Station. The following month, Robert Thirsk will take ... more Ahmadinejad Says Iran Will Launch Two More Satellites 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Iran is to launch two more rockets into space in the next few months, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday, after a firing of a rocket earlier this month sparked international concern. "Two other rockets will be launched so that we can then send a satellite into space," Ahmadinejad said at a rally in Tehran broadcast live on state television. "We home that Iran's first home- ... more Spitzer Catches Young Stars In Their Baby Blanket Of Dust 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of the closest star-forming regions to our own solar system. Located near the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the nebula is about 407 light years away from Earth. Rho Oph is made up of a ... more Light Echoes Whisper The Distance To A Star 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Taking advantage of the presence of light echoes, a team of astronomers have used an ESO telescope to measure, at the 1% precision level, the distance of a Cepheid - a class of variable stars that constitutes one of the first steps in the cosmic distance ladder. "Our measurements with ESO's New Technology Telescope at La Silla allow us to obtain the most accurate distance to a Cepheid," sa ... more |
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San Jose CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Delivering on its vision of the convergence between location, multimedia and content in the mobile device market, SiRF Technology Holdings has launched its SiRFprima multifunction platform to enable the next generation of location-aware mobile devices that significantly enhance the consumer experience for location applications and media rich content. The SiRFprima platform combines an ... more Connected, Mobile Navigation For Walk And Drive has Arrived - Nokia Unveils Maps 2.0 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Nokia has announced that the Beta version of Nokia Maps 2.0 is ready for you to take out for a spin. Nokia Maps is taking its mapping and navigation experiences to the next level by enhancing its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia Maps 2.0 adds Walk, a pedestrian focused navigation component to ... more Motorola Launches Mobile TV Device With Advanced Navigation Capabilities 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Motorola has announced the introduction of the Motorola Mobile TV DH01n, a pocket sized device that combines a personal media player with advanced navigation capabilities including: 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map views, points of interest and voice-activated directions. "Consumers are routinely moving away from traditional primetime video viewing to 'my time' experiences ... more Nokia And UC Berkeley Capture Real-Time Traffic Information 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Nokia and UC Berkeley researchers have tested technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and obtain information about road conditions. One hundred cars equipped with the GPS-enabled Nokia N95, and driven by students from the University of California, traveled a 10-mile stretch of highway near San Francisco to show how real-time traffic information ... more GyPSii Brings Mobile Location Lifestyle To Dopod Users In China 
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 12, 2008GyPSii has partnered with Dopod in China to provide new and exciting location-based information and content features and services, for use on the mobile phone or via the Internet. The new services will be available to members of Dopod Club the exclusive online community for Dopod device users in China, when members download the GyPSii mobile client ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2008Russia will submit to a UN disarmament conference a joint Sino-Russian proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in outer space. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will present the draft treaty to the UN-sponsored annual Geneva Disarmament Conference on February 12. The United States has been critical of the Russian-Chinese initiative, especially following ... more Ahmadinejad scorns West, domestic critics on nuclear drive 
Tehran (AFP) Feb 11, 2008President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed Western threats on Iran's nuclear programme and launched a bitter tirade on domestic opponents, in a pugnacious speech on Monday marking the Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad said the West was only "playing with pieces of paper" in seeking further UN sanctions action against Tehran and vowed that Iran would never offer any concessions in the standoff. ... more Four arrested in US for spying for China 
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Four people were arrested in the United States Monday on charges of spying for China in two separate cases, including one involving the US space shuttle, the Justice Department said. New Orleans residents Tai Shen Kuo and Yu Xin Kang, and Gregg William Bergersen of Alexandria, Virginia, were arrested for passing US defense secrets to China in one case, according to a Justice Department state ... more Russia becomes 'spam superpower': survey 
Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Russia has become a a "superpower" of spam e-mail, becoming the second most prolific country after the United States in producing junk emails, a computer security firm said Monday. "The country has stormed into second place, accounting for 8.3 percent of the world's spam, or one in 12 junk mails seen in inboxes," according to security firm Sophos in its quarterly update on spam email. ... more MEADS Program Completes Preliminary Design Review 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Feb 12, 2008The Medium Extended Air Defense System recently completed its System Preliminary Design Review, a major milestone in the program's development. The MEADS team will now focus on detailed design work for the system, with the Critical Design Review scheduled for 2009, leading to initial MEADS flight tests in 2011. MEADS is the mobile air and missile defense system that ... more
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