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Spaceport Kourou Welcomes Fourth Ariane 5 Launch Campaign For 2008
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 16, 2008Arianespace is maintaining the sustained Ariane 5 launch pace in 2008, with this year's fourth launcher now undergoing its initial buildup at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA was delivered on Monday, May 12, by the MN Colibri - one of two roll-on/roll-off seagoing ships that transport launcher components from Europe to the launch site in South America. ... more Sweden Launches MASER 11 Sounding Rocket 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) May 16, 2008Today at 04.00 UTC the microgravity rocket MASER 11 was successfully launched Thursday from Swedish Space Corporation's launching facility Esrange Space Center. MASER 11 reached an apogee of 252 km and the experiments onboard spent 6 minutes and 26 seconds in microgravity. MASER 11 carried four ESA financed microgravity experiments for studies of fluid physics and metallurgical ... more DC National Guard Select SkyPort For Emergency SatCom Systems 
Houston TX (SPX) May 16, 2008SkyPort Global Communications is pleased to announce it has signed a contract to provide emergency satellite communications solutions to the District of Columbia National Guard. As part of the agreement, SkyPort engineers have installed satellite communications hardware and dishes at a number of National Guard facilities in Washington, DC, to connect Guard members to the world-wide ... more ESA opens satellite navigation competition 
Paris (UPI) May 15, 2008 The European Space Agency's fifth annual European Satellite Navigation Competition is seeking ideas for satellite navigation usage in non-space businesses. The ESA said the competition is designed as a catalyst for new, high-tech industry in Europe. Since the competition began in 2004, 650 ideas on how to use satellite navigation have been presented. In 2007, more than 250 proposals ... more Astronomers Find Universe Lights Up Twice As Much 
London UK (SPX) May 16, 2008Astronomers from UK Universities working with colleagues from Germany and Australia have calculated that the Universe is actually twice as bright as previously thought. In the latest Astrophysical Journal Letters (10th May), the astronomers describe how dust is obscuring approximately half of the light that the Universe is currently generating. Lead author Dr Simon Driver from the ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announced a bid Thursday to unseat the board of Yahoo and reopen merger talks with Microsoft, which Icahn said had been "completely botched" by the Internet firm. Icahn said in an open letter to the Yahoo board that he had acquired 59 million shares of Yahoo -- around four percent of its capital -- and had formed a 10-person slate which will stand for ... more Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report 
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2008Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit. Interfax news agency reported the birth of 30 healthy descendants of the pioneering cockroach Nadezhda (Hope), who conceived last September in an orbiting laboratory named Foton-M. Unlike Nadezhda's children, who ... more MegaPath Broadband VPN Service Passes 20000 Sites 
Costa Mesa CA (SPX) May 16, 2008MegaPath has announced that its Site-to-Site MPLS VPN service achieved a major milestone, connecting its 20,000th site. The MegaPath Site-to-Site MPLS VPN service provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) on T1/T3 and DSL access and is the only MPLS VPN service that is also available with cable, satellite and wireless access. And, it features integrated Security Gateways that allow ... more NASA announces educational TV partnership 
San Jose, Calif. (UPI) May 14, 2008 The U.S. space agency says it has launched a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace to produce educational television programs. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the TV programs will be available on NASA Television and the Internet. The announcement was part of Dale's keynote address Wednesday in San Jose ... more Robot conducts Detroit orchestra 
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) May 14, 2008High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It was the first time an orchestra was handed over to a robot and the diminutive, spaceman-like machine got rave reviews. Both the audience and performers burst into applause after Honda's ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) robot led the symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" ... more |
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Mountain View CA (SPX) May 16, 2008Small and large AT and T business customers now can keep their companies on the right track with Xora GPS TimeTrack. AT and T and Xora hace announced the availability -- on May 23 -- of the award-winning solution for workforce management for AT and T customers. Xora GPS TimeTrack uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to give businesses timesheet data collection, job/work-order ... more Trimble Raises The Bar For Mapping And GIS Accuracy With GeoExplorer 2008 Series 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) May 16, 2008Trimble has introduced its next-generation rugged handheld computing devices with integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology -- the Trimble GeoExplorer 2008 series. As one of three models available, the new GeoXH handheld is setting a new mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) industry standard with real-time decimeter (10 centimeter) level positioning accuracy. ... more Sat-Nav For HGV And Van Drivers Unveiled 
Letchworth, UK (SPX) May 16, 2008Navevo has unveiled its sat-nav solution for drivers of heavy goods vehicles and vans. Using NAVTEQ Transport, ProNav GPS software features dynamic routing and navigation optimisation based on a vehicle's dimensions and legal restrictions to avoid incidents such as travelling down unsuitable narrow roads or crossing bridges with vehicles that break weight restrictions. ... more PocketFinder Personal Location Devices Use GPS To Keep Families Connected 
Anaheim CA (SPX) May 16, 2008In today's mobile society of single parents and dual-income spouses, heads of families are often absent from home and unable to stay connected with their children, elderly parents and other loved ones and unable to verify that they are where they are supposed to be. Location Based Technologies provides families with peace of mind by allowing them to verify - almost instantaneously ... more Funambol Pushes Calendars To Connected Dash Express GPS Drivers 
Redwood City CA (SPX) May 16, 2008Funambol has announced that it has enhanced its free myFUNAMBOL Portal to automatically sync calendar events to the Dash Express, the first Internet-connected navigation system. This enables people to access their calendars from virtually any source, including Outlook, online services and mobile devices, on Dash Express, then route to meetings. The new service eliminates the need to manual ... more
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