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- Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope
- Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope, a virtual map of outer space, is within months of its public debut. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with the space exploration program's founder, Curtis Wong, and shares video of what these celestial tours will look like.
- Tags: kara tsuboi, microsoft, techfest 2008, redmond, space, worldwide telescope, stars, planets, astronomy
- Videos 2008-03-05
- AstroLabium (zip)
- AstroLabium can determine the distance as angle between objects on astrophotos, e.g. double stars. So it is used in the area of astronomy. You can also measure the diameter of planets, comets and Messier nebulae as well as the absolute diameter of moon craters. Just enter which camera and focus...
- Tags: Astronomy
- Software downloads 2008-01-29
- Johannes Kepleris (zip)
- Johannes Kepleris is an astronomy and astrology software. It provides first in the world pure topocentric astrological chart. Johannes Kepleris provides also high precision ephemeris and an excellent planetarium. Johannes Kepleris represents first topocentric chart. Version 3 includes unspecified updates.
- Tags: Astronomy, Johannes Kepleris, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- Sidereal Time (widget)
- Displays the current Local Apparent Sidereal Time LAST, used in astronomy. This is the time according to the stars sidereal instead of the sun solar, so this time does not match the current time of day. The current Julian date is also displayed. Set your correct longitude in the widget...
- Tags: Astronomy
- Software downloads 2007-08-01
- CyberSky (exe)
- CyberSky is a colorful, easy-to-use program that transforms your computer screen into a planetarium, allowing you to learn about astronomy by exploring the sky in the past, present, and future. CyberSky duplicates the features of a traditional planetarium on your computer screen. It provides a way for you to learn...
- Tags: Computer Screen, Astronomy, Computer, CyberSky, Productivity
- Software downloads 2006-12-25
- Pocket StarCalc (eng)
- PocketStarCalc is a small and fast astronomical planetarium program. It is a Pocket PC version of the famous professional astronomy planetarium written by Alexander Zavalishin.
- Tags: Astronomy, PocketStarCalc, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Desktops, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2006-09-20
- JulDate (zip)
- JulDate is a simple utility to convert local and UTC date time into the current Julian Date, Day of Year and Moon phase.JulDate is useful in astronomy and to determine full or new moons for various types of activities.
- Tags: Moon, Astronomy, JulDate
- Software downloads 2006-07-07
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- Microsoft's Hailstorm reappearing in the cloud?
- "What is this Windows Live Mesh? It's a way to synchronize files." Joel Spolsky -- in classic Joel Spolsky style -- takes on Microsoft (but Google is also on his "radar") to task for fueling a round of hype around the whole notion of Cloud Computing....
- Tags: Hype, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Encyclopedia (gadget)
- This Encyclopedia gadget has 40 of the Best online Encyclopedia sites. Starting with American Studies, Anime, Artcyclopedia, Astronomy, Bartleby, Botany, Britannica, Canadian, Catholic, CIA Fact Book, Earth, Encarta, Food, Holocaust, Jewish, Legal US, Library of Congress, Life, Literary, Medical, Medieval Studies, MIT Sciences, Mythical, Nasa, Philosophy, Plant, Psychology, Reference, Scholarpedia,...
- Tags: Gadget, Sidebar Gadgets, Wiki, Food & Beverage, Online Communications, Manufacturing
- Software downloads 2008-05-05
- Will the Earth fry future moon astronauts?
- Researchers working for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have discovered that the Earth's magnetic tail could be harmful to future astronauts. The moon stays inside Earth's 'magnetotail' for six days every month -- during full moon. This can have consequences ranging from lunar 'dust storms' to strong electrostatic discharges, according...
- Tags: Earth, NASA, Moon, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- Information Architecture Essentials, Part 6: Distributed Data Mining
- The explosive growth in data-storage capabilities and rapid network communication protocols has allowed organizations to collect and store a staggering amount of information on specific topics. These databases may be upwards of petrabyte size (1 x 10 15 bytes, or a billion megabytes) - a truly awe-inspiring amount of data!...
- Tags: Insurance, Financial Planning, Data Mining, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-04-08
- A single-photon channel to space
- According to the Institute of Physics IOP, European researchers have successfully identified individual returning photons from space 'after firing and reflecting them off of a space satellite in orbit almost 1,500 kilometers above the earth.' This experiment could lead to a global quantum-encrypted communications network in the future. In other...
- Tags: Earth, Satellite, Knowledge Management, Network Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-29
- Google makes pitch for unlicensed white space spectrum
- Google didn't come away with any pricey spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 Mhz auction, but that doesn't mean the search giant isn't cooking up big ideas. Google has pitched the FCC on plans to utilize the unlicensed "white space" spectrum that will be left behind by TV broadcasters....
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Device, Spectrum, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- 400 Years of the Telescope Desktop Wallpaper (zip)
- 2009 will be the International Year of Astronomy in celebration of Galileos first use of the telescope for gazing upon the heavens. Join the celebration with these selected scenes and skyscapes wallpapers from the documentary 400 Years of the Telescope produced by Interstellar Studios. Each skyscape image is created from...
- Tags: Celebration, Documentary, Interstellar Studios, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
- Google attempts to steal buzz from Microsoft WorldWideTelescope
- Google attempts to steal buzz from Microsoft WorldWideTelescopeAnd now you know…the rest of the story"Even Microsoft’s own World Wide Telescope WWT has it beat according to the lucky people who have caught a glimpse."Those lucky few who happen to have a certain preference for Microsoft? Like the brought to tears...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft WorldWideTelescope, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-13
- Windows Live Platform Services: A guide for the perplexed
- Windows Live Platform Services: A guide for the perplexedMissing pieces1) Actual delivery of promises.2) Competitive access via standards to enable innovation.3) No Wall St. ties to enable a software future based on merit and demand, not greed and control.Three things missingFirstly, Standards - i.e. standards agreed by the whole IT...
- Tags: Quality, Programming languages, Microsoft Windows, standards, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- WorldWide Telescope - It's all about the experience
- WorldWide Telescope - It's all about the experienceLook futher into GoolgeEarth...its there alreadyGoogle Earth has something on this already. I wonder how MicroSofts will be different.http://earth.google.com/sky/index.htmlRemember: Astronomy is looking up and Black holes are out of sightRE: Look futher into GoolgeEarth...its there alreadyFrom what I hear it's nothing like...
- Tags: Worldwide Telescope, Google Inc., Google Earth
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- Microsoft+to+squish+Google+Sky+like+a+bug%3F
- Microsoft+to+squish+Google+Sky+like+a+bug%3FIt may be that looking at the stars doesn't inflame passionsMicrosoft may have a superior tool, but comparatively not many people look at the stars. Now, if they can rotate the camera 180 degrees and have also a superior experience looking at the earth, that will be something...RE: Microsoft to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., tool, WWT, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- gSky Digest (3-win32)
- gSky Digest currently comes with support and detailed information about the Sun, Moon and 7 planets. gSky Digest is a system tray desktop application that presents astronomy events calculated for your home location. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: System Tray, gSky Digest, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-01-23
- First reflected light from an exoplanet
- European astronomers have for the first time ever been able to detect and monitor the visible light that is scattered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, HD 189733b, which is also known as a 'hot Jupiter,' and orbits a star slightly cooler and less massive than the Sun located about...
- Tags: Planet, Orbit, Team Management, Productivity, Web Site Development, Management, Internet, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-27
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