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Solar System - Moon 3D Screensaver (exe)

The Moon is closer to you than ever. With this space screensaver, you can observe the lunar surface as if you were looking through the largest telescope you can imagine. The level of detail is so high that you can see all craters and impact effects. This version is the...

Tags: 3D, Crater, Moon

Software downloads 2008-02-13

CraterSaver (zip)

You'll understand how large-scale features we see on the moon could be achieved by incremental small-scale modification. A crater-simulation program implemented as a screensaver, that slowly turns a flat piece of ground in to a scarred, Mercurial landscape. The idea was basically to try and understand how large-scale features we...

Tags: Moon, Crater

Software downloads 2007-11-28

Photos: Voyagers--strange visitors to other planets

It was thirty years ago when the first Voyager spacecraft left Earth. The ships have returned closeup views of four planets--and aren't finished yet.Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, and Voyager 1 followed on Sept. 5, 1977, for what was originally a five-year mission to study Jupiter...

Tags: Earth, Moon, Data, Photograph, Voyager 1, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter', Io, Great Red Spot, It', nnTriton, Here', Cassini, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-08-28

Photos: Test-driving lunar rovers

With plans to put autonomous rovers on the moon in 2020, NASA simulates lunar conditions and tests out its technology on a remote Arctic crater.

Tags: crater, moon, NASA, photograph

Image galleries 2007-07-20

Photos: A water-filled crater

Scientists study Crater Lake with aquatic robots and highly sensitive sonar to unlock the mysteries of one of the world's most pristine lakes.

Tags: crater, sonar, lake, robot, scientist

Image galleries 2006-08-24

Battlefield 1942 Desert Combat Volcano Siege map (zip)

In this custom Desert Combat map, Allied forces must capture and secure an Iraqi chemical weapons facility inside the crater of an inactive volcano. Allies can raft along the outside of the volcano to a bridge and gain access, or they can climb on top of a crane located at...

Tags: Crater

Software downloads 2004-08-18

Additional Resources

News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook

Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Vyatta, Mauku, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Motorola names Qualcomm alum mobile CEO

Motorola on Monday named Sanjay Jha CEO of its mobile handset division, which is in the process of being split from the rest of the company. Jha had been the chief operating officer of Qualcomm. He was responsible for overseeing Qualcomm's R&D and Flarion Technologies. Ahead of...

Tags: Mobile, Handset, Qualcomm Inc., Motorola Inc., Sanjay Jha, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Emerging markets fuel first half chip sales; Memory prices crater

Global chip sales were up 5.4 percent in the first half of 2008 to $127.5 billion courtesy of solid demand in the U.S. and emerging markets, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Developing economies in China, India, Europe and Latin America are offsetting any weakness in the...

Tags: Memory, Emerging Market, Semiconductor Industry Association, Chip, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Semiconductors, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, PC, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., FireWire, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Surprise! Motorola posts profit; Isn't unraveling as handset sales crater

Motorola posted a small profit excluding charges--a small victory, but enough to top Wall Street estimates calling for a loss of 3 cents a share. The company's enterprise and networking business carried the quarter. If you're Motorola you'll take what you can get. The company reported second...

Tags: Network, Handset, Earnings, Motorola Inc., Sales Strategy, Cellular Phones, Financial Accounting, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Amid ugly job picture, tech related employment holds up

The U.S. economy lost 62,000 jobs in June for the sixth straight month of employment losses with an unemployment rate of 5.5 percent, but underneath the technology sector is holding up well, according to Labor Department statistics. What a difference a downturn makes. Last...

Tags: Job, Technology Sector, Industry, U.S. Department Of Labor, Recruitment & Selection, Data Centers, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

(Photos: Phoenix armed for testing; more landing images)

(Photos: Phoenix armed for testing; more landing images)AMAZINGJust simply amazingRE: (Photos: Phoenix armed for testing; more landing images). . . The picture of the descending lander in the few moments it was parachuting, against a telephoto-distant crater background, is indeed remarkable and fortunate! . . . The eighth image on...

Tags: image, Phoenix Technologies, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Photos: Phoenix armed for testing; more landing images

After some early glitches, NASA expects to flex the robotic arm that holds the success or failure of the Phoenix Mars mission. Plus, the Mars Orbiter sent back more images of the Phoenix Lander.A couple of potential problems for the Phoenix Mars Lander project appeared to be resolved--setting the stage...

Tags: Phoenix Technologies, Photograph, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-28

Google-Yahoo search test an alleged hit; Squeezes Microsoft

Google-Yahoo search test an alleged hit; Squeezes MicrosoftYou guys need to be more creative with PhotoShop. How about a picture ofSteve Balmer screaming and throwing a chair at Jerry Yang????RE: Google-Yahoo search test an alleged hit; Squeezes MicrosoftAnd I'm moving further away from Yahoo if this deal goes through.Developers developers...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., alleged hit, Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Mapping a submarine volcano with a robot

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI have recently used their robotic underwater vehicle called ABE short for Autonomous Benthic Explorer to 'paint' stunning images of a submarine volcano submerged about a mile deep in the Pacific Ocean, and located about 290 nautical miles northeast of New Zealand. As...

Tags: Robot, Sonar, ABE, Caldera, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-21

(Photos: From the moon to the Earth--in HD)

(Photos: From the moon to the Earth--in HD)Great photos, but not first "hi-def"Project Apollo carried a three man crew. The caption on photo 2 leaves out Bill Anders. These are the first hight def electronic photos from the moon. Don't forget that Hasselblad cameras were used on Apollo missions. Their...

Tags: NASA, moon, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

America is not the world and open source is grateful

America is not the world and open source is gratefulNot all Americans agreeMicrosoft's position unassailable? Puh-leese. With the way the patent ffice hands out transh patents for even the most obvious of inventions, Microsoft's position is anything but unassailable. It would be expensive to fight, yes. And they might have...

Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., America IS, patent, open source, software

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Photos: Meteor Crater still a big hit

Here's what you get when you strike the Earth with a 150-foot-wide chunk of rock moving at around 26,000 miles an hour.

Tags: Earth, photograph

Image galleries 2007-07-25

News to know: Mashups; Windows to Mac; Windows 7; Search engine privacy

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Switching from Windows to Mac: The ROI case.Dion Hinchcliffe: A bumper crop of new mashup platforms.Search engines race to update privacy policies. Larry Dignan: Is privacy the new search competitive edge?Mary Jo Foley: Windows Seven: Think 2010. Next version of Windows: Call it 7.Dana Gardner: The macro...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-23