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News Rover 15.0 (Windows)

News Rover is a Usenet newsreader that features a built-in search service for finding files in any Usenet newsgroup. Just enter keywords and News Rover will find matching files in any newsgroup. News Rover is the ideal tool for downloading MP3 music files, JPEG pictures, or full-length movies. News Rover...

Tags: built-In, JPEG, Microsoft Windows, Usenet, News Rover

Software downloads 2009-09-10

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Photos: Mars rover Spirit down but not out

Spirit has gained energy from increased solar collection, but it's still stuck in soft Martian soils at a location called Troy. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Energy, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-03

2009 Land Rover LR2 photos

The baby in the Land Rover line-up, the LR2 is a small SUV with a lean towards luxury and some real offroad ability. It is surprisingly affordable, although its gas bill will be high. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Land Rover, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-23

Is the Nokia N900 Internet Tablet really coming to T-Mobile USA

I enjoy using the Nokia N810 device from time to time to surf, use some old Palm apps with GarnetVM, and watch movies. I do find it to be a bit laggy at times though so it isn't always with me. MobileCrunch posted some rumored news on the next Nokia...

Tags: Nokia Corp., T-Mobile, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-05-25

Land Rover renames and redesigns

At the 2009 New York auto show, Land Rover showed off its new direction under the umbrella of current owner Tata Motors. The LR3 has been renamed as the LR4, noting its new engine choices and redesign, while the Range Rover retains its name, but gets a similar redesign. by...

Tags: Land Rover, LR3, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-04-08

Polar robots to explore the Arctic

It's now almost certain that the world's ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially...

Tags: Professor, Georgia Tech, SnoMotes, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Images: Is that a rock or a man on Mars?

A blowup of a NASA photo from the Mars rover Spirit shows something that looks like a person sitting on a rock. by CNET News.com

Tags: Rock, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-01-23

News to know: Green Grid; Windows 7; AMD speaks; Bebo

Notable headlines: David Berlind: With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to get new touch features. Microsoft makes IE with component activation change available to testers. Larry Dignan: Ahead...

Tags: Bebo, Larry Dignan, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Grid, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Fleury, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Photos: Dusty Mars rover finds water evidence, seeks shelter

In a self-portrait, the Mars rover Spirit showed that it was covered with dust. Plus, scientists see evidence of ancient hot springs. by CNET News.com

Tags: Evidence, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-12-12

Google backs contest to put robot on moon

The transition from huge, government-funded space projects to those driven by private initiative and capital took a great step forward Thursday. The X Prize Foundation announced that Google is financing a contest to put a privately funded robotic rover on the moon. The thing would...

Tags: Google Inc., NASA, Moon, Robot, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Torture Testing - The big case test - Part 2

OK, we've looked at the tests, now let's see how the cases stand up to them!Drag testWe decided to start off with the drag test because it was a quick and simple test (just tie them to the back of the Freelander and drag them approximately 300 yards over asphalt. ...

Tags: Torture Test

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsoft's Silverlight?

Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsoft's Silverlight?Why bother" anyone care to speculat on Indiana and other potential Sun JavaOne announcements in the pipeline?"Naw, easier to wait and see if its even real.But it's still Java...I think it's a great concept but the only problem I have is that it's still...

Tags: Programming languages, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2007-05-07

One Office Suite please. Hold the mayo (I brought my own)

Last week was a very busy week in the discussion threads at ZDNet with some of the most vibrant debates encircling the issue of bloat in shrink-wrapped software: a debate that was touched off by my coverage of Google CEO Eric Schmidts insinuation that Google Apps doesnt compete with Microsoft...

Tags: Wired &, Wireless, Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, General

Blog posts 2007-04-30

NASA's Mars life-detector

With the financial help of NASA, American and European researchers have developed a new sensor to check for life on Mars. It also should be able to determine if traces of lifes molecular building blocks have been produced by anything alive. The device has already been tested in the Atacama...

Tags: Harold Urey, life-detector, NASA

Blog posts 2007-03-11

Lions trained to chase by robots

I guess that lions living in Africa dont need to be stimulated to learn how to chase prey. But apparently, its a different story for the lions living in captivity in the Blair Drummond Safari Park located near Stirling in Scotland. In a recent article, BBC News reports that lions...

Tags: Robots, robot, LionDrover, British Broadcasting Corp.

Blog posts 2006-10-18

Deep-diving robot takes to the bottom of Crater Lake

Research team sends camera-equipped robot to get some long-awaitResearch team sends camera-equipped robot to get some long-awaited answersOn a followup to our previous video on the moss research happening at Crater Lake, CNET News.com was on hand for the official 'dive' of the latest rover to explore the depths of...

Tags: Crater Lake, Research Team, robot

Videos 2006-08-24

What's growing at the bottom of Crater Lake?

Rover vehicles set to search the bottom of Crater LakeScientists are setting out this month to answer some questions concerning the large growth of moss at the bottom of Crater Lake in Oregon. CNET News.com's Vincent Tremblay reports that a remotely operated vehicle system will be used to gather video...

Tags: Crater Lake

Videos 2006-08-14

U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first time

U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first timeThis works out well as election time is commingI certainly see a strong argument for raising the security level given what's going on. On the plus side, Karl Rove and his exceptional GOP re-election team can dust off the highly...

Tags: security, security alert

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

ExoMars boot camp in Tenerife

Last week, I wrote about the on-board software used to control robots involved in future space missions, such as the ExoMars rover, which should be launched around 2011. But, as reports BBC News, this robot is already trained on Earth, on the slopes of the volcano El Teide in the...

Tags: rover, ExoMars, Tenerife

Blog posts 2006-05-22

'Intelligent' robots for space exploration

In recent years, our exploration of the Solar System has involved more orbiters and rovers than human astronauts. This trend should continue in the future and this is why we need more 'intelligent' or autonomous robots. But of course, these robots will be controlled by advanced on-board software. And SciSys,...

Tags: rover

Blog posts 2006-05-17