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- Solar sails
- Solar sails could provide a way to move satellites or spaceships without using a lot of rocket fuel. TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains how a sail works in space where there is no wind -- or is there?
- Tags: sail
- Whiteboards 2005-07-22
- Solar sails
- Solar sails could provide a way to move satellites or spaceships without using a lot of rocket fuel. TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains how a sail works in space where there is no wind -- or is there?
- Tags: Best Practices, sail, Network Technology, Networking
- Whiteboards 2005-07-22
- Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia says
- Solar sail's launch went awry, Russia saysA shameToo bad it wasn't successful; we humanity need to look back to space and innovative ways to explore it. New methods of propulsion such as solar sails and ion engines interest me very much, because solid-fuel rockets seem very outdated and dangerous.I...
- Tags: Policies and procedures, hardware, rocket, sail, Russian Hardware, accident, solar sail, propulsion
- Discussion threads 2005-06-22
- Photos: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams
- Cosmos 1 will use an exotic fuel to speed through space. Sorry, Trekkies, it's not dilithium crystals.
- Tags: fuel
- Image galleries 2005-06-21
- Photos: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams
- Cosmos 1 will use an exotic fuel to speed through space. Sorry, Trekkies, it's not dilithium crystals.
- Tags: fuel
- Image galleries 2005-06-21
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- A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
- The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...
- Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Polygonal3D Screensaver (exe)
- Imagine if you will, flying through space populated not by twinkling stars, but by huge, colourful 3D geometric shapes. As you move through the air, the shapes rotate and spin and sail past you at various speeds. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Shape, Teagster Programming
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- SugarCRM 5.1 sails into beta with mobile phone support, monitoring, advanced reports
- Open source CRM star SugarCRM has released into beta testing an upgrade of its platform that offers new wireless support and vastly enhanced reporting capabilities. SugarCRM 5.1, which is available for testing now, supports mobile phones including the Blackberry and iPhone as well as advanced reporting and analytics, data import...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Monitoring, Cell Phone, Beta, SugarCRM, SugarCRM 5.1, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Caribbean Hideaway (exe)
- Take a trip to the beautiful Caribbean and create your very own tropical hideaway by matching objects. Sail the high seas with your clan of bandits and recruit citizens to your village. Earn gold and fame to build the greatest pirate village of them all as you search the ocean...
- Tags: SpinTop Games, Piracy, Scripting Languages, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
- Alternate Universes: Unix vs MCSE
- Alternate Universes: Unix vs MCSEMurph, if you can...... make this a bit pithier, I'll consider having it put on a plaque:The problem is that a computer isn’t just a computer: it’s the visible element in an evolved behavioral system. And of course that includes users, not just IT.New entrantYour title...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Unix
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures
- PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...
- Tags: Sustainability, Technology Sector, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Industry, Strategy, Management, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Salvo (dmg)
- With easy to grasp mechanics, beautiful graphics, and an excellent branching campaign structure, this is the fighting sail wargame you've always wanted. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. Note: This is a very large (261MB) file and may take several hours to download via dial-up modem.
- Tags: Shrapnel Games Inc., Modems, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-02-29
- Salvo (exe)
- Salvo is a PC wargame celebrating the majestic battles from the Age of Sail in a fun and easy-to-learn environment. The clash of huge fleets or desperate one-on-one ship duels are equally exciting and challenging thanks to Salvo's hybrid turn-based game play and control tools. Most importantly you will not...
- Tags: Shrapnel Games Inc., Salvo, Modems, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-02-29
- Spirit of Wandering (exe)
- Sail the seas with the captain of the Spirit of Wandering to a variety of locations and search for hidden items that will free her cursed crew and point the way to her missing love. Decipher brain-bending riddles and use magical tools to discover precious items drifting between this world...
- Tags: Item, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-02-12
- Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem now
- Climate change talks: EU says U.S. is the problem nowClimate changeI do not think we could change the climate if we wanted to. The earth has a cycle from warm to cold and this is a natural thing as history teaches.Did the dinosaurs have CO2 emmisions? They lived on a...
- Tags: irony, Fishermen, polar cap, carbon dioxide, species
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Yellow Rose (exe)
- A nature video sequence screensaver for your desktop screen. Roses are swaying in the wind under white clouds, which sail through the blue sky. A short sample of the red rose is to view exemplarily for the whole array, which captures the late summers atmosphere. Yellow Rose screensaver will show...
- Tags: Screensaver, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Blue Rose (exe)
- A nature video sequence screensaver for your desktop screen. Roses are swaying in the wind under white clouds, which sail through the blue sky. A short sample of the red rose is to view exemplarily for the whole array, which captures the late summers atmosphere. Blue Rose screensaver will show...
- Tags: Screensaver, Rose, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Red Rose (exe)
- A nature video sequence screensaver for your desktop screen. Roses are swaying in the wind under white clouds, which sail through the blue sky. A short sample of the red rose is to view exemplarily for the whole array, which captures the late summers atmosphere. The Red Rose screensaver will...
- Tags: Screensaver, Rose, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Summer Feeling (exe)
- A nature video sequence screensaver for your desktop screen. This is the first of the Atmospheric Screensaver array, filmed in the freshness of the seashore. That's what we can see while watching the screensaver. Blooming flowers are swaying in the late summer wind under a light blue sky, where some...
- Tags: Screensaver, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
- Three Roses (exe)
- A nature video sequence screensaver for your desktop screen. Roses are swaying in the wind under white clouds, which sail through the blue sky. A short sample of the red rose is to view exemplarily for the whole array, which captures the late summers atmosphere. Three Roses screensaver will show...
- Tags: Screensaver, Rose, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-29
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