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Space race or education?

Space race or education?Just FYIJust FYI, the Constellation program is the replacement for the Shuttle. There's no separate Shuttle replacement program.However, regarding Ares / Constellation, some like myself have been troubled by the program from the beginning. For more info I suggest forum.nasaspaceflight.com and www.directlauncher.comAs an architecture, I...

Tags: Federal Department of Education, education, Space Race, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

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Make A Martian for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

With Make A Martian for iPhone help develop that young, imaginative, and creative mind by designing aliens, martians, and monsters in outer space. Mix and match hundreds of slithery, creepy and crawly body parts with several different color combinations. After your new alien race is completed, simultaneously press the home...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Photograph, Alien, 3DAL, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-27

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

Very CoolOpens some very intriging low cost possibilities for astronomers around the world.Go Beavers!I miss the good old days walking up and down the Infinite Corridor.RE: MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470Great job! The trip down is a blast!RE: MIT students snap space photos...

Tags: MIT Students, Canon A470, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Canon Inc., photograph, NASA

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Palm tattles on Apple, finds itself in the hot seat instead

Why?Apple has been proven to be far worse then Palm(read: Google Voice App), so what goes around, should come around.Untill Aplle confesses, and discontinue their shenanigans when it comes to apps on their devices, then they have no reason to voice any indignation against those that do the same thing...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., USB, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Crop circles: What's Google trying to tell us?

Biofuel competition?My hope is that is it not something as simple as Orwell's books being made available on Google Books. My thought is crops, space craft, space age technology, future technology...biofuel. Perhaps some sort of biofuel grant competition or similar?! It must be big if they are using...

Tags: Google Inc., Chrome OS, biofuel, operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate

Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

News to know: Scareware; HP; SAP; Cloud computing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: The ultimate guide to scareware protection Gallery: The ultimate guide to scareware protection 9/11...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Andrew Nusca, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-14

Logitech Gaming Mouse G500

Logitech might have a firm grasp on luxury mice, but the gaming mouse market is a much more competitive space. We like Logitech's new $70 Gaming Mouse G500 quite a bit, too, but we can't say that we find it an unequivocally better product than its chief competitor at this...

Tags: Mice, Games, Logitech, Gaming Mouse G500, mouse, game, scroll wheel

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Controversy over Obama's student address? Gimme a break!

Beats the hell outa me, Chris!I agree wholeheartedly that there should be no controversy over this. Next thing you know, the other party (sadly, the party I once called home - now I feel homeless) will want "equal time". becauseHe's an activist. All he is doing is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, bad parent, GIMME, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Xbox 360 price cut

Pointless.Red rigns for $200? Now that the one complaint about the PS3 is done too expensive the XBOX can't compete.No thanks, happy with my new PS3!No thanks, already quite happy with my brand new PS3! Much better value for the price, in my opinion.Would have been interesting if MS didn't...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp., game, console, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Save money: buy from the enemy

I can see your point butis the processor arms race not still being pushed more by what is happening in the consumer rather than server space. Also are the processors in datacentres starting to move to desktop/mobile processors rather than server ones as they are more energy efficient. If we...

Tags: Processors, processor, server, CPU, PPC

Discussion threads 2009-08-22

Salesforce.com fires back at Oracle in SaaS war

In recent quarters Oracle has been taking aim at Salesforce.com, noting that its Siebel On Demand was poaching customers. On Thursday it was Salesforce's turn to return fire. Following Salesforce's fiscal second quarter earnings, CEO Marc Benioff, as chatty as ever, took aim at his trash talking...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-21

Comet carries a building block of life

"Life came from outer space".It made me smile to read that.He is called God. He created life. And yes, in a way you could say He is from 'outer space'.It's funny how more and more knowledge becomes available including the major faults in the evolution religion, and people still staunchly...

Tags: Gunther, dinosaur, major fault, COMET

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Apple App Store to be bigger than Wal-mart?

OMG. Where do you "journalists" get these stupid comparisions? Wallmart? Since when does the App Store sell furniture, mobile phones, electronics, computers, body care etc. ? What the F ? It sells mobile applications for a mobile platform, what does this have to do with wallmart?Why not compare it to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Wireless and Mobility, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Apple Inc., rice, metaphor

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

As the countdown to the academic season starts about now, the race to get the best deals and offers at your local tech stores is on. You'll need to start working out what you didn't have before which could have made your life a lot easier at university, and what...

Tags: Online Backup, Backup, Wireless, Home Server, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-10

The American Textbook Accessibility Act

Yesterday, I posted some thoughts about Arizona State University's use of the Kindle in a pilot program and the heat the school was taking over the inability of blind students to use the devices. While the controversy seemed overblown to me, it sparked an interesting conversation with fellow blogger,...

Tags: Textbook, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Government, E-books, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), XML, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Brrrrm! Brrrrm! Brammo makes a little noise.

American electric motorcycle maker, Brammo, has built in sound to its vehicle. The chips that manage the operation of this electric motorcycle will create sounds to let folks know you're there. There's a special sound for the acceleration from zero to 10 MPH. You can then customize your...

Tags: Cycle, Motorcycle, Brammo, Enertia, Valence, Chasis, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Engineering, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Photos: The Apollo 11 moon landing

In July 1969, at the height of the Space Race, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on another heavenly body. by CNET News.com

Tags: Body, Human, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-16

To the Moon: Rocketdyne, Keeper of the Flame

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Engine, Moon, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-15