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Images: Microsoft puts universe on your desktop: Stargazers can find black holes, radiation fields, and supernovas right from their desktops with Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope. by CNET News.com; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Hardware, CNET News.com, telescope, Microsoft, aerospace; Image galleries 2008-05-14
Telescope Search (exe): Telescope is a Web metasearch engine for Windows. In addition to general Web search, Telescope can search Web directories, image search engines, news headlines, encyclopedias, and freeware. It can access 7 Web search engines and 38 search engines in total. Your query is converted into advanced boolean or simple keywords,...; Tags: Image Search, Web, Search Engine, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Telescope, Search, Channel Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-01-09
A telescope as big as the Earth: A week ago, seven telescopes around the world were linked together to watch a distant galaxy called 3C273 in real time and create a single world telescope. The data from these telescopes, which are located in Australia, China and Europe, was streamed around the world at a rate of 256...; Tags: Earth, Network, Europe, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-06
How to carry a telescope: Obviously, it depends on its size. But here I'm speaking about the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) which will be fully operational in 2012 and will be composed initially of 66 high-precision telescopes. These 12-meter submillimeter quality antennas will weigh about 115 tons and be installed at an altitude of...; Tags: Space &, Aerospace, Science &, Nature, Engineering &, Innovation; Blog posts 2007-07-31

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2008 Honda Odyssey Touring: Photo gallery:2008 Honda OdysseyAlthough Honda claims a major update for its 2008 Honda Odyssey minivan, the results look to us like a minor facelift, just a little work around the eyes and mouth but the same old body. The front of the car exhibits some modern touches around the headlights...; Tags: Odyssey, Honda Motor Co., navigation system; Product reviews 2008-07-16

European telcos squeal: should we care?: One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group for the industry arguing...; Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-15
"Everything gets delivered in an electronic form" - Textbooks, too?: "Everything gets delivered in an electronic form" - Textbooks, too?Well...Producing texts is "fun" and all that, however you've got a hurdle or two to overcome. Nothing unsurmountable, but they're there.The prime issue is that publishers have an awful lot of material locked down under copyright, particularly in terms of graphics....; Tags: E-books, LaTeX, textbook, e-book; Discussion threads 2008-06-06
Of telescopes, patents and the death of discovery: "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." --Isaac Newton. [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] It isn't really a surprise that I ended up...; Tags: Software, Patent, Astronomer, Astronomy, Amateur, Computer, Computing Science, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-06-04
Ghostly ring found circling dead star: An international team of scientists has found a strange ring around a dead star by using images taken by NASA's Spitzer space telescope. This star, called SGR 1900+14, belongs to a class of objects known as magnetars. According to NASA, a magnetar is 'a highly magnetized neutron star and the...; Tags: NASA, Star, Ring, Magnetic Field, SGR, Magnetars, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-06-01
Planet Jupiter 3D Screensaver (exe): Jupiter is twice as massive as all the other planets of the Solar system combined. At the same time it rotates faster than any other planet. Colorful latitudinal bands, atmospheric clouds and storms illustrate Jupiter's dynamic weather systems. When viewed through a modern telescope, the flattened disk of Jupiter has...; Tags: Planet, Astro Gemini Software, Jupiter; Software downloads 2008-05-29
Images: New red spot appears on Jupiter: Astronomers were amazed when a second giant red spot suddenly appeared on Jupiter two years ago. Now, there's a third one.Images from the Hubble Space Telescope confirm the appearance of a third giant red spot on Jupiter the smaller spot to the left. The new feature was recently seen as...; Tags: Spot, Jupiter, Great Red Spot, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-22
Telescopes and teapots the new frontier in high-tech spying: Remember the good ol' days of the Cold War when movies showed up Russian spooks with high-powered binocs looking through windows and placing bugs behind picture frames? Those days are back with a high-tech spin as researchers in Germany have discovered that an inexpensive telescope can pick up computer images...; Tags: Monitor, Meter, Image, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-19
WorldWide Telescope (exe): The WorldWide Telescope WWT is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft Visual Experience Engine...; Tags: Environment, Sky, Web 2.0, Internet; Software downloads 2008-05-13
Full Moon Lunar Screensaver (zip): This screensaver randomly displays stunning photographs of the Moon, as seen through a telescope. The demo version contains over 20 images with the appearance of the Moon ranging from a crescent through to the Full Moon.The full version (available for $4.99) contains over 100 images and includes detailed photographs of...; Tags: Version, Photograph, Image; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope: Microsoft's Worldwide TelescopeOriginalDoesn't the whole MS Telescope thing seem a copy or Google Earth and Google Sky...even the interface looks similar. Do Microsoft do anything original or do they just steal idea from everyone else..look at Vista and Mac for one. They patent everything an loads of stuff they patent...; Tags: Worldwide Telescope, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
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 for enterprise: my $500 bet: Google for enterprise: my $500 betScoble is going to lose...For sure Scoble is going to lose the Bet... in a short time mail will evolve and the system that we know know will be obsolete. I have my vision, but Google will have a long and hard road to keep...; Tags: E-mail providers, PRODUCTIVITY, Scoble, Google Gmail, Google Inc., tool; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
Image: First extra-solar organic molecule discovered: The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a building block of life in the atmosphere of a planet that's orbiting another star. by CNET News.com; Tags: Hubble Space Telescope, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-03-20
Image: First extra-solar organic molecule discovered: The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered methane in the atmosphere of a planet that's orbiting another star. by Andy Smith; Tags: space, Hubble; Image galleries 2008-03-20
iPhone 2.0 firmware hacked: iPhone 2.0 firmware hackedHilarious, isn't it? ntntGee . . .That certainly didn't take long . . . .Of course it has been...Did anyone expect anything different?What? Open to Anything? Do Anything? Get Out!Nokia: [url=http://nseries.com/open]Open to Anything[/url]Get an N95 and experience the way things should be--no hacking or jail breaking...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, firmware, Apple Inc., security, Apple iPhone, phone; Discussion threads 2008-03-14

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