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- X Prize Cup rocket competition flames out
- X Prize Cup rocket competition flames outFocus On Earth and Non-Chemical PropulsionThe current "Race to Space" offers humanity little in the way of immediate or even long term benefits. NASA should be grounded, until we have viable cost-effective renewable energy and recycling solutions in place here on earth.After we...
- Tags: Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, recycling solution, X Prize Cup, X Prize, prize money
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon again
- X Prize winner says NASA 'silly' to go to moon againI am not so sure returning to the moon ...... is a bad idea. If we had proceeded to build a moon base in the 1970s & 80s, we would have the capability to build and launch vehicles from...
- Tags: Low Earth Orbit, Rutan, moon, NASA, X Prize winner, X Prize
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- To the moon, Google-style
- From NextFest in Los Angeles: CNET's Molly Wood takes a look at how Google has teamed up with the X Prize Foundation, offering $30 million to the first private outfit to send a rover to the moon.
- Tags: google, x prize, x-prize, space, moon, aerospace, mission, prize, rover, molly wood
- Videos 2007-09-14
- 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
- X-cars may be scaring off Detroit automakers
- rnThere's going to be a public competition among energy-efficient cars. So far none of the major manufacturers has entered. Scared, perhaps?rnrnThe X Prize Foundation has announced a competition among land vehicles that get at least 100 miles per gallong of fossil fuel, or its equivalent. So far...
- Tags: Automobile Company, Competition, \r\nThere\, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Photos: Rockets, space elevators aim at X Prize Cup
- X Prize Cup plays host to all manner of rockets going up and space elevators going down.
- Tags: X Prize Cup, X Prize, elevator, rocket
- Image galleries 2006-10-23
- X Prize funder to become first female space tourist
- X Prize funder to become first female space touristCoolchicks in space... that's sexy! :)Ansari X-prize winner a phonyThe X-prize stipulated that you had to transport 2 passengers to space in a 72 hour period. This meant LIVE HUMAN BEINGS and not a couple of sacks of potatos. AFAIK the pilot...
- Tags: X Prize, flight vehicle
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
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- News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
- 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.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
- X-prize competition for cars1) Ummm, shouldn't that read 5.5 "million" dollars?2) Would it be possible to add some summary of whether qualifiy cars must be in some way fewaible - for example, can travel at least 55 mph for at least 50 miles on a single charge (or what ever...
- Tags: X-Prize competition, car, X-Prize
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
- X-Prize narrows final field to 43 competing car designs in two classes. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Car, X-Prize, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...
- Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
- (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)Miles?Probably should be 50,000 feet, not miles.RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)280 dollars???RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)50,000 miles above the earth?? I think not. SpaceShipOne was required to pass 328,000 feet to capture the Ansari X Prize -- about...
- Tags: Branson, Gallery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment
- Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...
- Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- iPhone executes SMS binary code as root
- iPhone executes SMS binary code as rootNo, iPhone is NOT UNIX basedWe all know that OS X [b]is[/b] UNIX certified.We also know that iPhone OS [b]is[/b] OS X.Therefore, iPhone OS isn't just UNIX based, it [b]is[/b] UNIX.Therefore, it is immune to all malware.At least I think that is how the...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Smart phones, Operating systems, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Unix, SMS, binary code, iPhone OS, Miller
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- iPhone - Cool goes mass market
- iPhone - Cool goes mass marketMissing the point, AdrianWhile there is some risk to what you say, I think the objective is twofold.One, drive sales of new units to new customers.Two, use the iPhone as a trojan horse to get new customers to use Apple products. If they like that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Pre, way thing, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Excerpt: Marketing 2.0 From CRM at the Speed of Light 4th Edition
- I'm going to try something out here. I am ready to cringe as the tomatoes and old iPods are thrown at me, or the praise is showered on me...oh, wait, that's someone dumping buckets of tar over my head. I'm providing an advance excerpt of Chapter 13 of CRM...
- Tags: Advertisement, Attention, CRM, New Competition, Engagement Rating, Marketers, Marketing Professional, Marketing Research, Marketing, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009
- Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009Why is it called 7?Do they now name products after when they first started talking about them so that the release date doesn't matter?RE: Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009They say it is the 7 major version of windows.Money...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe files
- Windows 7 still allows unsafe files to be disguised as safe filesThey should....Default to show all extensions and give people the ability to hide them if they prefer, not sure why they would, but the option would be there. This is a good point to make and I hope...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, UAC, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Macs in the enterprise: The security conundrum
- Macs in the enterprise: The security conundrumWhat's the big deal here now?You bring in, Linux to the mix, & resolve the ISSUES.Apr 2009, Conficker infects 700 PCs in U of Utah, Macs not affected. AP:"University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, security, Apples OSX, OSX, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., virus, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- Questions for Pwn2Own hacker Charlie Miller
- VANCOUVER, BC -- At the CanSecWest security conference here, I got a chance to sit down with Charlie Miller, the researcher who broke into a fully patched MacBook machine using a Safari code execution vulnerability. We discuss the state of Web browser security, the vulnerability marketplace and...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Hacker, Exploit, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
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