Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Technology

  • Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday.

    November 23, 2009, 6:35 am
  • Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

    OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday.

    November 23, 2009, 6:12 am
  • Houston, we have a baby

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

    November 23, 2009, 3:02 am
  • Delayed spacewalk ends successfully

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk on Saturday at the International Space Station that had been delayed after a false alarm woke the crews of the station and the visiting space shuttle Atlantis.

    November 22, 2009, 10:22 am
  • Station alarms delay second spacewalk

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two spacewalkers halted a body-conditioning sleepover in a low-pressure chamber on the International Space Station on Saturday after a false depressurization alarm shut down ventilation fans.

    November 22, 2009, 4:25 am
  • "Big Bang" experiment advancing fast

    GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

    November 22, 2009, 2:39 am
  • Race to recreate Big Bang conditions reignited

    ZURICH (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

    November 21, 2009, 11:09 pm
  • Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

    November 21, 2009, 12:11 pm
  • Barnes & Noble sells out of new e-reader

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble said Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the "Nook," and the next shipments would not be available until after the holidays.

    November 21, 2009, 11:12 am
  • Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 10:44 am
  • US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

    November 21, 2009, 9:14 am
  • CERN restarts Big Bang collider for biggest test yet

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists are restarting a giant sub-atomic particle collider built to reproduce "Big Bang" conditions, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 7:39 am
  • Google books hearing set for February 18

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.

    November 21, 2009, 7:36 am
  • Barnes & Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays.

    November 21, 2009, 7:05 am
  • Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

    ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 6:17 am
  • Astronaut in space while wife giving birth

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl.

    November 21, 2009, 4:17 am
  • Sony to launch online download service for TVs

    TOKYO (AFP) - Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said Friday.

    November 21, 2009, 2:50 am
  • Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.

    November 20, 2009, 11:04 pm
  • Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

    November 20, 2009, 9:03 pm

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