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Hubble Telescope Blind After Camera Fails
Unless mission plans for the space shuttle change in the near future it looks like the Hubble Space Telescope won’t be sending back any more of the beautiful photographs it’s become known for until 2008 after the main camera failed leaving the telescope blind. Discovery Channel: “The Advanced Camera for Surveys produced some of the [...]
Answer To How The Pyramids Were Made May Be Right Under Our…Feet
For a long time scientists have been stumped over how ancient engineers constructed the pyramids in Egypt but now scientists believe the answer may lie in something we step on everyday with little more than a passing thought, concrete. NY Times: “Reporting the results of his study, Michel W. Barsoum, a professor of materials engineering [...]
NASA Decides To Set Up Colony On The Moon
Looks like the dreams of Arthur C. Clarke may soon be a reality as NASA has decided to establish a permanent base on the moon. NY Times: “Ms. Dale and other officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the agency envisioned a base at one of the lunar poles, to take advantage of [...]
Sun and Ubuntu Team Up for JEE5 Server Deployment
In some very exciting news for Java devlopers (where I happened to cut my teeth oh so long ago), Ubuntu is partnering up with Java Enterprise Application Server. It’s kind of like peanut buttter and chocolate. Two great tastes that go great together. eWeek: “Sun and Canonical, a two-year-old U.K.-based commercial sponsor of the fast-growing [...]
Show-Stopping Photos From CES Day 3
Couldn’t go to CES in Las Vegas either? No problem. PCWorld was nice enough to take photos and post them. [Go there now]
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