This astronaut photograph shows the Calabria region of southern Italy–the toe of Italy’s “boot”–outlined by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas to the southeast and northwest, respectively. The water appears almost mirror-like due to sunglint. This phenomenon is caused by sunlight reflecting off the water surface directly back towards the observer aboard the International Space Station [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Photoshop is a heck of an amazing software. You can do all kinds of things with images and go as far as your imagination can take you. Once you are past the beginner level and understand what the various options are for and how they work, then you are ready for tips like the ones [...]
Two bloggers received home visits from Department of Homeland Security agents after they published a new TSA directive that revises screening procedures and puts new restrictions on passengers in the wake of a recent bombing attempt by the so-called “underwear bomber.” Read more…
It took the company only 7 months to reach the two million mark — they broke one million users back in May. Read more…
Voice-to-text company Spinvox has been bought by speech recognition firm Nuance. Read more…
Apple shares rise by more than 1% in early trading on Wednesday amid further speculation over new products. Read more…
A small Canadian company behind a search engine called Groovle.com wins a case filed against it by search giant Google. Read more…
Saturn, stately and resplendent in this natural color view, dwarfs its icy moon Rhea. Rhea (949 miles in diameter) orbits beyond the rings on the right of the image. The moon Tethys is not shown here, but its shadow is visible on the planet on the left of the image. This view looks toward the [...]
The Top 9 Spaceflight Stories in 2009. 5 shuttle missions, a space program in transition and space tourism strides are just some of the top spaceflight stories of the year. Read more…
After the crotchbomb there has been a lot of noise about airplane security again. But what is the actual risk of an airplane attack? Here is the definitive chart… Read more…