Netflix is cruising. The cable guys are catching on. Wal-Mart just rumbled in. Read more…
Archive for February, 2010
It was a record-breaking performance that slowed taxi traffic across Seoul on Wednesday when figure-skating darling Kim Yu-na took to the ice in Vancouver at the Winter Olympic Games. Read more…
NASA’s Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds–the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. Preliminary indications show all test objectives were met. After final [...]
Take a look at the first stunning images of comets and galaxies from NASA’s new sky-mapper, the WISE space telescope. Read more…
Since last summer, the dominant evening planet was Jupiter, but now Venus has emerged. Read more…
Several of the dwarf galaxies of in the Hickson Compact Group 31 are slowly merging. Will the result of these galactic collisions be one big elliptical galaxy? Most assuredly. The pictured galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 31 will pass through and destroy each other, millions of stars will form and explode, and thousands of nebula [...]
Scientists are hot on the tail of one of nature’s most elusive substances, the mysterious dark matter that is thought to make up the bulk of the universe. Read more…
After 18 months of Gmail Labs being in operation, Googles killing off some unpopular features, but also promoting the oft-used ones to permanent functions. Say hello to the forgotten attachment detector, YouTube previews and custom label colors etc Read more…
Do you have an iPhone or an Android? According to this, Android users are mostly guys, iPod touch owners are overwhelmingly young, and people who carry iPhones are way more likely to lust after an iPad. Read more…
I’ve got my hands on a copy of the leaked, confidential Microsoft “Global Criminal Compliance Handbook,” which details for police and intelligence services exactly what information Microsoft collects about users of its online services, and how they can be accessed. What is gathered and available about you is quite comprehensive, including your emai Read more…