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Joint US-European solar mission ends
Washington - After more than 17 years of studying the Sun, a joint effort by the US and European space agencies is set to end Tuesday. The Ulysses solar mission has far outlived its predicted life span, but declining power to propel the craft has pro...

[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Space (Technology) ]

Indonesian maid jailed for smothering elderly woman to death
Singapore - An Indonesian maid was sentenced to nine years in prison for smothering a 70-year-old kidney patient to death after the woman tore up a picture of the young woman' brother, news reports said Tuesday. Tri Lestari, 24, pleaded guilty to pus...

[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Windows XP expires
San Francisco - Microsoft officially retired Windows XP on Monday, forcing buyers of new computers to go with the operating system's unpopular successor Windows Vista. The retirement affects copied of XP sold to large computer makers and stores. Cons...

[Posted on : 2008-07-01 ] Category : [ Technology ]

After grazing on Saturn's rings, Cassini moves in on moons
Washington - After delivering spectacular images of Saturn's rings in recent years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft turned its focus Monday to Saturn's moons and how sunlight affects the surfaces of the gas giant and its natural satellites. Cassini got a n...

[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Space (Technology) ]

Cyber attack on Lithuanian websites
Vilnius - Some 300 websites in the Baltic nation of Lithuania were targetted in a cyber assault reminiscent of attacks on computer networks in Estonia in 2007, local media reported on Monday. The sites' regular content was blocked out by a red backgr...

[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Asian IT managers favour technology reducing capital expenditures
Singapore - Asian information technology (IT) managers consider technology that can increase IT utilization rates of computers and storage hardware as exerting the biggest influence on their industries, a published survey said on Monday. Called virtu...

[Posted on : 2008-06-30 ] Category : [ Technology ]

Firefox 3 beefs up security
Munich - Internet users can download the new 3.0 version of the popular Firefox browser starting immediately. The software is available at http://www.getfirefox.com. Versions are available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux - all free, reports the Mozi...

[Posted on : 2008-06-29 ] Category : [ Technology ]

The computer helper: Taming Vista
Washington - There's a lot about Windows Vista that's new to users of previous versions of Windows. And there's a lot about Vista that you probably don't need or want, as well. Do you ever, for instance, really use the pen tablet components of Vista?...

[Posted on : 2008-06-29 ] Category : [ Technology ]

Young women remain cool to technology fields
Berlin - Women continue to lack enthusiasm for technical fields, whether in academia or the workforce, according to a new German study. According to the survey by Bitkom, an industrial association, half of new university students in autumn 2007 were ...

[Posted on : 2008-06-29 ] Category : [ Technology ]

SIA takes delivery of fifth A380
Singapore - The delivery of the fifth superjumbo to Singapore Airlines (SIA) has paved the way for additional services to London and special flights to Beijing during the Olympics, the carrier said Saturday in Singapore. The A380, the world's largest...

[Posted on : 2008-06-28 ] Category : [ Technology ]

 



 

 


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