Apr 30th, 2008 by RedPepper
This weekend a second satellite for European GPS-like project Galileo has launched to the Earth’s orbit carrying a very accurate two rubidium atomic clock.
The satellite’s build atomic clock is accurate to a 10 nanoseconds a day that is the most accurate clock on orbit.
In the near future by 2010 the European Union will extend the satellites network with four operational Galileo satellites and by 2013 with 30 satellites when the network will be fully operational.
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Apr 4th, 2008 by RedPepper
A new computer center in Switzerland is making original use of the hot air thrown off by its servers and communications equipment. The heat is being funneled to warm the local swimming pool.
The town pool in Uitikon, Switzerland, outside Zurich, will be the receiver of the waste heat from a data center recently built by IBM Corp. for GIB-Services AG. Continue Reading »
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Apr 3rd, 2008 by RedPepper
More than 8,000 NASA contractor jobs in the nation’s manned space program may possibly be eliminated after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010.
The number of civil servants is expected to remain approximately the same, but dramatic job cuts are likely among private contractors as NASA transitions to the Constellation program programmed to begin flights in 2015, program which is developing the next-generation vehicle and rockets to go to the moon and later to Mars. Continue Reading »
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Apr 3rd, 2008 by RedPepper
Opera’s mobile software uses a remote server to pre-process web pages before sending them to your phone. Web content is compressed to reduce the size of data transfers, enabling fast browsing experience at low costs even on simpler phones.
This newest release includes several new features, including automatic completion of web addresses, making it easier to get to the sites you need; tools for attaching files to web-based email; uploading photos to your blog or other site; downloading attachments from email for storage on your phone; and saving and viewing pages offline. Continue Reading »
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Feb 29th, 2008 by RedPepper
Microsoft Corp alleged on Thursday it plans to cut prices of its Windows Vista operating system sold at retail helping customers to switch to the newest version of Windows.
The world’s biggest software maker said it plans to lower retail prices for Vista in 70 countries later on this year when the first major update for Vista, known as Service Pack 1 (SP1) will be available. Continue Reading »
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