NASA’s current plan for manned space exploration focuses on establishing a base on the moon, as a stepping stone for a visit to Mars. The initiative has been trumpeted by the Bush administration. But trouble is brewing as a growing group of former mission managers, planetary scientists and astronauts argues against any manned moon mission at all.
Noca, a startup founded by ex-Visa employees, is attempting to virtually eliminate transaction feeds by bypassing the credit card companies altogether with its own online payment service.
Now Ubuntu 7.10 is making it’s way to our XPS 1330 laptop and Dell will begin offering Ubuntu in Spain. Thank you to the Linux community for the support. Your purchases and your commitment is the driving force behind this expansion, and is the key to more in the future.
Mozilla’s security chief Window Snyder has confirmed a proof of concept information leak flaw in Firefox–even fully patched versions.
More will come shortly. Let’s hit ‘em hard!
Galaxies and clusters of galaxies are not uniformly distributed in the Universe, instead they collect into vast clusters and sheets and walls of galaxies interspersed with large voids in which very few galaxies seem to exist. The map above shows many of these superclusters including the Virgo supercluster.
controversial new study indicates that there are traces of vast cosmic strings left over in radiation from the early universe. If indeed confirmed to be real, these cosmic strings would offer an unprecedented window into the extreme physics of origins of the universe.
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We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget.
Yahoo, is in early discussions with major record labels over offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an ad-supported service.
Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay, the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name.
Yahoo, is in early discussions with major record labels over offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an ad-supported service.
Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay, the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name.
