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Stellarium 0.11.3 Officially Released

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:40:22 +0000

Stellarium 0.11.3 Officially Released Stellarium is a free open source planetarium that shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, is now at version 0.11.3.Updates for Stellarium and few and far in between, but when the developers do upgrade the software they don’t mess around and implement a lot of new Read complete Stellarium 0.11.3 Officially Released >>

Spiral Galaxy 30 Million Light-Years Away Caught on Tape

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:40:14 +0000

Spiral Galaxy 30 Million Light-Years Away Caught on Tape Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was recently able to capture an impressive view of the edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 891. The cosmic structure is located in the Andromeda Constellation, around 30 million light-years away from Earth.The photo was collected using the wide-field Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Read complete Spiral Galaxy 30 Million Light-Years Away Caught on Tape >>

New Live Action Metal Gear Rising Trailer Shows Raiden’s Past

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:40:03 +0000

New Live Action Metal Gear Rising Trailer Shows Raiden’s Past The development team at Kojima Productions and publisher Konami have launched a new live action trailer for the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, showing off yet another Raiden-based flashback which offers an insight into the origins of the character.The trailer is seen as a follow-up to the previous offering, War on Our Shores, and Read complete New Live Action Metal Gear Rising Trailer Shows Raiden’s Past >>

NHL 13 Revolutionizes Hockey with True Performance Skating and A.I.

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:30 +0000

NHL 13 Revolutionizes Hockey with True Performance Skating and A.I. Developer EA Sports has announced that it plans to make NHL 13 the most innovative game in the hockey simulation series since the 07 installment by introducing a new True Performance Skating system and by completely revamping the Artificial Intelligence of the game.True Performance Skating will make all skating driven by physics and will a… Read complete NHL 13 Revolutionizes Hockey with True Performance Skating and A.I. >>

Space X’s Dragon launch… is go! (Update)

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:18 +0000

Space X’s Dragon launch… is go! (Update) We’re crossing our fingers and toes so hard we can barely type and walk, since it looks like the oft-delayed Dragon launch will take place tomorrow. SpaceX founder Elon Musk confirmed that the company had passed final launch review with NASA and that everything was set for the Falcon 9 to lift off at 4:15AM ET on May 19th. The lift-off will be Read complete Space X’s Dragon launch… is go! (Update) >>

Huge Phytoplankton Bloom Seen in the Black Sea

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:18 +0000

Huge Phytoplankton Bloom Seen in the Black Sea In this natural-color image collected on May 18, the Black Sea reveals its massive phytoplankton bloom. The photo was snapped using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the NASA Terra satellites. MODIS was focused on the eastern half of the sea, and reveals impressive amounts of phytoplankton, in milky, Read complete Huge Phytoplankton Bloom Seen in the Black Sea >>

Raspberry Pi team shows off pics of (and taken with) prototype camera add-on

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:04 +0000

Raspberry Pi team shows off pics of (and taken with) prototype camera add-on While the main thing that would make Raspberry Pi’s diminutive $25 / $35 Linux setups better would be if we could get our hands on them faster, the team behind it is already working on improvements like this prototype camera seen above. The add-on is slated to ship later this year and plugs into the CSI pins left exposed right in the middle of Read complete Raspberry Pi team shows off pics of (and taken with) prototype camera add-on >>

Galaxy S III Gets Rooted Before Hitting Shelves

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:35:04 +0000

Galaxy S III Gets Rooted Before Hitting Shelves Galaxy S III, Samsung’s latest flagship device, is set to arrive on shelves in less than two weeks from now, and is expected to become highly popular right from the beginning. In fact, the device already attracted a lot of people on its side, and the latest reports suggest that over 9 million units have been pre-ordered a… (read Read complete Galaxy S III Gets Rooted Before Hitting Shelves >>

Anonymous Team Takes Down DWP.gov.uk for “Abuse of Privacy”

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:33:55 +0000

Anonymous Team Takes Down DWP.gov.uk for “Abuse of Privacy” The website of UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (dwp.gov.uk) has been taken down yesterday as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack launched by the hacker collective known as the ATeam (Anonymous Team).The hacktivists claim that their actions are a form of protest against “the abuse of privacy” made by Read complete Anonymous Team Takes Down DWP.gov.uk for “Abuse of Privacy” >>

Anonymous Team Takes Down DWP.gov.uk for “Abuse of Privacy”

blogger — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:33:52 +0000