Webpages concerning "Tech [8]"
All vacations must end, including that of Dennis Tito, the first paying tourist to enjoy the sight of his home planet from beyond the confines of terrestrial gravity.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/05/space.tourist.02/index.html
Using a fleet of orbiting observatories, scientists have
peered close to edge of a black hole and come up with an unexpected
discovery.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/08/black.hole/index.html
Legendary astronaut John Glenn took aim at the first paying
space tourist on Thursday while marking the fifth annual Space Day celebration.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/03/space.day/index.html
How is the first paying tourist in space spending his time after spending millions of dollars? Looking out the window, listening to music and getting his money's worth, according to his son.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/02/space.dad/index.html
Penetrating the thick clouds of Venus, two advanced observatories on Earth have teamed up to give a close-up glimpse of the shrouded planet.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/14/venus.telescope/index.html
Using a ground-based telescope to peer into a distant point of
light, scientists have come up with a startling conclusion -- the star
ingested one or more of its own planets.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/10/planet.cannibalism/index.html
A modified oil platform and command ship have arrived at the
equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean to prepare for Tuesday's scheduled launch of
a sophisticated communications satellite.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/07/sealaunch/index.html
One of the most powerful communications satellite ever built is settling into orbit, following its launch from a platform floating in the Pacific Ocean.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/09/sealaunch.folo/index.html
A mammoth platform and command ship have set sail in the Pacific
Ocean as they prepare for an upcoming communications satellite launch
from the sea.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/02/sea.launch/index.html
All vacations must end, including that of Dennis Tito, the first paying tourist to enjoy the sight of his home planet from beyond the confines of terrestrial gravity.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/05/space.tourist/index.html
The first paying tourist in space floated through U.S. territory on the international space station this week, despite misgivings from NASA that he should never have left the ground.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/02/alpha.update/index.html
The world's first paying space tourist Dennis Tito says now that he has met my dream, his next goal is to help other civilians take a trip into space.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/09/tito.returns.la/index.html
The coffee-shop company selected Compaq as the main hardware supplier in its plan to offer customers access to broadband content and services at most of its shops worldwide.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/03/starbucks.compaq.idg/index.html
A compound that naturally rids the air of pollutants has become increasingly scarce in the global atmosphere in the past decade, according to a new scientific report.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/03/atmosphere.cleanser/index.html
Seamless international roaming is available to most of the world's wireless subscribers, but many U.S. travelers have been slow to catch on.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/02/international.phones.idg/index.html
IP-Based Networks are emerging as important cost savers as IT managers try to hold down their expenses in a slowing economy. VOIP (voice over IP) technology in particular is finally picking up steam after much experimentation, largely because it enables companies to save money on telephone charges.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/08/voip.networks.idg/index.html
The world's first genetically modified humans have been born.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/05/US.genes/index.html
Six months after the tumultuous presidential balloting in Florida, a nonprofit technical consortium announced that it has formed a committee to develop a specialized XML standard aimed at improving the accuracy and efficiency of elections.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/07/xml.voting.standard.idg/index.html
One of the two most massive dinosaurs ever known has been uncovered in a barren stretch of Egypt, scientists announced Thursday.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/31/egypt.dinosaur/index.html
A handful of entrepreneurs have set their sights on some heavenly dividends, whether by strip mining the moon for energy, extracting platinum from asteroid mountains or distilling water from dormant comets.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/16/space.mining/index.html
It was a little bit like a gold rush, German-style.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/05/23/germany.mobiles/index.html
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/25/top.monitors.idg/index.html
It's a school millions of youngsters will be thrilled to enroll in this fall: Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But will Harry Potter, the video game hold a candle to the incredible success of the books about this young magician-in-training?
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/fun.games/05/21/potterweb/index.html
New research in Hawaii is making strides in developing a language that will allow humans and dolphins to communicate, based on the clicks and whistles that comprise the foundation of dolphin-speak.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/22/dolphin.humans/index.html
Third-generation mobile phones are still several years away in Europe, but companies are positioning themselves to grab a piece of the pie.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/05/15/3g.winners/index.html
DELTA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Louisiana (CNN) -- In the middle of this year's power crunch, one of the biggest debates is over oil drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. But this federal wildlife sanctuary would not be the first opened to drilling. Several in Louisiana are attempting to mix nature preservation with energy production.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/05/16/refuge.drilling/index.html
It's always up there -- just usually hidden by the glow of the sun and moon. But this month, sky watchers get their best chance this year to glimpse Mercury.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/16/mercury.rising/index.html
The residents of the international space station are expected to make their first foray into the vacuum of space soon. And an unforeseen technological twist could add plenty of excitement and time to the excursion.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/28/space.station/index.html
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http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/15/5.future.technologies.idg/index.html
Control your cursor -- no mouse involved. The NaturalPoint trackIR by Eye Control Technologies offers alternatives to the mouse, so your hands never have to leave the keyboard. TrackIR enables you to direct your cursor with body motions such as turning your head or slightly moving your finger.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/26/technofile.trackir/index.html
An astronaut seriously burned in a single-engine plane crash in Texas remained in stable, but critical, condition on Wednesday, NASA said. The pilot of the two-seat plane also suffered major burns, but medical authorities would not discuss his condition.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/23/astronaut.crash/index.html
A NASA astronaut who suffered severe burn injuries in a
small airplane crash in Texas has died. Patricia Hilliard Robertson was
38.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/25/astronaut.crash/index.html
CNN Technology Correspondent took time out at the E3 video game expo in Los Angeles to talk with Microsoft's Robbie Bach, Chief Xbox Officer. Xbox is the Redmond, Washington company's foray into video game consoles. Bach discusses its graphic capabilities and when it will be released in the United States.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/05/16/xbox.interview.cnna/index.html
space
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/31/downlinks/index.html
It may be several years before NASA or other space agencies send any humans to Mars, but everyone on Earth is getting a bit closer to the red planet.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/17/mars/index.html
Dennis Tito, the world's first paying space tourist, said he would not make the trip again even if he could because it is time for other people to experience space.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/18/tito.space.tourism/index.html
Feeling down and out? Looking for a bit of inspiration? Just when it seems like the bad couldn't get any worse and the dark skies are caving in -- there is a little sunshine breaking through the clouds. Good things are just a mouse click away.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/12/nbn.good.things/index.html
NASA is about to launch a probe on a really hot mission. The High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager spacecraft, or HESSI, is scheduled for launch on June 7.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/29/hessi/index.html
When Bern Ziegler was told he was the 3 millionth user of a screen saver that doubles as a program to look for intelligent aliens, the German physicist thought it was a joke.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/17/in.brief/index.html
The Galileo probe will make its closet pass to the moon Callisto during its extended tour of the Jupiter system. The NASA spacecraft will skim over the planet-sized, crater-packed satellite at an altitude of about 76 miles (123 km) on Friday, according to NASA.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/22/in.brief/index.html
No longer content with flying instruments on other robot ships, the Canadian Space Agency wants to send a probe of its own to the red planet.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/29/in.brief/index.html
Intelligence scientists listening for covert nuclear blasts had their ears rattled by other explosive sounds -- the explosion of meteors as they streaked over the Pacific Ocean.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/23/secret.meteors/index.html
Forty years ago on this day, President John F. Kennedy
presented a bold challenge before a joint session of Congress: Send a
man to the moon by the end of the decade.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/25/kennedy.moon/index.html
The legendary face of Mars has graced tabloid newspaper covers, inspired theories of alien civilizations and starred in a Hollywood film. But new high-resolution satellite images unmask the truth underneath the peculiar rock formation.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/25/mars.faces/index.html
A robot spacecraft will be launched on a suicide mission to intercept and crash into a comet in deep space, NASA has announced.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/25/deep.impact/index.html
Scientists using a combination of high-powered telescopes say they have found a bonanza of binary stars, a find that could help explain the evolution of globular clusters, some of the oldest structures in our galaxy.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/18/chandra/index.html
The unexpected size of a recently discovered body beyond Pluto has scientists wondering if even larger objects lurk in the depths of the solar system.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/24/beyond.pluto/index.html
Faster, richer graphics and a wider screen all in the palm of your hand. That's what Nintendo, the world's leader in handheld gaming, is promising with the release of the new Game Boy Advance. Some of the improvements include a 32-bit processor, higher quality sound, and additional buttons. Also, the Advance is held horizontally to accommodate the 50 percent wider screen.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/fun.games/05/19/game.boy/index.html
An experimental U.S. spy satellite that uses laser communications is poised to launch on Friday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/18/spy.satellite/index.html
A gang of suspected hackers led by a 63-year-old man has been arrested by Russian police.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/24/russia.hackers/index.html
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