Google Founder Brin visits Russian Space Cosmodrome

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By Maria Golovnina
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist.
Richard Garriott, a U.S. computer game developer and Brin's friend, is due to blast off into orbit aboard Russia's Soyuz spaceship on Sunday at 1:03 p.m. (0503 GMT) alongside U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov.
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Posted on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:34:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MySpace and HP launch online Print Service

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MySpace and HP announced plans to integrate HP printing technology across multiple areas on MySpace, including all photo sections.
This relationship is intended to enhance the MySpace experience and enable millions of consumers to print the photo sections, personal profiles, blog entries, comments and messages stored on their MySpace profiles and share them offline in new and exciting ways. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dead Space Goes Gold

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One of the most anticipated survival horror games since Doom 3 has officially gone gold. EA has announced that Dead Space has hit the golden point and will ship on October 14th for Xbox 360 and PS3. PC gamers will have to wait a few more days for shipment on October 20th.

Xbox 360 owners can also get a very limited edition run of 1,000 Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition sets with an animated movie, bonus content, 97-page art book, 160-page graphic novel and a signed lithograph for $149. Buyers who get the game in the first 2 weeks for Xbox and PS3 will get a platform exclusive suit (PS3 suit pictured). Read more

Posted on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:11:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

3rd Space Announces Support for WoW

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TN Games has announced a new driver for its 3rd Space vest that supports World of Warcraft. WoW is one of the most popular games on the PC and the addition of the virtual reality 3rd Space vest should make WoW players excited.

Now when that Rouge tries to stealth kill you from behind you will feel it (in a good way). WoW may well be the driver update that MMORPG gamers have waited for to jump on the vest bandwagon. Read more

Posted on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:44:05 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Ergotron Neo-Flex Notebook Workspace Accessories

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If you work exclusively from a notebook, you will want some accessories that will make it more comfortable to work. Ergotron offers an entire line of accessories for notebook users that will make life easier, and more comfortable.

The offering includes the Neo-Flex Notebook WorkBase which is a complete package that includes a wireless mouse and keyboard along with a height adjustable, nine-pound laptop stand. The stand and the notebook and keyboard retail for $99. The wireless keyboard and mouse can purchased separately for $59. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:38:47 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LittleBigPlanet Spacesuit Costume for Sackboy available at Launch

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As reported LittleBigPlanet is available for pre-order and will ship on October 21st.
If you own LittleBigPlanet during the first week after launch you can download a very cool limited Edition Spacesuit Costume (photo) for Sackboy according to the Playstation blog.

The Sackboy Space suit will be available on the Playstation Store for free. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:50:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

3rd Space Vest Gets New Drivers

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TN Games, the gang behind the interesting 3rd Space gaming vest have announced new drivers for the vest that add compatibility for a slew of the coolest PC games on the planet. The new driver update is free to owners of the vest.

Games now supported on the 3rd space vest include Bioshock, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4, and more. The total amount of games now supported by the 3rd Space vest is 20. I used the 3rd Space vest at CES 2008 and it was cool. Read more

Posted on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Hermes Spacecraft for the Masses

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There is something more than a little disconcerting about the thought of anyone and everyone being able to own a spacecraft. Sure being able to travel into space at will would be cool, but the thought of my idiot neighbor trying to launch a spaceship is crazy.

Hermes Spacecraft is looking to do just that -- make space travel on a personal space shuttle accessible to everyone. The first flight to of an unmanned Hermes spacecraft and will be in October at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The October flight will be tethered. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket did not reach Orbit

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SpaceX is very busy testing their rockets this weekend. Yesterday we reported about their successful test of Thrust Firing of Falcon 9 Rocket. The private space company had also scheduled the launch of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 mission for Saturday, August 2nd.

Falcon 1 is the first new orbital rocket in more than a decade. The test on Saturday afternoon did fail though. The Falcon 1 did not reach orbit. After the first stage of the launch that went well a problem occurred with stage separation, causing the stages to be held together. Read more

Posted on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 01:00:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SpaceX conducts full Thrust Firing of Falcon 9 Rocket

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first nine engine firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on July 30th.
A second firing on August 1st completed a major NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) milestone almost two months early.

In June the private space transport company announced static Test Firing of next Falcon 1 Rocket. Read more

Posted on Sat, 2 Aug 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Space Invaders Worldwar Pits USA Against Japan

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders an online battle between the US and Japan is brewing in a new game called Space Invaders Worldwar. The game is very different from what you may have played on your Atari back in the day.

Rather than a triangle, you move left and right across the bottom of the screen, the new online version of the game has invaders flying at you from different locations around the screen. You use the mouse to place a crosshair on the invaders and blow them up. The goal is to reach a specific amount of kills in 30 seconds to progress. Read more

Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:44:33 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MySpace joins shared Identity Service OpenID

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace Internet social network will join the OpenID alliance to begin letting its users take their online identity to other sites and social networks without having to register again.
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Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:24:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Space Chimps could soar on DVD

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By Kirk Honeycutt

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Space Chimps" is on a perilous mission into North American cinemas to compete against "WALL-E" and "Kung Fu Panda" for the family audience, not to mention vie for screens against such hot openers as "The Dark Knight" and "Mamma Mia!" You wouldn't wish such a fate on a dog.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:42:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RingCube Managed Virtual workspace on Biometric Flash Drive

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RingCube Technologies has announced that it and MXI Security have teamed up to bring MojoPac Enterprise to users on MXI Securities Stealth MXP Biometric USB drive. The product will let users carry their applications and full desktop environment on a USB drive and access it on any computer anywhere.

The MXI flash drive adds high levels of protection to the virtual workspace by utilizing 2-factor biometric authentication and AES 256-bit encryption. The product will allow users to safely and securely access any data and programs from a custom windows desktop without fear of losing the flash drive and the data getting into the wrong hands. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:32:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nikon D2XS used in Space

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Nikon announced that Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide had the digital SLR Camera Nikon D2XS with him at his space trip to the ISS last month.

On this mission, several Nikon products, including six digital SLR camera Nikon D2XS, three NIKKOR lenses (AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED, and AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED), and Speedlights (SB-800) were used. Read more

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SpaceX conducts static Test Firing of next Falcon 1 Rocket

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle on June 25, 2008 (Marshall Island Time) on Omelek Island, SpaceX's launch site at the Kwajalein Atoll.
This test is the final step before launch of the Falcon 1 rocket. SpaceX has been founded by PayPal founder Elon Musk.

"We are definitely not tied to the clock for this launch, and we are checking and crosschecking every aspect of the vehicle and ground systems to ensure a successful mission," said Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX. "Our primary concerns remain the safety and reliability of our vehicle, and the successful delivery of the Defense Department and NASA satellites to orbit." Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:20:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NASA Awards Contract for New Space Suit

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NASA announced yesterday that it had awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc for the design, development, and production of a new space suit system for manned space missions. The contract is a cost-plus-award-fee for a performance period from June 2008 to September 2014 with a value of $183.8 million.

The test period will cover everything from the development and testing to the first flight of the new suit, NASA says that suits and support system will be needed for as many as four astronauts on moon voyages and as many as six for the ISS. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:17:42 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MySpace plans Redesign for next Week

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.
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Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:34:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google co-founder Brin books Space Flight

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $5 million down payment to book a seat on a future orbital space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said on Wednesday.
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Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:11:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MySpace to let Users share Profile across the Net

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace social network will let users choose to share their public profile information, such as pictures, videos, and text, across the Web to spread its service beyond its own borders.
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Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MySpace's fashionable Child launches new Designers

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By Jane Lee

LONDON (Reuters) - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.
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Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 09:39:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr