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NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt 398

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @12:11PM from the anyone-raid-the-coffee-fund-money dept.

CGISecurity.com writes "NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't get done. 'We know what to do, we just don't have the money,' said Simon 'Pete' Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center." But hey, it's just the potential end of the world, so nothing much to worry about there.

Journal Journal: Rocketeers Find Large Impact Crater In Nevada 29

Journal by SEWilco on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:54AM

While participating in amateur rocket launches in Black Rock Desert (Burning Man site), Ian Kluft KO6YQ noticed rocks with some oddities. Through the Internet he learned the characteristics of impact craters, then found some clues in photographs and Google Maps. Examining the area he got samples of rock with impact patterns in them and other evidence. Previous geological puzzles in the region are well explained as impact structures. Volunteers are finding peculiarities in satellite imagery

Submission + - Is Google making a cell phone?

Submitted by Kuan Yew on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:44AM

Kuan Yew writes: Two months ago Engadget posted pictures of a device they dubbed the Google Switch, a device that was allegedly co-designed by Google and Samsung. Recently, a technologist-turned-entrepreneur called Simeon Simeonov continued the story by suggesting that Google's acquisition of mobile services like Reqwireless and Skia were further hints of a Google phone in development. The question remains, however, is Google really developing a cell phone or is this all part of the great Google hype machine?

Submission + - U.S. DOT ban on Vista

Submitted by Fozzyuw on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:34AM

Fozzyuw writes: My company has just sent out a memo stating that no computers are allowed to be purchased or upgraded to Windows Vista, Office 2007, or Internet Explorer. While being my companies web developer, I've upgraded to IE7 some time ago, but only after Multiple IE allowed me to easily install IE6.

This policy memo was initialed due to the recent action by the U.S. Department of Transpertation placing a ban on these new Microsoft Products stating...

"there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products. Furthermore, there appears to be specific reasons not to upgrade."

I think it makes sense for my company to do this. As the old saying goes "If it's not broke, don't fix it". So, are there other companies out there that are enacting a similar kind of policy?

Microsoft Attacks Google on Copyright 188

Posted by Hemos on Tuesday March 06, 2007 @11:34AM from the how-is-blistering-is-blistering dept.

The Microsoft Corporation has prepared a blistering attack on rival Google, arguing that the Web search leader takes a cavalier approach to copyright protection. The attack, such as it were, came from Microsoft's Associate General Counsel who was giving a speech to the Association of American Publishers...who have a copyright lawsuit against Google for the last sixteen months. So, an audience ready to hear about how Bad Google is.

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