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Submitted by Krovek on Thursday March 13, @02:54PM
Krovek writes "A moon of Saturn, Enceladus, has a 310-mile-wide ice ball. NASA's Cassini spacecraft had a near-miss with the moon Wednesday afternoon, passing about 30 miles above its surface at a speed of more than 32,000 miles per hour. In the next few years, the spacecraft is said to orbit the moon seven times, analyzing the geyser of icy particles shooting out of its south pole. When Cassini first caught sight of this plume during a flyby three years ago, scientists instantly became intrigued. The plume hinted at liquid water somewhere below Enceladus' surface, and where there is liquid water, there is also a possibility of life. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/science/space/13plumew.html?_r=1&ref=space&oref=slogin"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/science/space/13plumew.html?_r=1&ref=space&oref=slogin
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Submitted by Kev647 on Tuesday March 11, @01:28PM
Kev647 writes "A New York Times article that explains how even one of Microsoft's own Vice Presidents are getting the short end of the stick: "Then there's Mike, who buys a laptop that has a reassuring "Windows Vista Capable" logo affixed. He thinks that he will be able to run Vista in all of its glory, as well as favorite Microsoft programs like Movie Maker. His report: "I personally got burned." His new laptop — logo or no logo — lacks the necessary graphics chip and can run neither his favorite video-editing software nor anything but a hobbled version of Vista. "I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine," he says. It turns out that Mike is clearly not a naïf. He's Mike Nash, a Microsoft vice president who oversees Windows product management. And Jon, who is dismayed to learn that the drivers he needs don't exist? That's Jon A. Shirley, a Microsoft board member and former president and chief operating officer. And Steven, who reports that missing drivers are anything but exceptional, is in a good position to know: he's Steven Sinofsky, the company's senior vice president responsible for Windows." Read on... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?ei=5087&em=&en=89901eb2917ab280&ex=1205380800&pagewanted=print"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?ei=5087&em=&en=89901eb2917ab280&ex=1205380800&pagewanted=print
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 [+] submission, it, windows

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