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Submission + - Enormous amount of water ice found on Mars

Submitted by schweini on Thursday March 15, 2007 @07:09PM

schweini writes: Space.com is reporting that the Mars Express probe's MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding) experiment has detected and measured an enormous amount of water ice near mars' south pole, which would be sufficient to submerge the whole planet's surface underneath aprox. 10m of water on average.

Submission + - GameTap's New Indie Games Label, IGF Award

Submitted by

nz17

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:29PM

nz17 writes: "Gamasutra is carrying the story about GameTap's new indie games program. From the article:

By enlisting in the program, GameTap assumes non-exclusive responsibility for the digital distribution of each selected game. In addition to being promoted alongside GameTap titles, GameTap Indies will be showcased in a special Independent Games content area within the service.
GameTap also plans to give out its own award at the Independent Games Festival to three recipients. These selected three will receive $5000 — $10000 for a non-exclusive five-year distribution contract through the GameTap service."

Feed Gore's Own Inconvenient Truth (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @11:12PM

The green crusader's mansion uses 10 times more power than typical Nashville homeowners, prompting calls of hypocrisy from conservatives. By the Associated Press.

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