That’s going to be interesting! http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/space-robert-thirsk-space-station-astronaut.html?ref=rss Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is a member of a six-person crew that will live on the International Space Station for six months. On May 27, he and two other crewmates are scheduled to launch from Kazhakstan to join the other three already aboard the station.
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Borland Software Corporation to be Acquired by Micro Focus International plc
🙁 sad http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2009/05_06_09_borland_to_be_acquired_by_micro_focus.html
Water
Thirsty? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_sc/us_space_urine
Yahoo strike back?
From CNET: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10244981-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Guessing the user’s intent is the centerpiece of Yahoo’s efforts on improving search these days, and it needs to find objects, rather than documents, to make that happen.
CBC Radio One, Radio 2 juggle schedules
This is horrible. Nooooooooo http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/05/14/cbc-radio.html?
Deal of the day
From gawker: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/IwnaoEndK_0/ibm-pc-with-windows-311-48633mhz-processor-for-500-get-it-while-its-hot
Zune phone again!
Again again and again! http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-301177.html A Microsoft promotional Twitter account tells fans that a new product launch is coming and hold off from buying a Palm Pre. The idea that Microsoft may release a Zune-phone, based on its portable music player, has once again resurfaced. Although the likelihood of a…
Bell Mobility buys remaining 50% of Virgin Mobile
When I said we had a problem with mobility in Canada! This does not feel right. This brand had probably the lowest rate in Canada and was really no gimmic. I wonder how long it will last. And what will happen to Solo also a brand owned by Bell. They didn’t know how to make…
We need more nuke. Please
Why do I feel we are going backward sometime! http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/b5zKGZ73loo/nasa-running-out-of-fuel-for-deep-space-missions-because-nobody-makes-nukes-anymore Supplies of NASA’s go-to fuel for space exploration , plutonium-238, are dwindling. The U.S. stopped making it 20 years ago and now NASA’s Russian suppliers are running out after production shut down. The problem? Nobody makes nukes anymore. Deep space probes beyond Jupiter can’t use…
Palm Pre Coming to Canada’s Bell Mobility
Good news http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=c0be614577cea3b43fb2d69960b8f03f Palm Inc . today officially announced that Palm Pre will debut in Canada exclusively on Bell Mobility’s 3G high-speed mobile network in the second half of 2009. “Bell is excited to be only the second carrier in the world to announce the 3G Pre,” said Adel Bazerghi, senior vice president of Products…