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Boeing 787 Dreamliner will take first flight on Monday
Sep 26th
Boeing delivers the first 787 Dreamliner on Sunday. The first one goes to Japan’s All Nippon Airways, which has been printing the 787 logo and “We Fly 1st” on its business cards for years. The new jet, which was supposed to be flying passengers three years ago, has been delayed by production and design problems.
Boeing expects to deliver a combined 25 to 30 of the 787s and new 747-8 this year. To meet the high demand Boeing has set an ambitious goal of building 10 per month by the end of 2013. No one has ever made a large plane that fast. The 787 list price runs between $185 million and $218 million. More >
Facebook changes: More to come!
Sep 21st
Facebook changes and updates are more frequent this week. You are already aware of the smart lists feature which has a concept of Google+ circles. Today if you open Facebook you can see the changes you’re self which includes a new news Feed and news ticker.
Facebook announced changes to the way you get news on your page. All news will be in a single stream with the most interesting stories feature at the top. Facebook will reportedly include new ways of showing your appreciation for your friend’s links, videos, and endless pictures of new babies, in its revamp to be unveiled on Thursday. Alongside ‘like’, users will have the option of clicking ‘read’, ‘watched’ and ‘listened’. In the future a ‘want’ button may also be added. The new ‘news ticker’ has ignited strong reactions from users. More >
NASA launched twin satellites GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B for its moon research mission
Sep 12th
NASA finally launched its moon research mission, after a couple of weather delays. The launched twin satellites named Grail A and Grail B short form for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory took off on Saturday morning at 0908 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to unveil the inner secrets of the moon. The two probes will study the moon’s internal structure in unprecedented detail, shedding light on whether a second moon crashed into it long ago.
GRAIL will study how the moon was formed. It will explore “the structure of the lunar interior, from crust to core… to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon,” NASA said.
The first of the two robotic spacecraft separated from the Delta II upper stage 1 hour and 21 minutes after launch at 10:28 a.m. ET and the second spacecraft separated eight minutes later.
Even though the spacecraft duo was launched on the same day, they will arrive at the moon one day apart. The first orbiter, GRAIL-A arrives on 31 Dec 2011 and GRAIL-B arrives 25 hours later on 1 Jan 2012. More >
Motorola Droid Bionic to be released on 8th September
Sep 6th
Droid Bionic is one of the most anticipated Android handset whose release is confirmed on 8th September after so many delays Droid Bionic was officially announced back in January during the CES event along with the Motorola Atrix. We have heard a lot about it in the last few months and now Motorola has revealed that this smart phone is going to be released on September 8.
Then Motorola decided to redesign it and we saw the new version which is really good looking. Motorola Droid Bionic is going to be the first 4G LTE dual-core smartphone coming from Motorola. The processor was upgraded to a new one and the software was updated from More >
HP Tablet mania starts with the liquidation of HP Touchpads!
Aug 23rd
HP discounted tablets and Touchpad rates. The $99 HP tablet has arrived. Hewlett-Packard TouchPads are being liquidated in the wake of HP’s announcement that it is shuttering the WebOS device business. HP announced a fire sale over the weekend. The company’s website listed the 16 GB model at $100 and the 32 GB version at $150.
Across the Internet Sunday and Monday, people were frantically trying to find out where they might score that one $99 tablet. At this point, it appears that brick and mortar stores More >
HP acquiring Autonomy – The Enterprise Software Company
Aug 19th
HP, the largest computer manufacturer is in talks to buy Autonomy, an enterprise infrastructure software company. A report from Bloomberg states that HP is all set to buy the European infrastructure software company Autonomy for $10 billion.
Hewlett-Packard will discontinue its line of products running its WebOS operating system, including TouchPad tablets, the company said today.
Autonomy’s main technology, ‘Intelligent Data Operating Layer‘ (IDOL), allows search and processing of text taken from database, audio, video or text files or streams. The company’s software allows enterprises to provide insight and structure to electronic data, including unstructured information, such as text, email, web pages, voice, or video.
HP also reported that it is exploring ‘strategic alternatives’ for its Personal More >
Apple’s patent lawsuit against Samsung blocked sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe!
Aug 10th
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales have been blocked by a patent law suit filed by Apple. A German court granted Apple a preliminary injunction against the Korean company Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet sales in UK as well as Europe. Regional Court of Düsseldorf issued an injunction prohibiting the sale and importation of the Galaxy 10.1 throughout the European Union except for the Netherlands.
Samsung was sued by Apple over the look and feel of the Galaxy S products and the ruling was given on the grounds that it infringes the iPad’s design. Up to $350,000 fine for each violation and potential jail time for Samsung’s leadership if the infringement continues.
Apple issued a statement: “It’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we More >
Atlantis bid final farewell to ISS and headed to Home!
Jul 21st
Atlantis bid final farewell to International Space Station and headed towards home. Atlantis was set to land at 5:56 am (0956 GMT), making it a rare night landing, and NASA was describing a “gorgeous night at the Kennedy Space Center.”
The crew of Atlantis on Tuesday bade a bittersweet goodbye to the International Space Station ending the final visit by a space shuttle to ISS. The crew of Atlantis began deorbit procedures from the ISS at 0628 GMT about 350 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean to begin its final return to Earth. “Thanks so much for hosting us. It’s a great station, and it’s been an absolute pleasure,” Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson said of his crew’s eight-day stay at the ISS.
“We’ll miss you guys. Godspeed, soft landing and we’ll see you back on Earth in the fall,” space station crewmember Ronald Garan, a Nasa flight engineer, said as Atlantis floated away. “It’s been an incredible ride,” said Ferguson of the final shuttle mission. “We will never forget the role that the space shuttle played in (the station’s) creation,” he said. “Farewell ISS, make us proud.”
Final inspections of the shuttle’s heat shield, which protects More >