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Today, May 4, the NASA Aqua spacecraft and its six-instrument scientific suite are celebrating their 10th anniversary in Earth's orbit. Over the past decade, the satellite has provided experts with vast volumes of data on our planet's atmosphere, contributing to our understanding of the world as a whole.
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4 May 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Video game developer Turbine has announced that the five-year anniversary celebrations for its MMO The Lord of the Rings Online have been extended until May 9 because of their popularity with the players.
This means that those who have not logged into the MMO in some time can come back in order to get their serving ... |
1 May 2012
02:31 GMT |
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Some product types and technologies come and go within a few years, but NAND Flash memory is one of those inventions that has already lived a long time and will continue to do so for years.
Toshiba is particularly enthused about the long way that the NAND Flash memory market has come since the first products showed... |
4 April 2012
02:44 GMT |
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The developers at Sony Online Entertainment have announced that their long-running MMO EverQuest will make the move to the free-to-play business model on March 16 on all servers. The date has been chosen to coincide with the 13-year anniversary of the game’s launch and the team stated, “EQ's birthda... |
27 February 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency are proud to announce that one of their workhorse solar observatories is now celebrating its tenth anniversary in Earth's orbit. The spacecraft also holds the record for the most X-ray solar flares observed on the Sun.
The probe reached its tenth anniversary on February... |
10 February 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Angry Birds, the popular game that arrived on mobile devices about two years ago, has just been updated on Android with a new set of levels.
The team of developers behind the application is celebrating the anniversary, and the new levels reflect that.
The mobile game, now highly popular on various platforms out t... |
9 February 2012
02:00 GMT |
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Officials with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) announce that their Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is turning 100 this year. Throughout 2012, a number of events and manifestations will mark this momentous occasion.
The installation is located on the rim of Mount Kilauea's caldera, in the Hawaii Vo... |
18 January 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Sony has just revealed that, in honor of the 1-year anniversary of its DC Universe Online MMO, all players who have characters in the online game will get a special cape.
DC Universe Online was released at the beginning of last year, offering a quality superhero online experience. At the end of 2011, Sony turned the... |
13 January 2012
03:10 GMT |
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It’s a bit hard to believe but the long running Diablo franchise has turned 15, so Blizzard, its developer, has decided to celebrate this by releasing a special timeline of all the events that happened with the series up until now. Diablo I was released on December 31, 1996, in North America, and soon after th... |
5 January 2012
10:54 GMT |
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Famed scientist Stephen Hawking will turn 70 on Sunday, January 8. Unlike his ability to shed light on some of the most intricate aspects of the Universe, other scientists appear to be unable to determine how it is that the physicist managed to survive for so long while suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease (not t... |
5 January 2012
10:35 GMT |
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One of the most important prototype satellites the European Space Agency ever constructed celebrated its sixth anniversary yesterday. The GIOVE-A spacecraft was launched on December 28, 2005, as a lead validation element for the upcoming Galileo satellite navigation constellation.
Even after all this time, the space... |
29 December 2011
08:37 GMT |
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Today, December 13, NASA released this image of astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt walking on the surface of the Moon to mark the 39th anniversary of the extravehicular activity (EVA). The walk took place during Apollo 17. The snapshot is in fact a composite of two different images, both of which were snapped by Apollo ... |
13 December 2011
08:36 GMT |
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Scientists in the Antarctic will mark next week's 100-year anniversary of Roald Amundsen's trip to the South Pole on the field, conducting measurements to validate data sent from orbit by the European Space Agency's (ESA) CryoSat mission.
I cannot stop but wonder how those early explorers must have f... |
9 December 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Ubisoft is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and, in order to reward owners of its games on the PlayStation 3, has slashed the price on a variety of full games and downloadable content from the PlayStation Store.Quite a lot of anniversaries took place in the last month, from the 10th one of Microsoft’s... |
30 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Blizzard has revealed that its long running World of Warcraft MMORPG will be turning 7 in two days, on November 23, and, in order to properly mark this anniversary, all players who will log into the online game will receive special bonuses.This month was filled with plenty of celebrations, from the 10th anniversary o... |
21 November 2011
17:51 GMT |
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It's a bit hard to imagine but Sony's PlayStation 3 celebrates its fifth anniversary today, November 17, after being released five years ago in North America.Microsoft just celebrated the 10th anniversary of its original Xbox console, which was released back in November 15, 2001, and Sony is now taking over... |
17 November 2011
13:51 GMT |
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It's a bit hard to believe but 10 years ago, on November 15, 2001, the original Xbox console was released in North America, alongside some iconic titles like Halo: Combat Evolved.Now, after 10 long years and a new generation of the device, the Xbox 360, Microsoft is looking back to the past, through the voice of... |
15 November 2011
18:11 GMT |
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Developer 343 Industries and publisher Microsoft have put out a moving new trailer linked to the upcoming remake of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the game which shows us how the original title in the long running series can look and play ten years later.The new video belongs in the long tradition of trailers for ... |
14 November 2011
10:47 GMT |
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We already know that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is set to offer support for stereoscopic 3D technology but it seems that the developers at 343 Industries and Saber Interactive are also changing some of the graphics of the game in order to improve the overall gameplay experience.Speaking to Gamasutra during PAX ... |
30 August 2011
17:41 GMT |
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The developers working on the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved at 343 Industries have announced that they will be including stereoscopic 3D in the re-release in order to add a new way of looking at the classic game experience for fans.
Dan Ayoub, who is the executive producer working on Halo: Combat Evolved Annivers... |
29 August 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Windows XP just turned ten, but despite it's age it is still the most widely used operating system in the world and one of the primary reasons for the high number of infected computers.Windows XP was officially released to manufacturers on August 24, 2001. It was the launch of what was to become Microsoft's... |
24 August 2011
12:02 GMT |
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Come October 2011, Softpedia will be 10 years old! It’s hard
to believe, but that’s a whole decade’s worth of free software downloads,
relevant news and reviews.Besides being provided free of charge, our downloads are
also fresh, as “updated 1 minute ago” is not just our motto, we ac... |
23 August 2011
08:16 GMT |
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On Monday, July 4, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reached an impressive milestone in its long-duration mission, when it logged its one millionth scientific observation. The observatory has been conducting studies from Earth's orbit for more than 21 years and 2 month.
Hubble launch on April 24, 1990, at ... |
6 July 2011
02:15 GMT |
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Exactly five years ago today, astronomers at the Boulder, Colorado-based Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) decided on what to call two of Pluto's moons, that were discovered barely a year before. After nearly 12 months on debates about possible names, the team decided on Hydra and Nix. Both of these diminutive... |
21 June 2011
03:07 GMT |
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The United States' space program would have looked entirely different had it not been for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and its Spacecraft Assembly Facility (SAF). Located in Pasadena, California, the lab has been constructing and managing spacecraft for 50 years. The SAF itself was constructed back i... |
13 May 2011
05:26 GMT |
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In a time where Google, Microsoft and Yahoo seem to be the main players in the Internet game, Ask.com has somehow managed to hold its position and preserve its users for 15 years.Founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen under the name of Ask Jeeves, the company slipped on a somewhat descendant slope unti... |
10 May 2011
16:24 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency are currently getting ready to properly celebrate the coming of age of the Hubble Space Telescope, the most renowned observatory in the world. On April 24, the satellite will turn 21 years old in Earth's orbit. The instrument launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery, dur... |
21 April 2011
06:04 GMT |
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Yesterday, April 4, three space flyers launched to the International Space Station aboard a Russian space capsule. They will form the second half of the Expedition 27 crew, and their launch attempt progressed flawlessly.
This April holds a special significance in the history of spaceflight, because it marks the 50... |
5 April 2011
01:35 GMT |
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Officials with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California announce that the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has just turned 5. The spacecraft achieved orbital insertion around the Red Planet on March 10, 2006. According to scientists, this particular vehicle is one of the most versatile and we... |
10 March 2011
03:39 GMT |
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Ten years ago the Anna Kournikova email worm broke out, infecting millions of computers around the world and teaching everyone a hard lesson in social engineering.The malware was created by a 20-year old Dutch programmer named Jan de Wit, who used a virus generator downloaded from the Internet.Written in Visual Basic... |
11 February 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) are proud to announce that the GIOVE-A satellite has just reached a five-year milestone in Earth's orbit. The spacecraft is the first prototype of the Galileo satellite navigation system, which ESA is getting ready to start launching. Originally meant as a demonstrato... |
28 December 2010
06:36 GMT |
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The NASA Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite has just turned 10, officials at the space agency are happy to announce. The spacecraft was initially designed to have a year-long mission, and to last in space for 18 months, but it's still kicking today.The satellite was built by main contractors Swales Aerospace and... |
23 November 2010
05:11 GMT |
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On August 18, 1960, the United Sates recorded a massive success, when an airplane managed to recover the capsule of a Corona satellite that had been launched to survey enemy territories.Developed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in collaboration with the US Air Force (USAF), the satellite was the first Americ... |
26 August 2010
09:42 GMT |
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Astronomers say that August 20 will mark a very special day in their calendars, as the moment when the gas giant Neptune will complete its first orbit around the Sun, since being discovered back in 1846.In two days, the planet will be in opposition, which means that it will be on the same straight line as the Earth a... |
18 August 2010
09:50 GMT |
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Dita Von Teese can sell absolutely anything, from alcoholic beverages to books and luxury lingerie, and the figures speak for themselves. For the 10th anniversary of flights from and to London and Las Vegas, Teese wing walked and posed for pictures with Sir Richard Branson, after being immortalized on the side of a p... |
16 June 2010
16:21 GMT |
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Capcom filed a new trademark for something called Mega Man Universe with the United States Patent and Trademark Office last week, indicating that the publisher might be getting ready to announce a fresh version of its popular two-dimensional character. The trademark applies to everything, going from videogames to scr... |
29 April 2010
12:51 GMT |
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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope is the most significant and relevant observatory ever deployed in our planet's orbit. Over the years, it has contributed a wealth of data to science, which helped experts discover new and exciting things about our Universe. It's safe to say that the instrument drastically cha... |
23 April 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Getting around to posting this day-old piece of news just now, Softpedia would like to congratulate Apple on the Mac’s 26th anniversary. Today, January 25th, the Apple Macintosh is already 26 years and one day old. Most of all, however, we would like to praise Apple for its advancements. From 128K to Snow Leopa... |
25 January 2010
10:45 GMT |
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With international releases, it's really hard for games to celebrate their birthdays. Born one day on one continent, and born on another one some place else make things rather confusing when one decides to blow their candles. Killzone might have been launched for the first time on November 2, 2004 for the PlaySt... |
25 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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Activision was born on October the 1st, 1979, and has turned into a leader in the game industry. Its titles are expected by gamers all over the world and, as soon as launched, they spread with the speed of a tsunami. Its games are probably also the most pirated of all in the world and plenty of them are known even to... |
2 October 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest vendor of computer processors, has just announced that it has reached a new milestone, having managed to ship the 500 millionth x86 processor. According to the company, the milestone has been enabled by its 40 years of innovation, pro... |
24 July 2009
05:04 GMT |
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A colorful, glittering page on iTunes reveals that Apple’s revolutionary App Store is now one year old. Using the App Store, iPhone and iPod touch owners can download free applications at no charge, or purchase priced applications. As usual, the company used application icons to create artwork for the celebrati... |
7 July 2009
02:22 GMT |
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Today marks seven years since Apple decided to have its own chain of retail stores, despite criticism coming from analysts at the time. Today, we celebrate the May 19, 2001 grand opening of the first store at Tysons Corner Center (Virg.) and, three hours later, the opening of the Glendale Galleria (S. Calif.) store, ... |
19 May 2009
10:55 GMT |
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Established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977, Apple Inc. is responsible for the iPod and iTunes, the Mac laptop and desktop computers, the OS X operating system, and the revolutionary iPhone. The company's motto is "Think Different."The company was called Apple Computer,... |
1 April 2009
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Barbie and, later on, Ken, have always been the perfect example of dress-up and make-pretending. Toy maker Mattel, with some very inspired help from legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, has just taken make-pretending to the next level, by launching a special Barbie & Ken collection dressed by Karl, on the occas... |
6 March 2009
08:46 GMT |
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This week, the Macintosh celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Macintosh was the first successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface, GUI.Following a personality conflict between Jef Raskin and Steve Jobs, the final Mac design was self-contained and had the complete QuickDraw picture l... |
27 January 2009
08:41 GMT |
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The Tomb Raider franchise is perhaps one of the most long lasting adventure series out there. With the first title appearing in 1996, the popularity of the franchise has always been high, with numerous fans eagerly anticipating the next adventures of Lara Croft, one of the most known videogame characters out there.Th... |
29 October 2008
13:31 GMT |
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Although some scientists celebrate 400 years since the telescope was first invented, today, others prefer to wait until 2009, the officially declared International Year of Astronomy. This further proves the controversy on the exact date of the creation of the device.According to some experts, the first real telescope... |
2 October 2008
10:33 GMT |
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There are big chances you have never heard of this free massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) called Cronous and we can't blame you for that - we didn't know anything about it until now. But, as the developers decided to improve the title a little bit, it has become a worth noting one - a ... |
2 July 2008
04:19 GMT |
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Yesterday was the day Apple Stores worldwide turned seven. Happy Birthday Apple Retail Stores! Apple has come a long way since its first stores were set up in Virginia and Glendale back in 2001, from the architectural structure to the way it handles its business.MacDailyNews notes that the first two Apple Stores open... |
20 May 2008
06:05 GMT |
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