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Scientists Appeal Decision to Terminate GEMS Mission

When NASA officials decided to pull the plug on the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS) X-ray telescope mission, they inadvertently got the science team managing the observatory very upset. They are now making a case for sparing the telescope, bringing some solid arguments to the table. For starters, ...

7 June 2012
12:05 GMT

Guild Wars 2 Will Allow Characters Transfers Every Seven Days

Developer ArenaNet has announced that players of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 MMO will be able to transfer their account and characters to a new home world once every seven days, as long as they are ready to pay the 1,800 gems required. The transfer will move all the existing characters linked to an account and will al...

26 April 2012
12:11 GMT

The Settlers Online Gets Retail Starter Pack on March 29

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a retail-only Starter Pack for its The Settler Online browser-based video game on March 29, allowing those players who are interested in the experience to get a head start in the game and see some of the most interesting content it has to offer. Th...

28 March 2012
09:02 GMT

Martian Exploration Mission Gets New Name

According to an announcement made by experts at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, a Mars exploration mission previously called GEMS is now called InSight. The former GEophysical Monitoring Station has now been dubbed the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and...

29 February 2012
02:11 GMT

Mars-Bound GEMS Mission Selected by NASA

Officials from the American space agency announce that they have selected the Geophysical Monitoring Station (GEMS) for Mars mission proposal as one of the final contenders for the next member of the Discovery Program. NASA is currently assessing available proposals, deciding on which are the most suitable for furthe...

28 May 2011
07:01 GMT

Puzzle Quest 2: A Cheater Is Worse Than a Rat

Puzzle Quest is a mix between a role playing game and a match-3 developed by Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher that arrived on platforms like Xbox Live and the PC, with a version for the PlayStation Portable handheld also in development.The first thing I complained about when talking about Puzzle Que...

9 September 2010
18:31 GMT

GEMS Satellite to Analyze Cosmic X-ray Source Polarization

The NASA-operated Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, is currently buzzing with excitement, as engineers are working around the clock to complete a new satellite. Dubbed the Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer (GEMS), the instrument will systematically measure the polarization of cosmic X-ra...

5 August 2009
06:15 GMT

PopCap Brings Bejeweled Twist to Mobiles

Since PopCap, the leader in casual game development and publishing, released the Bejeweled Twist six weeks ago for PCs, the game has received nothing but the most favorable reviews. At the same time, it has also been enjoying great success on the market, becoming the best sold game of its kind, and not only.The reaso...

10 December 2008
08:49 GMT

Future Space Mission Could Study the Weird Space Surrounding Black Holes

Black holes produce gravitational fields so powerful that they are able to shape space-time around them. However, what shape that particular volume of space surrounding the black hole might take under the influence of such an extreme gravitational field is unknown, as are the effects that might produce the powerful m...

2 July 2008
05:28 GMT

Venice Deluxe

Guess what? The end of the week is here, so it's my job to give you another game review. At least for those who play this stuff. This week we have a new entry in our "charts". Brand new from the PopCap labs, "Venice Deluxe" comes to enchant us, or at least to kill our time.So do I have your attention now? Yes, P...

14 July 2007
03:44 GMT

YouTube Fights to Find Stolen Gems

As I recently said, YouTube is no more an online video sharing service because more and more users are attracted by Google's product to resolve their own cases. Today, Globe and Mail reported that YouTube is now the product that fights to find some stolen gems after their owners posted a video to identify the bu...

4 April 2007
10:46 GMT


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