Sputnik 1 is undoubtedly one of the most important spacecraft in human history, as it represents the first artificial satellite to be placed in low-Earth orbit. The maneuver took place on October 4, 1957, which yesterday had its 54th anniversary.
The satellite was launched aboard a Sputnik rocket, from Site No.1/5... |
5 October 2011 05:21 GMT |
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According to Google, Internet Explorer 8 comes in last place out of the world’s most popular five browsers in the race for JavaScript conformance. Christian Plesner Hansen, Google software engineer, is basing this conclusion on the results that IE8, Firefox 3.6, Opera 10.50, Chrome 4 and Safari 4 got in the com... |
12 March 2010 13:11 GMT |
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It's not too often that Microsoft and Google manage to find common ground on any initiative. It's even less frequent that the companies are sharing the focus of their efforts, while working independently from one another. However, the end of June 2009 has seen both giants deliver initiatives designed to boo... |
1 July 2009 10:53 GMT |
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