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Microsoft Announces Three New Bing Maps v7 Modules

As part of the Bing Maps v7 Module CodePlex Project that kicked off in September last year, Microsoft has made available three new modules for application developers to take advantage of. The company has been focused on providing application builders with the possibility to access useful modules that expand the fu...

19 March 2012
09:43 GMT

New Bing Maps v7 Modules Announced

In September last year, Microsoft kicked off the Bing Maps v7 Module CodePlex Project, aimed specifically at creating one place where all developers could find and even share useful modules to enhance the capabilities of Bing Maps V7 API. Ten modules have been submitted to the project to date, but there are some ot...

28 January 2012
05:12 GMT

New Storage Module Installed on the ISS

The International Space Station just got a little bigger yesterday, as astronauts delivered and installed a new storage module on the orbital lab. The Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) will be used for depositing materials and supplies, and also for holding scientific and experiments equipment.The storage room was ...

2 March 2011
03:03 GMT

ISS Crew to Enter Rassvet for First Time

On Tuesday, following complex maneuvers using the Canadian-built robotic arm aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts managed to attach a new room to the nadir face of the Zarya module on the space facility. The Mini Research Module-1 (MRM-1) was delivered to orbit on Sunday aboard the space shuttle A...

20 May 2010
05:02 GMT

A View of the ISS-Bound MRM-1 Module

As the space shuttle Atlantis is being prepared to take off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, its most important cargo will be the Russian-built Mini Research Module 1 (MRM-1). This is the second in a series of small research module, and represents one of RosCosmos' final additions...

30 March 2010
03:40 GMT

Meet the Amazing 'Self' Living Concept

This year's Swissbau exhibition, in Basel, Switzerland, saw an amazing, new concept being presented to the general public. The Self living module is a home away from home, a temporary dwelling that can fit a large number of uses, according to its creators. Designed and built by the Empa and Eawag research instit...

18 January 2010
09:53 GMT

ISS Crew Conducts EVA on Thursday

Astronomers on the International Space Station (ISS) have been preparing for an extra-vehicular activity (EVA) over the past week or so, which was finally conducted yesterday, January 14. The goal of the mission was to prepare the rooftop of the lab for the new Poisk module, which is scheduled to begin operations ver...

15 January 2010
02:54 GMT

First Atlantis Spacewalk Underway

Freshly arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday afternoon, the space shuttle Atlantis is already being unloaded of its massive containers carrying spare parts, in the mission's first spacewalk. Three such extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) are scheduled for the 11-day mission. During all of the...

19 November 2009
10:57 GMT

New ISS Module Launches Today

Today, at 1422 GMT, a new International Space Station (ISS) module, named the Mini-Research Module 2, will take off from the RosCosmos-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan. The MRM2 is also called Poisk, which is the Russian word for “explore.” The craft will take off from the Central Asian spacepo...

10 November 2009
02:55 GMT

British Students Propose Daring Space-Hotel Project

Master's degree students from the Imperial College London (ICL) and the Royal College of Art, in the United Kingdom, have recently showcased their space-hotel concept, which takes living in space to a new level. The modular design could readily be attached to the International Space Station (ISS), its designers ...

27 August 2009
05:38 GMT

Progress 34 Launches to the ISS

Russian mission controllers announced the successful launch of the unmanned Progress 34 (M-67) spacecraft, which carries supplies for the International Space Station. The successful take-off took place at the RosCosmos-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 6:56 am EDT (1056 GMT) on July 24th. The automated ...

25 July 2009
05:02 GMT

Astronauts Complete Spacewalk Inside the ISS

In a very rare type of spacewalk, which took place entirely inside the International Space Station, RosCosmos Cosmonaut Gennedy Padalka and NASA Astronaut Michael Barratt successfully replaced an old door on the station with a conic docking module. In their second spacewalk this week, the two managed to complete thei...

10 June 2009
07:01 GMT

Russia Plans to Keep ISS Modules After Station Dismantling

A top Russian space official has recently announced that the Russian Federation plans on keeping its International Space Station modules flying when the station is dismantled. While this is scheduled to happen in 2015, chances are that the life of the orbital facility will be prolonged until 2020, or maybe even 2025....

23 May 2009
05:16 GMT

STS-132 Space Shuttle Mission Crew Decided

The STS-132 shuttle mission, first scheduled for May 13th, 2010, now seems to have been moved forward to April, NASA officials have announced. They have also said that they've determined the seven members of the crew that will fly the shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station, to deliver the Russian-bu...

15 May 2009
15:41 GMT

China to Learn the Secrets of Space Docking

Despite the global economic downturn, China is currently pushing more and more for a space station, a project meant to put the country among the world's top space powers, right next to the United States and Russia. The Asian nation is only the third in the world to manage to send astronauts in orbit using its ow...

2 March 2009
18:01 GMT

OCZ DDR2-800 Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Memory

If it wasn't for marketing, you probably wouldn't buy all of the junk food from your local supermarket, you would drive a Toyota, instead of a Maseratti, and so on. But the marketing machines lead by marketing "geniuses" is what drives the world's moneymakers. In this line of ideas, OCZ Technology has ...

27 April 2007
05:04 GMT

4GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMMs from Transcend

One of Intel's advantages over AMD over the years was their usage of advanced memory types; it first began when Intel jumped the ledge over to DDR2 memory modules, while AMD still used DDR; then on the server business, they used Fully Buffered DIMMs, while AMD didn't. Now AMD is catching up to Intel, as the...

26 April 2007
06:26 GMT

APOGEE GT DDR2-1066

In the computer industry, when one line of products is successful, everybody wants a part of it. Such is the case with Taiwan-based company Walton Chaintech; they have announced the release of their APOGEE GT DDR2-1066 memory modules.These modules are considered to be "the best choice for high-end platforms based on ...

12 April 2007
09:51 GMT


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