In 1983, Cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov were saved from an exploding Soyuz T-10 launch. Fuel spilled around the base of the rocket and caught fire at T-90 seconds. The control cables for the escape system had already burned and the Soyuz crew could […]
Last week I let you know about a variety of sites which I considered might be useful for the grown-ups, so this week I thought it might be a good idea to follow up with a selection of similar sites for the little people, no
In 1956, TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, was inaugurated. Before TAT-1, voice was carried across the Atlantic on unreliable and expensive radio channels. TAT-1 operated until 1978. Learn more at http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:The_First_Submarine_Transatlantic_Telephone_Cable_System_(TAT-1),_1956.
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Windows Defender Offline We all know by now that the Internet is a dangerous place. You may be set up with all the latest security software on your computer and still get infected by rootkits, malware, viruses, and other possibly unwanted software. Windows Defender Offline
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In 1970, the Soviet robotic space probe, Luna 16, made the first automated return of lunar samples. This was the first unmanned round-trip mission to the Moon. It represented the first lunar sample return mission by the Soviet Union and the third overall, following NASA’s
When I wrote about upgrading to iOS 6 a few days ago, I wrote that one of the new features that I was looking forward to was Apple’s new Maps app. OK, occasionally I’m wrong and this is apparently one of those times. The Maps
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In 2008, Google and T-Mobile USA unveiled the T-Mobile G1, the first cellphone to feature the Android OS. The G1 featured version 1.6 (Donut) of the Android mobile operating system. It went on sale the next month, priced at $179 for a two-year contract. Learn
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In 1997, Compaq introduced the Compaq Deskpro 4000N, the first Net PC. Net PCs relied more on server computers than typical PCs. Up to hundreds of Net PCs were tethered to a single server. Learn more at http://news.cnet.com/Compaq-debuts-first-Net-PC/2100-1001_3-203456.html.
Do you find yourself often needing the little accents and doo-dads which appear above certain letters in certain words, maybe in your writing, posts or emails? Would you like to be able to easily put the é into your elan, the à into your voila,
uRex is currently offering the latest version of uRex iPhone DVD Ripper free for everyone… offer ends 10th October. Time to get your iPhone 5 DVD Ripper ready! It is the first class DVD to iPhone 5/ HD/1080P HD Ripper. Mainly designed for iPhone5, iPhone
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In 1972, Texas Instruments (TI) entered the electronic calculator market with the introduction of three models. TI-2500 Also known as the Datamath, it offered four-function, full-floating decimal point with an eight-digit LED display. Also rechargeable it was originally priced at $149.95 when announced in April
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Over the years we all collect links to sites we consider might be useful or helpful, and I am certainly no exception. These are not sites we would necessarily visit regularly or often but, just as with physical ‘treasures’ we tend to hoard, we know
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In 1954 , the first program written in the FORTRAN programming language was executed. FORTRAN, which is an acronym for “FORmula TRANslator,” was invented at IBM for technical and scientific applications by a team lead by John Backus. Learn more at http://objectmix.com/cobol/205902-ot-happy-birthday-fortran.html.
