In 1960, the first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched. TIROS stood for Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite. With TIROS-1, it became possible to observe the Earth’s weather conditions on a regular basis from the vantage point of outer space. Learn more at http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/40yearsa.html
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In 1997, Pioneer 10 ended its mission. Pioneer 10 had many “firsts”: — the first spacecraft to pass through the asteroid belt — the first spacecraft to flyby Jupiter — the first to obtain close-up images of Jupiter — the first to visit the outer
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This excellent product from Innovative Solutions is now available to everyone as freeware. Advanced Uninstaller Pro not only provides sophisticated uninstall options but also includes many useful maintenance and management tools. This is the latest full version (10.6) including all features and with absolutely no
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In 1858, the pencil with an attached eraser was patented by Hyman L. Lipman. In 1862, Lipman sold his patent to Joseph Reckendorfer for $100,000. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen_Lipman
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In 1974, NASA’s Mariner 10 became the first space probe to fly by Mercury. Mariner 10 was launched on November 3, 1973. It was also the first spacecraft mission to visit two planets and the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of one planet
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Problem Steps Recorder is a great inclusion for Windows 7, here’s how it works: Whenever an application or system component starts misbehaving all you need do is start Problem Steps Recorder, then work through whatever you were doing when the issue surfaced. Problem Steps Recorder
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In 1993, a Type II supernova was detected in M81. Messier 81 (M81, NGC 3031) in Ursa Major is one of the most conspicuous galaxies in the sky. The supernova was discovered by the Spanish amateur astronomer Francisco Garcia Diaz from Lugo, Spain. Learn more
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I came across this fabulous site only recently when it was referred to me in an email. The amount of time, work and effort put into creating these magnificent panoramas is mind boggling, as indeed are the end results: AirPano.com is a non-commercial project focused
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In 1845, scientist Wilhelm Roentgen (Röntgen) was born. He is best known for discovering x-rays. He called them x-rays because ‘x’ is the mathematical symbol for ‘unknown’. The first x-ray he took was of his wife’s hand, shown here. Learn more at http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/wilhelm_roentgen.htm
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Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, working in conjunction with financial institutions and the computer security industry, has joined forces with US Marshals to take down a number of botnets which have been utilizing variants of the Zeus family of malware. It is claimed that Zeus and
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OK . . . now your chosen purchase site has passed the SSL test (Part 1) and trust concerns (Part 2). But there’s one last final check (Malware presence) and one final thing you can do to protect your credit card account number and identity.
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Most of my clients are a bit shy about using fields, mainly because they do not know how and so they are skittish about it. But they also do not know the power of fields in Word. Otherwise, they would be using them more often.
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In 1936, the Hale telescope, the first telescope with a 200-inch-diameter reflecting mirror, was shipped from Corning, New York to Mt. Palomar Observatory in California. The lens of the Hale telescope weighed 20 tons. It took two weeks by train, at a maximum speed of
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A new version of this very good photo manager/editor freeware from Google has just been released introducing some brand new features: Share to your Google+ circles – If you’ve joined Google+, you can use Picasa 3.9 to share directly to the circles you’ve created in
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