In 1923, Edward E. Barnard, discoverer of Jupiter’s fifth moon, died at age 65. Jupiter’s moon, Amalthea, was the last satellite to be found without a photographic aid. He also discovered a nearby star that now bears his name, Bernard’s Star (shown here). Learn more […]
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In 1966, Soviet Luna 9 accomplished the first soft landing on the Moon. Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon’s surface to Earth, preceding the U.S. Surveyor 1 soft lander by about
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On January 20th we reported the closing down of massively popular file sharing site MegaUpload by US Federal authorities – you can read that full story HERE. Repercussions within the industry were almost immediate with many similar file sharing sites subsequently removing all content which
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I’ve always been curious about running Windows-based applications on my Mac but was never willing to pay $80 or so to find out about it. So when Jim Hillier sent me an email about this Mac bundle (http://www.macsuperbundle.com/) offered by Nova Development, I couldn’t resist.
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In 1839, the first photo of the Moon was taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre. This is the earliest known photograph of the Moon, a daguerrotype photograph taken in 1851 by John Adams Whipple. Daguerre’s photograph was destroyed in 1839 when a fire burned his
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I recently took the plunge and moved from MobileMe to iCloud. My move to iCloud was not urgent since MobileMe will still be available to subscribers until June 30th but I felt it was time to make the move. iCloud was announced by Steve Jobs
So the 10-day 10 Billionth download celebration sale ended in the Android Market over the weekend. Now, the 10-cent sale page takes you to a listing of all of the apps that were available for 10-cents along with their normal pricing. If you
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This giveaway from PearlMountain Soft is perfect for all you creative types: Picture Collage Maker is a fun and easy to use program for creating photo collages and digital scrapbooks from your digital photos to share with friends and family-whether you’re just starting out or
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Wondershare is currently giving away licenses for its terrific Vivideo software. This software would normally sell for $39.99usd – the giveaway ends 24.00 (PST) on 25th December. Wondershare Vivideo, an easy-to-use video editor with all the video editing tools you need, allows you to create
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Ashampoo is running its usual Xmas promotion and giving away five top products, all are totally free and full featured: Ashampoo Registry-Cleaner Update your registry and optimize the performance of your PC Ashampoo Photo Optimizer 3 Click-and-go editing for point-and-shoot photos Ashampoo Photo Commander 8
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