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Google adds 'Presentation'
MIL/Agencies/Techtree Apr 19, 2007 Author:
April 19, 2007 - Google is reported to have planned to add a new, PowerPoint like application to its hosted suite. With this, Google's hosted suite, "Docs & Spreadsheets," will offer a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations application.
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India successfully test-fires Agni-III missile
MIL/Agencies Apr 12, 2007 Author:
Balasore, April 12, 2007 - India is reported to have test-fired its nuclear capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III from the Interim Test Range (ITR) on Thursday at the Wheeler's Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast.
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Indian Agni- III Nuclear-capable missile can strike 4,000 km deep
MIL/Agencies Apr 12, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, April 12, 2007- India has carried out on Thursday a second test of its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles). Agni. It is one of five missiles being developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under an Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme launched in 1983.
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Google's 3 executives take token salary of $1 each
MIL/Agencies Apr 5, 2007 Author:
San Francisco, April 5, 2007 - Three top executives of Google Inc. got a token 2006 salary of $1 (51 pence) each for the third year running, and bonuses of $1,723 a piece, as per company's annual proxy filed this week.
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French train speeds into record books
MIL/Agencies Apr 4, 2007 Author:
April 4, 2007 - On Board TGV V150, France - A supercharged French TGV on Tuesday smashed the world speed record for a train on rails, hurtling through the countryside into the history books at 574.8km/h.
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Dhanush missile successfully test-fired
MIL/Agencies/Hindu Mar 31, 2007 Author:
Hyderabad, March 31, 2007 - Dhanush, the ship-based surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads and having a range of 350 km, was successfully test-fired off the coast of Paradip in the Bay of Bengal on Friday.
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Sunita Williams will run Boston Marathon in space
MIL/Agencies Mar 30, 2007 Author:
Boston, March 30, 2007 - Sunita Williams completes the standard marathon distance every 5.4 seconds, zooming through low-Earth orbit at 17,500 mph.
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Yahoo to give unlimited space to e-mails, close competition
MIL/Agencies Mar 29, 2007 Author:
March 29, 2007 - As people's inboxes continually expand, e-mail providers are making their best to to outdo each other to stay on top of the (literally) ever-growing market. That's why, on the verge of the 10-year anniversary of the service, Yahoo! Mail will no longer have a storage limit as of this coming May.
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The Astra BVR missile resurfaces
MIL/Agencies Mar 26, 2007 Author:
Balasore, March 26, 2007 - The indigenously developed Astra air-to-air beyond visual range (BVR) missile was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here on Sunday. The test firing comes on the heels of Pakistan's testing an extended range Hatf VII Babar cruise missile last week Thursday.
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Does God answer prayer ? ASU research says 'yes'
MIL/Agencies Mar 16, 2007 Author: March 16, 2007- Does God or some other type of tra
March 16, 2007- Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer ? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is “yes.”
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NASA Reveals a Sample Lunar Base
MIL/UT Mar 1, 2007 Author:
March 01, 2007 - For the upcoming lunar return missions, the astronauts will be staying on the surface of the Moon far longer than they did during the Apollo. They’ll need someplace safe to live.
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 | South Pole Telescope Sees First Light
MIL/UT/NASA Mar 1, 2007 Author:
March 01, 2007 - Telescopes located on the Earth suffer from having to peer through our thick atmosphere. That’s why they’re located at high altitudes, where the air is cold and clear. In fact, the best place on Earth to locate a telescope is in Antarctica - the air doesn’t get any colder or clearer.
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Space Science Institute gets Rs 75 crores in budget
MIL/Agencies Mar 1, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, March 01. 2007 - Heeding the call of space scientists to groom talent, the government yesterday allocated Rs 75 crores to set up an institute to train students in the space technology that will be functional in the next academic year.
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 | Rosetta Gets an Amazing View as it Skims Past Mars
MIL/UT Feb 28, 2007 Author:
February 28, 2007 - This absolutely stunning photograph was taken by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft during its recent flyby past Mars on Saturday. In order to receive a gravity boost from the planet, the spacecraft flew past only 1,000 km above the surface.
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NASA Postpones Atlantis Launch Because of Hail Damage
MIL/Agencies Feb 28, 2007 Author: Brian Wagner
Miami, February 28, 2007 - U.S. space officials have delayed the March 15 launch of the shuttle Atlantis after it was damaged by a big hail storm at the launch pad Monday. Officials say the launch is now expected to take place sometime after April 20. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from Miami.
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Oh God, an evolving saga continues in Kansas
MIL/Agencies Feb 15, 2007 Author:
February 15, 2007 - The Darwinian theory of evolution is to be taught to students in Kansas once more, after a series of flip-flop battles over the last 8 years that has seen the evolution vs. creationism (intelligent design) debate cause teaching standards to change 5 times already.
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India asks Google to blur its sensitive images
MIL/Agencies/TNW Feb 6, 2007 Author: Erika Morphy
February 6, 2007 - Google has reportedly agreed to comply with requests from the Indian government to blur sensitive images of India's military bases and government buildings that could be seen via the Google Earth mapping application. India is not alone -- over the last few years, Google has received various requests.
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Suni Williams adds another feather to her cap
MIL/Agencies Feb 5, 2007 Author:
Houston, February 05, 2007 - Indian-American astronaut Sunita 'Suni' Williams added another feather to her cap by spending more time spacewalking than any other woman to date.
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 | First Images of the Sun from STEREO
MIL/UT Jan 27, 2007 Author:
January 27, 2007 - Remember the recent launch of the STEREO spacecraft? These are two identical solar observing spacecraft which will give astronomers a thrilling 3-D view of the Sun. Officially, they’re the Solar TerrEstrial RElations Observatories (STEREO… get it?), and they were lofted into orbit on October 25.
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 | India crosses new frontiers in space
MIL/Agencies Jan 25, 2007 Author:
New Delhi, January 25, 2007 - India's space initiatives recently took a big step forward. The achievements were somewhat overshadowed by Beijing's confirmation that it had successfully shot down one of its own satellites with a missile, launching itself into a select club that comprised US and Russia until now and sparking talk about an arms race in space.
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