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NASA Postpones Discovery Launch Due to Faulty Sensor.

NASA today prospered there Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, this was to be the first space shuttle mission since the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on its return to Earth more than two years ago. The flight was postponed when at 1:32 p.m. EDT (1732 GMT) there was an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor located inside

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Exclusive: Longhorn Beta 1 Schedule Revealed.

I’ve just been reading the following article over at windowsitpro.com, its an article by Paul Thurrott about when will Longhorn Beta 1 be coming out . According to my sources at Microsoft, the software giant has set its sights on July 27, 2005 as the release date for Longhorn Beta 1, though obviously that date could slip if the company

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New .mobi Domain Approved

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the .mobi domain name extension. The mobile phone industry has created this domain name becuase they say it will improve the way mobiles surf the net. They also say that the .mobi domains will create a “reliable and recognizable mechanism for internet content and services that are specifically tailored

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First man with bionic arm.

Jesse Sullivan from Tennessee in the US is the world’s first bionic man. Jesse Sullivan lost both his arms after receiving an electric shock at work in a tragic accident in 2001 he thought back then that his life had changed forever and never again would he be able to do the things he enjoyed most. Just four years after

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WWII commemorations

One million poppies have been dropped on thousands of people gathered in the Mall for Commemoration Day, marking 60 years since the end of World War II. Part of a flypast of World War II aircraft, the poppies were released by a Lancaster Bomber over The Mall as the Queen and Royal Family looked on. The Queen earlier addressed the

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Launch Countdown Begins for Space Shuttle Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL The countdown is on for the space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts who, if all goes well, will be NASA’s first shuttle astronauts to reach space in years. At precisely 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) Sunday, NASA began counting the days, minutes and seconds remaining before Discovery’s STS-114 mission is expected to launch into space. The spaceflight is