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Astrium contracts DLR for major parts of the EDRS ground network

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium continues to drive the implementation of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). As prime contractor, Astrium Services has now contracted the German Aero...

Deep-sea rare earths found in Japan

Jul 03, 2012 (UPI)

Japanese researchers have discovered significant amounts of rare earth deposits on the bottom of the ocean about 1,243 miles southeast of Tokyo. "An estimated 6...

Now Everyone Can Build a Satellite Like NASA: Online!

Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to build a satellite to peer into a black hole and uncover its secrets, now you can find out thanks to a free new ...

Battle is joined for Japan's e-book market

Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)

In highly-literate and gadget-loving Japan, e-books are curiously rare -- but battle for the largely-untapped and potentially hugely lucrative market is about t...

Tablet PCs poised to take over PC market

Jul 03, 2012 (UPI)

Tablet PCs will overtake PC notebook computers by 2016, U.S. market research firm NPD DisplaySearch predicted Tuesday. Shipment of tablets, such as Apple's iPad...

Microsoft pushes Windows 8 with price cut

Jul 02, 2012 (UPI)

Microsoft says users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99. Users can also add Windows Media Center for free once t...

H.K.'s SCMP editor under fire as press freedom 'shrinks'

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

The first China-born editor of Hong Kong's flagship English-language paper admits he made a "bad call" in cutting coverage of a mainland dissident's death, but ...

Apple pays $60 mn to end China iPad trademark row

Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)

Apple has paid $60 million to end a dispute over who could use the iPad name in China, a court said Monday, giving the US tech giant more certainty in selling i...

Lockheed Martin Commercial GEO Satellites Surpass 1,000 Years in Orbit

Jul 02, 2012 (SPX)

The Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has achieved a significant milestone by accumulating 1,000 years of in-orbit o...

Body scanner takes tailoring to the masses

Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)

Can a tailored suit help clinch that tricky deal at work? Get the girl? Or simply put a spring in your step? Absolutely, if you believe a year-old Paris firm th...

Samsung to fight block on US sales of Galaxy Nexus

Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's Samsung vowed Saturday to "take all available measures" to fight a US court's decision to block American sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones mad...

Government cash revives Canada asbestos industry

Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)

A government loan announced Friday will revive one of Canada's last asbestos mines, assuring exports of the fireproofing and insulating fibers for another 20 ye...

Japan finds major rare earth deposits: researcher

Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)

Japan has found a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its Pacific seabed, enough to supply its hi-tech industries for more than 200 years, a scientist said ...

Better surfaces could help dissipate heat

Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)

Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures. Cooling systems that use a liquid tha...

Boeing helps open thermoplastic composites research lab in the Netherlands

Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)

A new laboratory that provides thermoplastic composites research for Boeing and other aerospace companies has opened at Enschede in the Netherlands. "With this ...

France pulls plug on Internet forerunner Minitel

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

Three decades after it launched, the Minitel -- a made in France forerunner to the Internet that at its height was installed in nine million homes -- will shut ...

Scientists twist light to send data

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

A multi-national team led by USC with researchers hailing from the U.S., China, Pakistan and Israel has developed a system of transmitting data using twisted be...

Mercury mineral evolution

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

Mineral evolution posits that Earth's near-surface mineral diversity gradually increased through an array of chemical and biological processes. A dozen differen...

Google Internet glasses on the way

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Google glasses that overlay the Internet on daily lives should hit the market within two years -- technology the tech giant hopes will someday make fumbling wit...

Google rolls in tablet market with Nexus 7

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday opened fire on iPad and Kindle Fire with a Nexus tablet designed to showcase the latest Android software and be a window into its online sho...