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Gazcom To Orbit Two New Yamal-300 Satellites Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 11, 2008 
Gazcom will orbit two new Yamal-300 satellites in the first half of 2009, the telecommunications arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday. In line with its commitments under a contract with satellite supplier Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, as of the end of 2007, Gascom has paid around 50% of the project fees. Gazcom currently has three Yamal telecommunication satellites ... read more |
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Russia To Launch Four More Progress Cargo Trucks To Space Station By Year End
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 11, 2008Another four Progress cargo ships will be launched to the International Space Station in 2008, the head of the ISS Russian segment said Thursday. "The station's permanent crew will soon consist of six rather than three people, and they will need more food," Vladimir Solovyov said. "Besides, with the arrival of the U.S. shuttle Atlantis, the station will receive the new European module ... more Networks In Motion Issued US Patent For GPS POI Searches 
Aliso Viejo CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Networks In Motion (NIM) has announced that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 7,321,826 for "Point of Interest Spatial Rating Search Method and System," a method allowing users to obtain ratings or other useful information when searching for a point of interest using a mobile GPS-enabled device that retrieves information stored on a server rather than the device, also known as 'off-board' data ... more World's mobile phone industry heads for Barcelona 
Paris (AFP) Feb 8, 2008The most established names in telecoms, Internet and media will come together next week in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, one of the world's biggest events for the mobile phone industry. This year, like others previously, debate is likely to focus on how to encourage users in developed countries to use their phones for more than simply making calls. With competition and regular ... more Sprint Customers Now Have Access To Sprint Family Locator On All Web-Enabled Sprint Phones 
Overland Park KS (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Sprint announces access to its popular Sprint Family Locator service is available on all Web-enabled Sprint phones, an industry first. Parents on the go now can use any Web-enabled Sprint phone to locate their loved ones with Sprint Family Locator. In addition, more than 100 Sprint phones can be located by the service, including all currently available Sprint phones. "Sprint has always ... more 3D pen 'feels' virtual organ images 
Uppsala, Sweden (UPI) Feb 8, 2007 Swedish scientists said new technology will allow doctors to use computerized image analysis to diagnose and plan cancer treatment. Computerized image analysis can be used to determine the size of organs or to construct three-dimensional models of organs when surgery or radiation is being planned. Erik Vidholm of the Center for Image Analysis at Uppsala University has developed interact ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008General Atomics and its team members were instrumental in providing the pulse power system for the record-breaking firing of the Navy's electromagnetic rail gun launcher on January 31, 2008 at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. The Electromagnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype is sponsored by Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA. The power was provided by a new ... more Driven By Iran And North Korea, US DoD Allocates 1.59 Percent Of Its Budget For Missile Defense 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance informed a national audience of the organization the importance and significance of the budget request as it relates to ballistic missile threats to our national security for the new fiscal year, 2009. A summary of his comments and observations follows: "This week, the highest ranking members of the United States ... more NGC Adding Mobile Targets To B-2 Bomber Capabilities 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Feb 11, 2008Northrop Grumman is taking the first steps toward giving the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber the ability to destroy moving targets under a current contract with the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long-range strike arsenal. Under a one-year, $9.33 million contract, the company has begun preparing the B-2 to carry and deploy small ... more Russian deputy PM promises to keep talking on US shield 
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 10, 2008Russia will keep talking with the US about American plans to build a missile defence shield in Europe even though it is fiercely opposed to the project, deputy premier Sergei Ivanov said Sunday. "The Russia-US talks are still going on even if the talks are not positive," Ivanov, one of Russia's two deputy prime ministers, told reporters after meeting US Defence Secretary Robert Gates in Muni ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2008The US Army is elevating the importance of "stability operations" in a new edition of its operations field manual, reflecting lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, army officials said Friday. The new manual is supposed to be unveiled at an army symposium February 28, but senior leaders have begun briefing Congress on the changes, which one official said were "both evolutionary and ... more China telecom industry faces huge bill after snow: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2008China's telecom industry faces a huge bill after the worst winter in decades, with millions of users cut off and thousands of kilometres of phone lines damaged, state media said Sunday. Preliminary statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry showed the massive snow falls and freezing temperatures have led to losses of 1.1 billion yuan (150 million dollars), the Xinhua news agency ... more Tajikistan rations power supplies to capital in big freeze 
Dushanbe (AFP) Feb 8, 2008Tajikistan's authorities drastically rationed electricity supplies to the capital Dushanbe on Friday in response to a severe cold snap that has paralysed the ex-Soviet republic's power grid. Residents of Dushanbe, which has a population estimated at 500,000 to one million, will receive only 10 hours of electricity a day, although government buildings in the centre are not affected ... more China braces for Lunar New Year return traffic 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2008China braced Sunday as millions prepared to travel home after the Lunar New Year holiday, with fingers crossed the winter weather would not cause a repeat of the traffic nightmare of recent weeks. Government transportation authorities predicted the roads and rails would be most clogged on Monday, towards the end of the week-long holiday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. ... more
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