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Look – Jupiter

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Armed with my new iPhone app, Star Walk, a spotting scope and Celestron SkyMaster binoculars, the quest was on to view Jupiter in last night’s sky. This past week, the local channel meteorologists have been discussing Jupiter approach with Earth, the closest encounter between the two planets in more than a decade. (more…)

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NASA's Family Album

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Want to stroll down “Memory Lane” [or the Memory Lane of your parents and grandparents]? Images of more than half a century of NASA (www.nasa.gov) history have been posted on website Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons. Topics encompassing Launch/Takeoff; Building NASA; namesakes; and more can be viewed! As the shuttle missions come to their evolution, the folks at NASA promise more of these family album pictures.

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20 Years of Hubble

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Carina Nebula

Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Discovery (the STS-31 mission) roared into orbit April 24, 1990, with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a devise that would memorize and ignite our imagination for years to come. Celebrating this milestone, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are releasing stunning new pictures… (more…)

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Industry Links

iPhone 5

Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News
New Privacy Concerns

Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis
Bye Bye iPod Classic

Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
New Hacker Frontier

Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com