Space Shuttle | Stennis Holds Last Planned Space Shuttle Engine Test

(NASA) – With 520 seconds of shake, rattle and roar on July 29, NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center marked the end of an era for testing the space shuttle main engines that have powered the nation’s Space Shuttle Program for nearly three decades.
This was the final planned test of a main engine for [...] Read more

Ponting | Ponting OUT!!! – The Ashes: 3rd Test Edgbaston « Zebra-Mbizi

Ponting is out caught by Prior. 163 – 4. Umpires: Aleem Dar, R E Koertzen, J J Crowe, R A Kettleborough England: Strauss (C), Cook, Bopara, Bell, Collingwood, Prior (W), Flintoff, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Onions Read more

Ponting | Ponting in dilemma over Hauritz's inclusion in third Test

Australian captain Ricky Ponting is in a dilemma on whether to play spinner Nathan Hauritz on the soggy Edgbaston pitch for the third Test beginning Thursday. Though Ponting always prefers a frontline spinner, bad weather and local Read more

Former England | WIN a net session with former England Test star Mark Ramprakash

WIN a net session with former England Test star Mark Ramprakash. published about 7 hours ago. Do you fancy yourself as a master batsman? Sportsmail is offering one lucky reader the chance to experience a piece of the Ashes action ahead Read more

Michael Schumacher | Will Michael Schumacher Replace Felipe Massa

Luca Colajanni, a spokesperson Ferrari Formula 1 Team says:
“We have said before that it is possible that Michael Schumacher could return to help us out… We have two test drivers at Ferrari (Luca Badoer and Marc Gene) at the moment and Michael is an advisor. We have not spoken to him, but it is possible [...] Read more

Tron Legacy | Comic-Con: Tron 2 Retitled TRON Legacy; IMAX 3D; Concept Art and New Scene Revealed

Disney finally revealed the title to the Tron sequel at the Disney 3D panel at Comic-Con 2009 — TRON Legacy. Jeff Bridges explains that the title is in reference to the story’s theme: “It’s basically a story about a son’s search for his father. It was also revealed that Tron Legacy will be released in both Digital Disney 3D (old news) and IMAX 3D (new news).

Disney surprised nearly everyone by premiering a teaser trailer for the project (which was actually a test created to convince Disney not make the film) at last year’s Comic Con. The footage was easily the most talked about thing of last year’s con. The Tron crew returned to Hall H this year, but unfortunately weren’t able to live up to their last appearance. That is not to say that what we saw of the film was not impressive, it is just they didn’t have a … Read more

Windows 7 | Windows 7 Passes The Test, Is Ready For Manufacturing

Microsoft’s newest version of its operating system, Windows 7, is finally in the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) stage, so the OS will soon be preloaded on new computers. Though not officially released yet, Windows 7 is expected to be a hit. For instance, after just eight hours on Amazon UK, Windows 7 pre-orders outpaced the total number of pre-orders for Vista over a period of 17 weeks.

According to Microsoft, Windows 7, which offers seven different versions of the OS, has undergone significant testing, quality assurance and validation required to get to the RTM stage. Independent software and hardware vendors will be able to download Windows 7 RTM as early as August 6th. Microsoft will be rolling out Windows 7 to other partners in mid to late August. Enterprise customers and developers will be able to download Windows 7 RTM in English starting on August 7, with additional language functionality for Windows 7 released shortly after. Read more

France | Mind Hacks: Hypnosis and criminal mind control in 1890s France

France was the centre of hypnosis research at the time and many experiments were carried out where hypnotised people were asked to 'kill' people with prop weapons to test their compliance. neurologists Gilles de la Tourette and Read more

Lords | Arm Ball: Day 5, Lord's Test

I would want the Aussies to defend their 75 year old glorious record of being undefeated in a Lord's Test. I would want Aussies to win or draw this game. Aussies are missing n this is an Aussie B team playing. Read more

Haddin | ::News4u:: » Clarke and Haddin star as Australia stay alive in Ashes

Clarke and Haddin star as Australia stay alive in Ashes. Published on July 20, 2009 by admin. News4u-Sports Desk-Australia, chasing a world record 522 to win, were 313 for five at the close of the fourth day of the second Ashes Test at Read more