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To conclude our short series of posts on Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 fifty years' ago, I thought I might put together a few of the best links that I've found on the web for those who want to know more about Yuri and his historic flight. Yuri Gagarin's Wikipedia Entry YuriGagarin50.org - A comprehensive
I've decided that I am going to start reviewing products after I have had them for awhile. I've noticed that most reviews are done when the person has just brought the product or they have gotten it for a review. After you have had a product for awhile, problems may come up that weren't there in the beginning. Also updates
If you want to get one of those iPad2 tablets, you might want to go to your local Best Buy. They have been getting ready to push another wave of iPad2's But if you really want one on Sunday, head down to Toys R Us. Toys R Us and Best Buy will be pushing the 16 GB and 32 GB
Google Reader has been the second most used app on my phone, behind only Twitter. It works well, especially since the last update which fixed a major annoyance - when going back to the feed list it no longer takes you back to the top of the list. But, recently I found an even better alternative - D7 Google Reader.
The Nissan Leaf is expected to be the first "normal" electric car and by the brief look I had today at Charles Hurst Nissan, it's certainly not far off the mark. To start with, it looks like a normal four door family saloon. Perhaps a little on the small side for US folk, but perfectly normal in Europe. Inside, it's
Today's show is hosted by Andy McCaskey from SDR News. I know many of you miss Andy's daily show, so I twisted his arm to cover me for the show today. Andy is busy building RVNN.tv. If you get a chance go over and check out his network of RV specific shows. Subscribe Today: Audio | Video | iTunes |
Toshiba created a new drive with an interesting security feature: If it gets placed in another system, the drive erases everything. It's called the Toshiba SED (Self Encrypting Drive). It's a 2.5 inch, 7200 RPM drive in sizes up to 640 GB. The drive has a AES-256 encryption and Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC). But it has even another feature.
With the advent of Airplay for the Apple TV, iPhone, iPad and ipod Touch video applications are beginning to appear in the App Store that take advantage of it. Showyou is one of these apps. On the iPad Showyou takes the videos that the people you are following on Twitter and Facebook are sharing and presents them in a beautiful
Continuing the celebration of Yuri Gagarin's orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 back in 1961, First Orbit is a documentary film that joins archive footage of the event with modern shots taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The filmmaker, Christopher Riley, collaborated with the European Space Agency to see if it would be possible to film the same
Gartner came out with their quarterly press release detailing PC shipments in 2011. In Q1, they found Worldwide PC shipments totaled only 84.3 million units. It's only a 1.1 percent decline from Q1 - 2010, however, this trend has shown that PC shipments have, for the first time, suffered a year-over-year decline. That means PC shipments have declined for 2
Flickr posted on their blog yesterday that they are now in search of new employees. This, of course, flies in the face of rumors that Yahoo is looking to shutter some their properties. Names that have been bandied about have included Delicious, Yahoo Buzz, and even Flickr. Clearly though, Flickr is alive and well and looking to move forward and
As you'll know from all the coverage, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first orbit of the Earth by a human. Back in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, it was a demonstration of superiority by one superpower over another rather than any altruistic motive that sent him into space. Regardless of how it was
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