Archive for January, 2008

U.S. Spy Satellite Could Crash to Earth

WASHINGTON — A disabled American spy satellite is rapidly descending and is likely to plunge to Earth by late February or early March, posing a potential danger from its debris, officials said Saturday.

Officials said that they had no control over the nonfunctioning satellite and that it was unknown where the debris might land.

“Appropriate government [...]

Top 10 Life-Changing Technologies

Digital Libraries

Having total connectivity is pointless if all you get is the latest gossip about Paris Hilton. But the digitization of mankind’s accumulated works proceeds apace. All of MIT’s courses are now online, for instance, and, if you haven’t done so, check out Google Book Search. The time will come when any straightforward factual [...]

WiMax to rule in a world of mobile Internet

Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave a stirring keynote address at CES today, outlining his vision of a future where the Internet is globally ubiquitous, enabled by ultra low power net connected pocket mobile devices using wireless technologies such as WiMax.

In what some might consider a self serving address Otellini nevertheless crafted a credible story of [...]