NASA’s ‘time machine’ lifts off

NASA’s ‘time machine’ lifts off – says Los Angeles Times

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft begins an eight-year journey that scientists hope can help them understand the formation of the solar system.The Dawn spacecraft launched Thursday on a 3.2-billion-mile journey to the asteroid belt, where scientists hope to find clues to the formation of the solar system.The spacecraft, atop a Delta 2 rocket, took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 4:34 a.m. PDT. “We have our time machine up and flying,” said UCLA space physics professor Christopher T.Russell, the lead scientist on the project.

Nokia N95 with Tele Atlas map data launched

Tele Atlas announced it has been selected by Nokia to provide the digital map data and dynamic location content for the Nokia N95, a new multimedia device equipped with GPS functionality launched by Nokia today in New York.

The Nokia N95 is a multimedia computer that offers mobile users around the world multiple ways to connect to information, entertainment and people. An integral part of the Nokia Nseries multimedia personal computers, the Nokia N95 features built-in global positioning system (GPS), WLAN, a 5 mega-pixel camera, HSDPA and dual mode menu (standard/landscape). The Nokia N95’s navigation features leverage Tele Atlas digital map content and provide users with pre-installed features, including:

* Free, basic mapping and routing functionalities to initiate local searches for more than 100 countries.
* Map display, so that users can clearly see precisely where they are.
* More than 15 million points of interest (POIs), to help users easily find local attractions.
* Optional upgrades to full navigation features, intended so that users can be quickly and accurately routed to wherever they need to go.

Goo9le’s 9th Birthday Today…

Happy Birthday to Google…!!!

Born 10 years ago, the Google Internet search engine has grown into the electronic center of human knowledge by indexing billions of web pages as well as images, books and videos.” That’s true, except that Google is 9 years old. Even if Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the google.com domain in 1997, Google was officially launched one year later.

So Google opened its doors officially in September 1998. The exact date when it celebrates birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake. For more on Google’s history read here. Wikipedia says Sept. 7 is the incorporation date but provides no reference to prove this. Google itself also provides no guidance. The California Secretary Of State’s company search tells that Sept. 4, 1998 is when the papers were filed.

The Google home page is sporting the special logo above, celebrating the company’s ninth birthday, with one of the Gs turned into a nine.

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