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Iran launches rat and turtles into spaceTehran (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 Iran hailed on Wednesday the successful launch of a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms, amid Western concerns Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. Iranian state television said the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) carried a capsule containing "live animals" - marking Iran's first experiment in sending living creatures into space. Television footage showed a white rat on its back in a container with tubes protruding from it. The US branded the move a "provocative act" ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Feb 4, 2010Toyota Motor's Prius, the world's most popular hybrid car, is supposed to help save the earth from climate change but for now it has plunged the world's largest automaker deeper into trouble. A rash of complaints about its braking system now raise the spectre of a safety recall of the firm's environmental flagship model, which would deal another blow to the embattled Japanese automaker. ... more  
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 2, 2010As iPad commanded the technology world's attention, Google continued working quietly on tablet computer software that could run rivals to Apple's latest creation. Pictures of what a Google tablet might look like were featured at a Chromium developers web page on Tuesday along with talk of how touchscreen controls could work based on the Internet titan's Chrome computer operating system. ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 2, 2010ABI Research said Tuesday that Apple's iPad highlights the "real start" of a tablet computer market that should grow more than tenfold to reach about 57 million devices sold annually by 2015. "Apple's iPad is not the first media tablet," said ABI senior analyst Jeff Orr. "But it does help define this new device category." The main focus of a media tablet is entertainment, according to th ... more |
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Craters Young And Old In Sirenum FossaeBonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2010 The High Resolution Stereo Camera, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the Mars Express orbiter has imaged craters, both young and old, in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars. Part of the Sirenum Fossae region in the Southern Highlands, the area in this image is centred at about 28 degrees S, 185 degrees E. The image captures an area to the north of the Magelhaens Crater. It extends some 230 by 127 kilometres and covers about 29 ... read more |
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