NASA’s Comet Tale Draws To A Successful Close In Utah Desert
“Ten years of planning and seven years of flight operations were realized early this morning when we successfully picked up our return capsule off of the desert floor in Utah,” said Tom Duxbury, Stardust project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
“The Stardust project has delivered to the international science community material that has been unaltered since the formation of our solar system.”
IGN: MacWorld 2006 Roundup
Fast off the heels of CES, MacWorld San Francisco ran through this entire week, from the 9th to the 13th. Since Apple likes the spotlight all to itself for big announcements,
MacWorld has historically been the place where Steve Jobs shows the hottest new products at his Keynote address. This year was no exception, and Jobs officially unveiled the first Intel based Apple computers ever: the hot new MacBook Pro and an updated iMac.
The switch to Intel chips from PowerPC seems to have been a pretty smart move, as the MacBook Pro boasts more than 4 times the processing power as the previous G4 PowerBooks.
[SOURCE: IGN: MacWorld 2006 Roundup]
Blogs are a great resource, and this one is no exception. Take if from the “PimpWiz” that you need to get your girl amoving over to ‘freaky land.’ Well, let’s see if he can tell you….
“You know it’s in there, you have seen it in her eyes. Somewhere beneath the Banana Republic cardigan, sometime when you were in your usual standard 15-minute fornicating position, you saw someone who exists within the girl you have come to know and appreciate. Someone you want to demean, in the nicest way possible, but demean, with all of the sexual tensions and fantasies you have had, and I know there are a lot. But you gotta start somewhere.
You may be thinking to yourself, how do I get her to un-tame herself, let her wild side roam free, and get this girl from wearing Banana to sitting on one? Well, here are a few ways to get that girl you once considered chic, to be the woman you have always wanted…your personal freak. Continue reading
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH Normally, out here in this high desert plain populated with antelope, wild mustangs and kangaroo rats, the Army is testing military weapons and weapon defense systems.
But in the wee hours Sunday, if all goes well, this Army proving ground southwest of Salt Lake City will receive a cargo from space that could help prove how we earthlings got to be here in the first place.
Experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., the Johnson Space Center in Houston and Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver have been setting up shop on this remote military base in preparation for the return of the Stardust space capsule containing primordial, cosmic dust. Continue reading
Phishing scams continue to be an ongoing problem around the world, but the US is definitely the hardest hit. Do not let yourself fall victim to these criminals who send spam with misleading identification as to who the sender actually is. They often come from financial institutions, so be careful – very careful.
Phishing scams may take many forms, but they usually start with an e-mail, instant message or pop-up window asking you to update your personal information. One of the following often accompanies this request:
- A threat or warning that failure to update your information will result in the closure of an account or cancellation of a subscription
- An offer of a prize or some other form of financial compensation
- A note that you have received pictures or an instant greeting
- A confirmation of an online purchase
In response to the use of such keys by malware, RegDelNull can now unlock and delete keys that not only have embedded nulls, but that also have security permissions that make them otherwise inaccessible.
Visit this link to download Regdelnull v1.1
ISigcheck, a powerful command-line file version information and signature verification tool, now includes a new flag that has it only show a file’s version number.
Click here to download SigCheck v1.3
[Source: SysInternals]
This PsExec update includes a new -l switch for use by administrative accounts to run processes with limited-user account privileges. Run a low-rights Internet Explorer before IE 7 comes out simply by creating a shortcut to launch it with the switch.
