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Archive for January 4, 2008
NASA Extends Space Shuttle External Tank Contract
January 4, 2008 by kb3ljm.
NASA has signed a $465.7 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin, New Orleans, for space shuttle external tanks. [AMSAT]
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_C07065_Shuttle_ET.html
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Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars
January 4, 2008 by kb3ljm.
Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid estimated to be 164-feet wide that is expected to cross Mars’ orbital path early this year. [AMSAT]
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_07284_Mars_Asteroid.html
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ARRL DX Bulletin 2008 #1
January 4, 2008 by kb3ljm.
- ANTARCTICA.
- Felix, DL5XL is QRV as DP0GVN from Neumayer 2 Base for the next three months while working on setting up Neumayer 3 Base. QSL via DL5EBE.
- JERSEY, GJ.
- Sylvain, F4EGD is QRV as MJ/F4EGD and has been active using RTTY on 40 meters around 2230 and 0000z. QSL to home call.
- DJIBOUTI, J2.
- Mala, F4FMI is QRV as J20MB until the end of March. Activity is on 20, 17 and 15 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.
- AMERICAN SAMOA, KH8.
- Larry, AH8LG has been active on 6 meters between 2200 to 0200z. QSL direct.
- MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7.
- Randy, V73RY is QRV from Kwajalein, IOTAOC-028, until May. QSL via N7RO.
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/2008-arld001.html
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Hitachi selling 500 GB laptop drives
January 4, 2008 by kb3ljm.
Notebook computers can be as powerful as desktops these days, especially as hard-disk makers like Hitachi Ltd. grab industry bragging rights by unveiling a 500-gigabyte drive for laptops.
The 500 GB drive is the beefiest one yet for laptops — enough to hold up to 500 hours of digital video, 178 standard-definition, feature-length movies, 250 games or 125,000 four-minute songs, Hitachi said. Currently, the largest laptop drive on the market is a 320 GB model by Western Digital Corp.
Hitachi said Thursday that its 500 GB drive would be available to computer manufacturers in February. Asustek Computer, based in Taiwan, said it would use two of the drives to create the world’s first laptops with a monster capacity of 1 terabyte.
It was just last year when desktop PCs or external storage devices began to feature 1 TB drives.
The Asus M50 and M70 laptops will be available in February and March, respectively. Prices were not immediately available.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2008-01-03-hitachi-laptop-drive_N.htm
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