NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has detected the presence of a chemically reactive salt in the Martian soil, a finding that if confirmed could make it less friendly to potential life than once believed.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 08:52
Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight set several new box office
records during its opening weekend: The latest Batman movie had the
biggest opening day, the biggest opening weekend and drov
Sunday, July 20, 2008 23:19
London (England) – Some enterprising British teens are using Google Earth to find the nearest refreshing pool to cool off from the summer heat. The teens scour the top-down views in the program
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 16:45
...ling elements on your screen with simple hand movements and real time 4D applications, for example within Google Earth . One of these demos also included AMD’s Cinema 2.0 pitch yesterday, which AMD sa...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:43
...releases scheduled for the next several months. Perhaps the better comparison here would be with Google and not with Apple, because Google is thought of as a company that exists in the cloud ...
Monday, June 09, 2008 16:24
...in front of us made it clear that this technology works much better than we expected. Playing around with Google Earth was a blast. Albatron integrated the technology into a 22" LCD providing a resol...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:39
...re in service today. Among Boeing’s customers are media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who owns one of those BBJs, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who own two Boeing 767 jets as well as Microsoft c...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 17:19
...s," where users can collaborate in real-time without limitations. Of course he did not mention that Google is an innovator here, with its online software suite Google Apps. Additionally, Gates ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:11
Google is launching a new version of its Google Earth application today, adding new functionality and more support for Mac platforms. One of the biggest additions in version 4.3 will be the ab
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 09:11
...the first generation iPhone was a surprise to some, given the fact that the device comes with a fantastic Google Maps integration. Apple was able to almost fix this problem by rolling out support for ...
Monday, April 14, 2008 13:41
Google Earth has been used in professional news organizations, an official political hot spot and even in NASA, and now the Internet giant has gone even further by striking a new partnership with th
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:14
If you follow Google ’s public announcements closely, you will find that each of these messages carry a very subtle “do no evil” message and a certain tone that always makes you feel better about your
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 13:44
... can install anything from Firefox, Skype (Intel says there will be a special version of Skype for MIDs), Google Earth , office applications and well, if you really want to, games and Photoshop. Leav...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 22:30
Google is has begun offering Sky, which made its debut in August of
last year as part of Earth 4.2, as an application that can be displayed
by regular web browsers. Most of the functionality
Friday, March 14, 2008 10:33
Google has been banned from surveying US military bases after it
took street-level photographs of a Texas army base. The Department of
Defense believes the photographs could compromise securi
Friday, March 07, 2008 15:39
...ave their search data stored in the site's database. That was an appealing offer after outlets like Google and Microsoft came under scrutiny for data leaks. Ask.com remained a distant fift...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:10
The X Prize Foundation and Google announced the first ten teams to register for the Google Lunar X Prize, the groups’ robot race to the moon worth $30 million in prizes. The international
Friday, February 22, 2008 17:26
...by 80% year over year. “Our growth reflects the ever-increasing use of rich graphics in applications from Google Earth to Apple iTunes to online virtual worlds," he said. Nvidia now sits on $2.47 bil...
Thursday, February 14, 2008 07:52
San Francisco (CA) - A plan that was thwarted last year when two major companies, Google and Earth link, pulled out of the works, seems to be back on. A Silicon Valley startup company called Mera
Monday, January 07, 2008 11:47
...that you can actually find it again. The good news here is that advanced search capabilities from Google and Microsoft coupled with some plug-ins like OmniPage Search Indexer (which can look i...
Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:36
...ility to customize textures, colors, depth, and other specifications through a set of proprietary tools. Google Earth , within the past year, has been adding detailed 3D representations of major landm...
Friday, October 19, 2007 12:44
...nsformed into a tool used to create breathtaking, navigable panoramas. The technology works similarly to Google Earth . You can move around in the image and the closer you zoom the more detail i...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:15
...integrated graphics bar because operating systems like Vista and applications like Office 2007, Adobe and Google Earth are becoming more demanding on the GPU. They are also traditional, mai...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:26
William Whittaker, researcher from Carnegie Mellon University is taking aim at Google 's recently announced Lunar X-Prize and its $20 million grand prize. Whittaker has already has built a next-ge
Thursday, September 20, 2007 16:52
Google ’s got a new satellite, and it’s watching you. Or, to be more accurate, DigitalGlobe’s got a new satellite, it’s watching everything, and the resulting imagery will
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:21
Google is sponsoring the Lunar X Prize project, which will award up to $25 million for landing a robotic rover that can roam the moon's surface and send images, video and other data back to Earth
Thursday, September 13, 2007 16:04
There is a not so apparent feature in the latest version of Google Earth : A flight simulator. >> In Pictures: Google Flight Simulator Chicago (IL) – There is a not so apparent feat
Monday, September 03, 2007 22:18
...rino, or Meson facilities. The beam lines to these targets can actually be seen in applications such as Google Maps or Google Earth , as they are buried under substantial hills that are located betwe...
Monday, August 27, 2007 00:45
Google today released a major update for its Earth application, introducing a spectacular view on the sky, allowing users to zoom into distant galaxies and stars – and learn about phenomenons s
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 13:34
The latest addition in Google 's acquisition pocket is ImageAmerica, a company that takes high resolution aerial images around the country. Mountain View (CA) - The latest addition in Google
Monday, July 23, 2007 11:14
Following Berlin, Dresden is the second German city to release a complex map of the city for Google Earth . The map is available free of charge and shows imagery of more than 150,000 buildings, city r
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 14:27
Google and Yahoo are dueling it out by adding new features to their respective picture albums and galleries. Mountain View (CA) – Google and Yahoo are dueling it out by adding new features t
Thursday, June 28, 2007 07:46
Google is helping out non-profit organizations by giving away its Google Earth Pro program to qualifying organizations. Mountain View (CA) - Google is helping out non-profit organizations by givin
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 08:37
...l other medium-sized cities that have detailed 3D maps on Microsoft’s Live Search site. Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are currently at each others necks in the online mapping market. Google ...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 14:27
Google has added more ‘down to Earth ’ views to its popular online Google Maps service. Mountain View (CA) - Google has added more ‘down to Earth ’ views to its popular onli
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 18:43
There is no better toy for Google Earth addicts than Logitech’s Space Navigator. The 3D controller acts as an add-on to your desktop and enables users to jump into a rollercoaster virtual sigh
Monday, May 14, 2007 17:42
...d to mapping services, saying, “It would be nice to have these panoramas overlayed on cities within Google Earth .” For now, Maynard is trying to get the Harlem picture printed and is work...
Friday, May 11, 2007 15:35
...y Evangelist (how would you like that title?) Mike Trainor showed us a benchmark which took pictures from Google Earth and then processed them through Photoshop Elements. The Robson flash memory...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 20:57
30 months after it first hit the PC, Google Desktop is now available in a beta format for the Mac operating system. Mountain View (CA) - 30 months after it first hit the PC, Google Desktop is now ava
Thursday, April 05, 2007 15:47
Google has launched a new personalized touch to its online maps tool that allows users to create customized maps with specific locations and pictures. Mountain View (CA) - Google has launched a new p
Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:24
Hamburg, Germany, announced a few weeks ago that it planned to become the first 3D city for Google Earth , but Germany’s capital has won the race in the end: The city today published a plug-in f
Thursday, March 08, 2007 13:23
...o images on Flickr or videos on YouTube. Not unexpectedly, Microsoft also side-swiped Google with an apparently very early version of a “World Wide Telescope.” While Go...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007 15:31
Google and the United Nations are reminding people that environmental hotspots can be viewed inside of the free Google Earth program. Mountain View (CA) - With the increased interest in global
Thursday, February 08, 2007 16:34
Google announced that will integrate "hundreds" of 3D buildings of Hamburg, Germany into its application "Earth ." According to a report published by Spiegel Online, the models wil
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 20:18
Google has released a new version of what is the firm's most prominent applications next to its core search engine. Earth 4 features hundreds of new 3D buildings that were created either by Googl
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 14:19
...the average age of those that buy Apple computers available. Could you imagine any other company, besides Google perhaps, that would answer to these dramatic headlines with a similar lack of enthusias...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 17:27
... for wind speed. Perhaps the most interesting feature, however, is the "Globe", which takes the user to a Google Earth type of interface and lets them scroll through the entire planet, while major cit...
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 17:18
Google has partnered up with NASA's Ames Research Center to offer up space images and maps to the public. The space agency will give Google images and maps of the moon and Mars so that the public can
Monday, December 18, 2006 21:58
...an Jose and Seattle. Microsoft promises other cities in the coming months. Microsoft is competing against Google 's Google Earth , which launched in June 2005. Google Earth requires a separate applicati...
Tuesday, November 07, 2006 00:42
...ps of 15 U.S. cities in an effort to beef up its Web search offering to better compete with market leader Google . Microsoft said on Monday it introduced three-dimensional maps of 15 U.S. cities in an...
Monday, November 06, 2006 22:10