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Blast of plasma to hit Earth
Aug 3rd
Here is an interesting piece of information… Tomorrow a massive plasma flair is due to hit our atmosphere. It is said that this could affect various wireless communications including cell phone reception.
“On August 1st around 0855 UT, Earth orbiting satellites detected a C3-class solar flare. The origin of the blast was Earth-facing sunspot 1092. C-class solar flares are small (when compared to X and M-class flares) and usually have few noticeable consequences here on Earth besides aurorae. This one has spawned a coronal mass ejection heading in Earth’s direction.”
520-day simulated mission to Mars
Jun 6th
Leave it to Russia to start a 6 person simulation to Mars. Although they are not really going anywhere the simulation will help provide a better understanding of how the mission will go.
Acer to have Google Chrome
May 15th
More info is surfacing about Google Chrome and Acer to have the first netbook to market. N the weeks to come it is expected that Acer will introduce its Chrome based system. It is very interesting to see how Google’s mobile OS Android has taken the #2 spot in smart phone systems. With a PC based on another Google OS I’m thinking that Microsoft is beginning to shake a bit.
Although some do not believe that Chrome is ready for the big time it will still be interesting to see where this first step will take us.
