In other space-related news, spacecraft Stardust is making a historical second fly by of a comet. Twelve years ago it was the first spacecraft to collect dust particles from a comet. Now, it will be flying past a second comet, with only a cup of fuel left, to take pictures of a man-made crater. This is the first time one comet has ever been studied by two different spacecraft.
Other items of interest:
- Since 1986, more than 295 billion gigabytes of data have been stored. In case you were wondering, thats a whole lot.
- Playstation hops on the mobile tech bandwagon with a new smartphone that will feature 50 games, including the popular Splinter Cell, Guitar Hero, Assassin's Creed, and more.
- A new human-aware computer is taking on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, both champions, on a special episode of Jeopardy airing tonight. Jennings commented at a press conference, "One of the first things I thought was, 'This time, I'm not just playing to pay my mortgage or something, or to feed my kid's college fund, I'm actually sort of representing 7 billion human beings against our new machine tyrants.'"
- Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry smart phone, are releasing a new tablet, the Playbook, which will function on three different 4G networks. This can be contrasted to the super-popular iPad, which is not yet available for the faster 4G.
- Our new software bundles are in! Each bundle contains five titles, which in turn contain fun and educational games or programs.Look for these up on the website soon!
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