GPS navigation satellite takes nighttime ride to orbitSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:57PMContinuing a prolific partnership that has benefited billions of users around the world, the Delta rocket family today successfully launched its 50th satellite for the Global Positioning System.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Again Demonstrates its Large-Payload Lift Capability by Boosting Latest Navigation SatelliteSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:59PMPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne again demonstrated its large payload lift capabilities by successfully boosting the second GPS- IIF2 navigation satellite for the U.S. government launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force station, Fla. Â The satellite was onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 booster engine and an RL10B-2 upper-stage engine ...
Can bad driving be diagnosed? Chinese doctor thinks risky and clumsy drivers should be barredFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:35PMIf bad driving is a disease, some people should be locked up in deep quarantine. Turn signal phobia, red light blindness, tailgate-itis, cellphone dementia -- today's roads are a hot zone of pathology.
Stem cell clinical trials to treat eye diseases begin at UCLAThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:06PMAfter more than 20 years of research, doctors at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye Institute have begun treating the first patients in clinical trials for two progressive eye diseases that cause blindness: dry age-related macular degeration and Stargardt’s macular dystrophy.
Positive thinking makes for happy old peopleThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:50PMOlder people are, well, old. They are in declining health, confronting death and may already be losing some of the people closest to them. So why do many seniors seem so happy?
Voda: Femtocell phone-hacking vuln was fixed in 2010Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:09AMNews International scandal stirs interest in old backdoor Vodafone said that claims of a vulnerability involving its femtotell base station technology relate to a flaw it fixed a year ago.…
Vodafone Sure Signal femtocell hack allows call recording, spoofing [Updated]Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:07AMVodafone’s Sure Signal femtocell has been hacked so as to allow calls to be intercepted and recorded, as well as enabling SMS messages and calls to be sent via other subscriber’s accounts. The hack, documented by The Hackers Choice, takes advantage of the Sure Signal’s common root password and, through modifying the software and physically removing [...]
Vodafone Sure Signal femtocell hack allows call recording, spoofing [Update: Fixed!]Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:07AMVodafone’s Sure Signal femtocell has been hacked so as to allow calls to be intercepted and recorded, as well as enabling SMS messages and calls to be sent via other subscriber’s accounts. The hack, documented by The Hackers Choice, takes advantage of the Sure Signal’s common root password and, through modifying the software and physically removing [...]
SWR: New majority votes for change in leadership on school boardWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:08AMThe Shoreham-Wading River school board voted in new leadership at its meeting Tuesday, ushering in a decisive new majority for the 2011-12 school year. Bill McGrath, who just began his second term, took over the role of president from Jack Costas, the other nominee. His election was opposed by Mr. Costas, former vice president Marie [...]