Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste

Strike Update: Week 12 is well underway and still no light at the end of the tunnel. I read in the local paper about some new trash mountains forming at the entrance to the CUPE union headquarters in Windsor....

Satellite to offer 10Mbit broadband to entire UK

The firm is currently pitching its broadband packages at rural consumers, amid negotiations between government and mobile operators to deliver universal 2Mbit/s broadband. Not cheap, but better than nothing!!!!!! " A French firm plans to launch a satellite next year that it...

CTV Hosts Open House on 'Save Local TV Day'

CTV and A channels throughout Canada are hosting Open Houses on Saturday, May 23rd, to enable people to tour their facilities, meet some familiar CTV faces, and understand the important issues facing local television...

Satellite imagery shows use of heavy weapons continues ...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) made a preliminary analysis of the satellite images of the conflict zone in northern sri lanka and found the use of heavy weapons and removal of...

China launches second "Compass" satellite for global navigation s

China is catching fast with the world. in its latest move china launched Compass satellite for its Global navigation system project.China is planning to make their own navigational system operational by 2015. " China successfully launched its second navigation satellite...

Canadian Journalist held by Taliban Phones Toronto's 'The Globe'

Toronto's Globe and Mail published an exclusive Monday night, on Beverly Giesbrecht, the Canadian being held held hostage by Taliban.  They claim to have spoken to her briefly by satellite telephone today." “Please tell me what the Canadian embassy and the Pakistani...

The Missile Crisis of the Japanese Sea is escalating further.

By, Uwe Paschen. The Missile escalation of the Japanese Sea.  Japan is to deploy the first ship-based long-range missile defence system, said Japanese Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada in Tokyo Yesterday. The...

Japan to launch ‘suicide’ satellites to clear space junk

With space junk increasingly becoming an important problem for the functionality of the International Space Station (ISS) and commercial satellites circling the Earth’s orbit, Japanese space scientists came up...

Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision

The Russians think the February collision could be an indication that the U.S. is capable of manipulating 'hostile satellites,' including their destruction, with a single command from a ground control center." MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - A collision between U.S. and...

US 'CO2 hunter' set for lift-off

Nasa is all set to launch its first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) from space."The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will help pinpoint the key locations on our planet's surface where the gas...

Abu Dhabi to subscribe to Israeli satellite service

Just when you think you understand what's going on a curve is thrown. "Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' second largest member, stands to sign a multi-million dollar deal with Israel's ImageSat ...

U.S. and Russian satellites collide

This is very unusual. As far as I know this has not happened before. " The international space station does not appear to be threatened by the debris, they said, but it's not yet clear whether it poses a risk to...

The Iranian Satellite’s mission finishes in two months.

The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) declared today that batteries of Omid satellite are small and will be discharged after two months. Dr. Reza Taghipour, the president of ISA told the reporters that what we needed was...

Iran Joins the Space Club

Iran is reported to have sent its first national satellite to the earth orbit. The satellite is called Omid (Hope) and was launched by a self-produced launcher called “Safir” (the envoy).  “Hope” is a...

ALASKA VOLCANO PHOTO: Hole Now Football Field Size

It is beginning to look more and more likely that this volcano will erupt soon. " February 3, 2009—Volcanic smoke and gas from two new holes eat through snow and ice high on Alaska's Redoubt Volcano on...

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