London: A study of future human missions has indicated corporate researchers could be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s. The study by Bigelow Aerospace, commissioned by NASA, shows "a lot of excitement and interest from various companies" for such ventures, Daily Mail quoted Robert Bigelow, founder and president of the Las Vegas-based firm, as saying.
The projects range from pharmaceutical research aboard Earth-orbiting habitats, to missions to the Moon's surface, he said on Thursday, citing a draft of the report due to be released in a few weeks.
NASA intends to follow the International Space Station programme with astronaut visits to an asteroid by 2025 and to Mars about a decade later.
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05:08 AM, May 25, 2013
Cape Canaveral: An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday. The explosion on March 17, 2013 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ago. So far, more than 300 strikes have been recorded. "It exploded in a flash...
06:53 AM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: We have been hearing for a long time that Microsoft is working on a 7-inch Surface tablet and now a new report from Digitimes has to say that the company may unveil the next-gen Surface tablets in June at its Build Developer Conference. The second-generation Surface devices reportedly will feature 7- to 9-inch displays to meet the rising demand for smaller tablet devices, claims the report. The report...
04:43 PM, May 02, 2013
New York: Microsoft is seeing slow sales of a version of Windows designed for thin and light tablets, even as the tablet market as a whole is growing, a research firm reported Wednesday. Researchers at IDC said manufacturers shipped 2,00,000 tablets running Windows RT, the special version of Windows for iPad-style tablets, in the January to March period. That's down from about 900,000 shipped in the fourth quarter. Microsoft Corp....
11:23 AM, May 02, 2013
Balasore: Indian Air Force on Wednesday conducted the test fire of its short range surface-to-air missile "OSA-AK" from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, 15 km from here. "It was a routine trial carried out by the IAF to train its personnel," said a defence official. On Wednesday, three rounds of trials were conducted targeting a tow body supported by pilot less target aircraft (PTA) 'Lakshya'. OSA AK is a...
08:10 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Bangalore: Microsoft is developing a new lineup of Surface tablets, including a 7-inch version expected to go into mass production later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the company's plans. Microsoft executives felt they needed to keep pace with the growing popularity of smaller tablets like Google's 7-inch Nexus and the 7.9-inch iPad Mini introduced by Apple last October, one person told the paper. Microsoft...
12:29 PM, Apr 11, 2013
US tech writers have given Microsoft Corp's new Surface tablet-laptop hybrid largely negative reviews, casting a shadow over the software group's hopes to take a bite out of sales of Apple Inc's iPad and MacBook Air. ...
02:38 PM, Feb 06, 2013
With the view to mark the 112th birthday of Frank Zamboni, Google has posted an interactive doodle on its homepage. The playable doodle allows you clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink. ...
05:50 PM, Jan 15, 2013
According to a new report from The Verge, the tablet will come with a battery-equipped cover. The company is said to release a special cover for the tablet that enwraps it like a book. ...
12:43 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Seattle: Microsoft has stepped up manufacturing of the Surface tablet, its new device designed to counter Apple's iPad, and will introduce it to third-party retailers this week. The moves suggest Microsoft is seeing some demand for its first own-brand computer in the crucial holiday shopping season, although it has yet to divulge any sales figures. "The public reaction to Surface has been exciting to see," said Panos Panay, general manager...
04:19 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Balasore: Sharpening its missile prowess, India on Wednesday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher at about 8.30 am from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, defence sources said. Describing the test as successful,...
10:37 AM, Dec 12, 2012
Seattle: Consumer sales of Windows-powered personal computers fell 21 per cent overall last month, figures released by a leading retail research firm showed on Thursday, indicating a lacklustre debut for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. Many in the industry said Windows 8 might revive slack PC sales, but a report by NPD Group, which tracks computer sales weekly using data supplied by retailers, dampened those hopes. On the same day,...
01:22 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Los Angeles: Microsoft's Surface tablet running a full version of Windows 8 Pro will start selling in January for $899 and up, the company said Thursday. But you'll have to pay more if you want a keyboard cover and the popular Office suite of software. The current Surface uses the slimmed down Windows RT operating system. As a result, it runs only specially designed applications from Microsoft and others sold...
08:09 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Washington: It's early days and evidence is scarce. But the initial buzz around Surface - Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPad - is not the stuff tech legends are made of. "Surface is a mess," said David Morgenstern, technology writer for online trade magazine ZDnet.com. "For all the years that Microsoft has had to manage this transition, the Surface machines and OS don't have all the little bits and pieces nailed...
02:08 PM, Nov 27, 2012
California: Microsoft Corp's chief executive said his company would look at more opportunities to build its own devices, after the launch of its Surface tablet last month, potentially bringing the software giant into competition with its hardware partners and opening the door to a Microsoft-branded phone. "Do I anticipate that partners of ours will build the lion's share of all Windows devices over the next five years? The answer is,...
02:59 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Washington: Google has started shipping a larger version of its Nexus tablet computer, one that comes closer to competing with Apple's full-size iPad and other tablets. Here's a look at how the Nexus 10 compares with other tablets with similar screens. Google's Nexus 10 - Price: $399 for 16 gigabytes of storage, $499 for 32 GB - Screen size: 10.1 inches diagonally - Screen resolution: 2560 by 1600 pixels, at...
03:11 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Los Angeles: A California lawyer is suing Microsoft, claiming the Surface tablet he bought doesn't have all the storage space the company advertised. Andrew Sokolowski says he bought a Surface with 32 gigabytes of storage last week. But he quickly ran out of space after loading it with music and Microsoft Word documents. He discovered that half of the 32GB storage space was being used by the operating system and...
02:32 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Seattle: The executive most widely tipped to be the next chief executive of Microsoft Corp has left the world's largest software company, barely two weeks after launching the flagship Windows 8 and Microsoft's first ever own-brand computer. The departure of 23-year company veteran Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows unit, was unexpected and neither Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer nor Sinofsky gave an explanation, although a senior executive at the company,...
11:28 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Paris: Microsoft's new Surface tablet - its challenger to Apple's iPad - had a "modest" start to sales because of limited availability, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told French daily Le Parisien. The world's largest software company put the Surface tablet centre stage at its Windows 8 launch event last month in its fightback against Apple and Google in the exploding mobile computing market. "We've had a modest start because...
11:25 AM, Nov 13, 2012
