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Cassini Primary Mission Complete; Ready to Tackle New Assignments

Saturn’s gorgeous rings. Geysers on Enceladus. Methane lakes on Titan. These are just a few of the images that stand out from the Cassini mission’s four year survey of Saturn and its remarkable system of rings and moons. On June 30 the Cassini spacecraft completes its primary mission at the ringed planet, and now will embark on an extended two year mission, with hopes of studying more closely the most intriguing targets, Titan and Enceladus and the interaction between Saturn’s icy moons and rings.

Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins

wooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission.

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JPL Enters the Blogosphere

Here we are, four years after the Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn. We’re about to begin the extended mission, termed the Cassini Equinox Mission. Cassini has been a scientifically remarkable mission and a fantastic return on the investment. If you are reading this blog, then you might already know about Cassini’s discoveries at Enceladus, Titan, the other icy moons, the rings, the magnetosphere and Saturn itself. But if you’re new to following this mission, you can catch up on those discoveries by reading about them here: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features/feature20080627.cfm. This great science is accomplished by an international team of scientists and engineers. I am thrilled to be able to carry the scientific reins for Cassini as its incoming project scientist.

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Saturn Surprises Spur Cassini Mission Reprise (SPACE.com)

Saturn's rings and moons turned out wilder than any scientist could have imagined, but unknowns remain as the Cassini spacecraft concludes its primary mission and embarks on a new one.

IBM, New York State to Invest in Nano-Chip Technologies

New York Gov. David A. Paterson on Tuesday announced significant new investments by IBM and New York state, accelerating New York state's international leadership in nanotechnology research and development and creating up to 1,000 new high-tech jobs Upstate. The state will provide a total of $140 million in economic development grants, leveraging more than a 10-to-one private investment of $1.5 billion from IBM.

LeapFrog Lets the Games Begin: New Web-Connected Gaming Handhelds Available Now

New Leapster2 and Didj(TM) Learning Platforms Change Playing Field for Educational Gaming EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parents and kids will be winners with two new web-connected educational gaming systems from LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LF), a leading developer of technology-based learning products. The company today announced the Leapster2 Learning Game System, the latest handheld from the popular Leapster(R) family, and the all-new Didj Custom Gaming System are now available at major retailers and at http://www.leapfrog.com/gaming. In addition, 14 new software titles will launch from now through the holidays, including games featuring popular characters and stories from leading entertainment properties. Both gaming systems will connect to the new, proprietary LeapFrog(R) Learning Path, a free online tool

New Nikon COOLPIX Digital Cameras Feature Easy-to-Use Shooting, Sharing, Sending Capabilities

MELVILLE, N.Y. , Aug. 7 -- Nikon Inc. announced the launch of six new COOLPIX digital cameras featuring robust technologies designed to make photography easy and fun. New to the COOLPIX product line and present in each of the new cameras is the Scene Auto Selector Mode, which automatically selects the right scene mode for the image you are shooting for carefree photography. Nikon COOLPIX also makes taking great portraits a snap with new technologies, including Smile Mode, which automatically triggers the shutter when a subject is smiling and Blink Warning, which displays a message when it detects that a subject has blinked. In addition to these aforementioned features, present in select models of this new COOLPIX line are amazing technologies such as a TOUCH-SCREEN interface, Wi-Fi transmission and GPS capabilities.

Behold New Zealand: Here comes iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G’s launch is just 3 days away and due New Zealanders will be first people to get hold of new iPhone. Due to New Zealand’s graphical location Vodafone will become first company to sell iPhone 3Gs at 12:01 a.m. (New Zealand’s local time). Vodafone will kick off iPhone 3G’s sales at three local stores in New Zealand, Auckland City, Wellington, and Christchurch. Vodafone has announced three 24-month plans for iPhone. Plans vary from $60 ($80 NZD) to $189 ($250 NZD) per month.

Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (ACAF NY) To Be Held November 7-10, 2008 at Pier 92

August 20, 2008 - New York, NY - One of the most important exhibitions of contemporary Asian art, the 2nd annual Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (ACAF NY), will be held from November 7-10, 2008, at Pier 92, 52nd Street and 12th Avenue, in New York City. More than 60 international galleries and non-profit organizations will show a wide range of contemporary work by artists from countries including China, Japan, Korea, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Much of the work, including paintings, sculpture, photography, works on paper, video and installations, will be on view for the first time in the U.S. The Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York is the only international art fair in New York dedicated exclusively to Asian contemporary art.

Newegg Defies New York Sales Tax Law

JagsLive informs us that the electronics retailer Newegg.com is defying New York lawmakers; it has suddenly stopped collecting sales tax from New York online shoppers. The "Amazon tax," which went into effect June 1, requires online merchants to collect sales tax if they have any affiliates in the state. Amazon is complying but has sued the state on constitutional grounds. Overstock.com dropped all of its New York affiliates and then joined the Amazon lawsuit. Newegg started out complying with the law on June 1, but stopped collecting taxes for New York on August 21. From Newegg's letter to its customers: "After careful review and consideration, we are pleased to inform you that we have stopped collecting New York sales tax, effective August 21, 2008," reads an email the company tossed at customers late last week, including at least one l

Online shopping in New Zealand

Shopping is made easy with online malls rearing up their heads. And why not? With the advent of the e-technological age, more and more people are opting for online shopping. The face of online shopping is no different in New Zealand. Type “online shopping, New Zealand” or “online mall, New Zealand” in any of the search engines and hundreds of links are there for you to browse. With more and more people in New Zealand using credit cards, the sitting-at-home shopping, and its fast delivery has increased the number of hits on the online malls. A research states that an increase of 80 percent has been noticed in the last two years in New Zealand, when comparing the number of online shoppers.

International Group Studies Mars Sample Return Mission

Until humans can actually set foot on the Red Planet, the next best thing would be a sample return mission, to bring Martian soil samples back to Earth. A sample return would exponentially increase our knowledge and understanding Mars and its environment. And in order to pull off a mission of this magnitude, international cooperation might be required, and in fact, may be preferred. The International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), organized an international committee to study an international architecture for a Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission concept. After several months of collective work by scientists and engineers from several countries worldwide, the “iMARS� group is ready to publish the outcome of its deliberations and the envisioned common architecture for a future international MSR mission, and they will discuss thei

Liquid Lake on Titan Confirmed

NASA's Cassini mission has detected liquid hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan, in a large, glassy lake near the moon's south pole. Before the Cassini mission began, scientists thought Titan would have global oceans of methane, ethane and other light hydrocarbons. But after more than 40 close flybys of Titan by Cassini, data showed no global oceans exist. However hundreds of dark, lake-like features are present. Until now, it was not known whether these features were liquid or simply dark, solid material. Using Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS), which identifies the chemical composition of objects by the way matter reflects light, a liquid ethane lake 235 kilometers (150 miles) long was detected. This makes Titan the only body in our solar system beyond Earth known to have liquid on its surface.

LucasFilm Files New Star Wars Trademarks, Is The Old Republic Its New MMO? [Star Wars Mmo]

The house that Lucas built has filed for a handful of new trademarks, all Star Wars related, all potentially new names for the oft-rumored Knights of the Old Republic 3, the one that continues to pop up as a new BioWare developed MMO.

Eternal Sonata Confirmed for PS3 in NA with New Characters, New Dungeons and More

Santa Clara, Calif., (July 15, 2008) – Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced Eternal Sonata for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. An award-winning role-playing game inspired by the life of legendary composer Frederic Chopin, Eternal Sonata is set to arrive on the PLAYSTATION 3 system this fall with new quests, new playable characters, new music and more.

New Privacy Protecting Software

New Privacy Protecting Software - Clean Space International releases new version of Clean Space privacy protecting software. Since 2002 its a 14th version completely revised and rewritten to support any 2008 application and new Windows Vista. New Clean Space includes privacy protecting tools such as Antivirus to protect computer from malware and Secret Disk that helps user keep secret files private. But the main purpose of this tool remains the same for many years - removing computer tracks and garbage such as cookies, temporary files, autocomplete search history, recent links and other..

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Xbox 360 Screenshots

PES 2009 is the latest installment of the award-winning Pro Evolution Soccer Series, which is known by millions of fans for its superior gameplay and incredible realism. For PES 2009, Konami is already planning a raft of extensive new additions that will further bridge the gap between PES and the real thing. The new game has undergone a stunning graphical update to ensure its players look and move even more like their real-life counterparts. Similarly, all-new options allow users to tailor the game to their own tastes, while new moves, innovative new control elements and key online elements will further the realism of the new game.

Alveys New Startup CrowdFusion Gets $3M From Velocity, Greycroft and Andreessen

imageCrowdFusion, the new web publishing startup founded by former Weblogs Inc CEO Brian Alvey, has received about $3 million in its first round of funding, we have learned. The new round was led by some very familiar blue-chip names: Velocity Interactive Group, the investment firm started by Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn, Greycroft Partners, our former investors prior to our acquisition by GMG, and Marc Andreessen. The new company is an online publishing platform that will own and develop a series of vertical content sites, not very different from the Weblogs Inc-Blogsmith model that Alvey developed before, and sold to AOL (NYSE: TWX) three years ago. In fact, the new company’s COO and CMO are former Weblogs Inc employees.

New Zealand announce dates for Windies, India Tests

CRICKET: WELLINGTON, Aug 30 - New Zealand will play two test matches and five one-day internationals against both West Indies and India, New Zealand cricket announced on Friday. New Zealand will play tests against West Indies in Dunedin and Napier in December before a series of ODIs beginning on New Year's Eve and carrying through to Jan. 13.

NASA extends Cassini's probe of Saturn's moons

BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Finished with its four-year primary mission to Saturn, the Cassini orbiter has turned its cameras upon the ringed planet's mysterious moons as it kicks off a two-year extended mission.

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