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• Asus $399 Android tablet to arrive in March

  Created: Friday, 13 August 2010 18:57 Author:

  Asus $399 Android tablet to arrive in March With two Windows-based tablets already scheduled for January, Asus says it's also prepping an Android version priced lower than Apple's iPad. More:   Cnet.com...

• SkyWest reaches agreement to acquire ExpressJet for $133 million

  Created: Sunday, 08 August 2010 17:25 Author:

  SkyWest reaches agreement to acquire ExpressJet for $133 million SkyWest CRJ-900. Photo: Courtesy, Bombardier. SkyWest Inc. reached an agreement to acquire ExpressJet Holdings for $6.75 per share in cash or approximately $133 million and plans to mer...

• Intel touts 50Gbps silicon optics

  Created: Sunday, 08 August 2010 17:13 Author:

  Intel touts 50Gbps silicon optics Shown are Intel's 50Gbps silicon laser transmitter and optical receiver connected by a standard fiber. (Credit: Intel ) Intel has unveiled the prototype of a high-speed fiber-optic data system based on silicon chips ...

• Solar Sail Spacecraft Steers with Sunlight for First Time!

  Created: Saturday, 07 August 2010 03:36 Author:

  Solar Sail Spacecraft Steers with Sunlight for First Time! Japan's solar sail – a sun-powered spacecraft launched in May – has successfully steered by using just the pressure of sunlight against its square polymer sail, Japan space officials said. T...

• Big Machines like the Space Station can break!

  Created: Saturday, 07 August 2010 03:27 Author:

  Big Machines like the Space Station can break! Like any big machine, the huge International Space Station requires daily maintenance repairs to keep flying in space. But every now and then something big or critical – like the recent cooling system tr...

• FAA Finds Mexico Does Not Meet ICAO Safety Standards

  Created: Tuesday, 03 August 2010 20:32 Author:

  FAA Finds Mexico Does Not Meet ICAO Safety Standards US Agency Issues Safety Downgrade To Mexico The FAA announced Friday that Mexico is not in compliance with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)...

• The Official Word on RIM's OS 6

  Created: Tuesday, 03 August 2010 20:14 Author:

  The Official Word on RIM's OS 6 (Credit: RIM/BlackBerry) BlackBerry maker RIM officially announced BlackBerry 6 on Tuesday, alongside the company's unveiling of the BlackBerry Torch smartphone. In fact, BlackBerry 6, RIM's newest operating system, ...

• Learjet 85 Will Be Produced In Wichita

  Created: Monday, 02 August 2010 01:57 Author:

  Learjet 85 Will Be Produced In Wichita Learjet 85   Bombardier Learjet And KS Governor Reach Financing Agreement Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson (R) (pictured, right) and Bombardier Business Aircraft President Steve Ridolfi, announced the details ...

• Congress Overhauls Pilot Certification Requirement to 1500 hours

  Created: Monday, 02 August 2010 01:45 Author:

  Congress Overhauls Pilot Certification Requirement to 1500 hours The US Congress attached sweeping aviation safety reform legislation, including a requirement that all Part 121 pilots accumulate at least 1,500 hr. of flight time before operating a comm...

• WingX 7 for Ipads adds Geo-Referenced Approach Charts

  Created: Sunday, 01 August 2010 06:03 Author:

  WingX 7 for Ipads adds Geo-Referenced Approach Charts   Software Company Founder Thinks iPad Could Become Defacto Glass Panel For LSA Hilton Software LLC announced another milestone in what it calls "the WingX iPad revolution" with the debut of Geo-R...

• T-Mobile USA latest rumored Iphone suiter!

  Created: Sunday, 01 August 2010 05:49 Author:

  T-Mobile USA latest rumored Iphone suiter! Will the iPhone come to T-Mobile before Verizon? (Credit: James Martin/CNET) We still don't know when AT&T's exclusive contract with Apple will expire, but that doesn't stop the continued rumors of...

• Windows 7 SP1 coming in 2011

  Created: Tuesday, 27 July 2010 00:19 Author:

  Windows 7 SP1 coming in 2011 The first service pack (SP1) for Windows 7 will emerge in the first half of 2011 according to Microsoft. SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be released in the same timeframe, according to the company's TechNet Evaluat...

• Major Flaw found in Apple's Safari Browser

  Created: Monday, 26 July 2010 23:47 Author:

  Major Flaw found in Apple's Safari Browser As Apple continues to grow up and gain market share, they will be subject to the same typee of attacks that Microsoft has become so used to defending. Apple is known for its tendency to deny problems with its...

• The Airlines are Making Money!

  Created: Saturday, 24 July 2010 01:01 Author:

  The Airlines are making Money! Delta reports $467 million profit, remains 'cautious' on capacity from ATW Daily News by dhenderson Delta Air Lines got the US airline industry's second-quarter financial reporting season off to an optim...

• Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Makes First Crewed Flight

  Created: Sunday, 18 July 2010 20:55 Author:

  Virgin Galactic's Private Spaceship Makes First Crewed Flight A private suborbital spaceship built for the space tourism firm Virgin Galactic made its first flight with a crew onboard Thursday as it soared over California's Mojave Desert beneath its...

• Northrup Grumman to Fly Surveillance

  Created: Saturday, 17 July 2010 19:40 Author:

  Northrup Grumman to Fly Surveillance By Graham Warwick Washington             Airships are survivors—a genus of aircraft that has been around since the dawn of aviation and is now being offered another chance at lasting success. This ...

• Intel posts $2.9 billion profit, sites strong demand

  Created: Saturday, 17 July 2010 19:33 Author:

  Intel posts $2.9 billion profit, sites strong demand Intel's second-quarter profit surged past the dismal earnings reported in the same period last year. For the quarter, which ended period ended June 26, Intel earned $2.9 billion, or 51 cents a sha...

• RIM's new BlackBerry Protect does remote backup

  Created: Saturday, 17 July 2010 19:28 Author:

  RIM's new BlackBerry Protect does remote backup from CNET News.com The BlackBerry maker introduces a free, cloud-based service for remotely backing up, finding, wiping, and restoring the contents of your lost or stolen BlackBerry phone...

• RIM and Apple Lead in Smartphones, but Android gains

  Created: Saturday, 17 July 2010 19:21 Author:

  RIM and Apple Lead in Smartphones, but Android gains Though Google's Android is still in fourth place in U.S. smartphone usage, it was the only platform to win more market share for the three months ended May, according to the latest stats from ComScor...

• Foreign Drug Cartels are Infiltrating State Governments, in USA

  Created: Saturday, 17 July 2010 00:56 Author:

  Foreign Drug Cartels are Infiltrating State Governments, in USA I realize this is outside of my normal subject area, but I am concerned about our American way of life. Please look at this video and let what's happening sink into your reality. ...