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 Fajardo, Puerto Rico (SPX) Oct 07, 2009 
Characterizing seasonal variations in Titan's volatile system is a primary goal of the Cassini spacecraft's Equinox and Solstice missions. Two related studies report new observations by the Cassini radar instrument peering through Titan's thick atmosphere with repeat coverage. Images of the surface at different times show lakes shrinking and disappearing over the course of one to several Earth ... read more 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 2009Land Rover is enhancing its existing Range Rover armoured vehicle with the release of the new 2010 Armoured Range Rover. The 2010 Armoured Range Rover has been updated to include an array of new technology, luxury features and drive train performance, whilst offering B6 Level ballistic and blast protection in accordance with European standard EN1522 level FB6. "The broad range of ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Oct 5, 2009 Russia's state arms exporter is launching a big drive at the Tripoli air show to sell combat jets, missiles and air-defense systems to Middle Eastern states, including the state-of-the-art S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile that Iran and Syria desperately want to acquire. But the Russians are likely to find considerable competition at the 4th Arab-African Aviation Exhibition and Confer ... more  
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Oct 2, 2009 Australia has reined in advanced development of its controversial electronic warfare self-protection system, known as Project Echidna, to be fitted to helicopters and transport aircraft. The Department of Defense Personnel, Materiel and Science said it has agreed to a Defense Department recommendation to reduce the scope of AIR 5416 Phase 2, which should save around $43.5 million. ... more  
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Saudi Arabia is weighing buying an advanced Russian missile system to shore up its defence against a potentially nuclear Iran, Gulf analysts and diplomats said. They said Moscow and Riyadh are close to sealing a deal on a multi-billion-dollar weapons package that could include Russia's advanced S-400 missile defence system. It is the newest version of the S-300 long-range surface to air ... more |
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Tehran (AFP) Sept 28, 2009Iran on Monday test-fired its two long-range missiles which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel, as the Revolutionary Guards staged war games for the second straight day. The exercises coincide with heightened tension with the West after the UN nuclear watchdog revealed on Friday that Tehran was building a second uranium enrichment plant. Western countries suspect Iran of seeking ... more  
Paris (AFP) Sept 27, 2009People who were killed, injured or bereaved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake had the cruel misfortune to be victims of an event that probably occurs just once in four millennia, seismologists said on Sunday. In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Shen Zhengkang of the China Earthquake Administration and colleagues said the May 12, 2008 quake comprised a strong seismic wave ... more  
Gothenburg, Sweden (AFP) Sept 28, 2009European Union nations agreed Monday to beef up maritime surveillance along Europe's coastlines, Swedish Defence Minister Sten Tolgfors said. EU defence ministers, meeting in Gothenburg, southern Sweden, looked at ways to interconnect national civilian and military radar, information and satellite systems to better deal with incidents at sea. "What we have agreed today is to share and ... more |
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