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Denmark, Sweden top US in new global IT report

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Denmark and Sweden are better than the United States in their ability to exploit information and communications technology, according to a survey published Thursday.





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U.S. Cedes Top Spot in Global IT Competitiveness

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A low rate of mobile telephone usage, lack of government leadership in IT and fallen quality of math and science education were blamed for the U.S. slipping to seventh place in the World Economic Forum's ranking of technology ...


NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on May 11

NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on May 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. ...


Endeavour 'Go' for Launch on June 13

Endeavour 'Go' for Launch on June 13

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the STS-127 mission to the International Space ...


Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit

Team Runs Operational Test to Prepare for Extracting Spirit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers using test rovers on Earth to prepare for extracting the sand-trapped Spirit rover on Mars have added a new challenge to their preparations.


Discovery Set for Aug. 25 Launch

Discovery Set for Aug. 25 Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission has concluded, setting the launch date for Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.


Personal disaster preparedness

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A recent survey by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers of over 1,800 patients seen in the Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department revealed that Metro Milwaukee residents may not personally be as well prepared for disasters ...


Atlantis 'Go' For Launch to Station on Nov. 16

Atlantis 'Go' For Launch to Station on Nov. 16

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled ...


SMOS satellite

SMOS ready to ship to launch site

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESA's next Earth Explorer, SMOS, has just passed the all-important Flight Acceptance Review, signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year. The satellite ...


SMOS and Proba-2 installed in launch tower

SMOS and Proba-2 satellites installed in launch tower

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In readiness for launch on 2 November, ESA’s SMOS and Proba-2 satellites - encapsulated in the launcher fairing - have been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower ...


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...



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