Any nation that hopes to have a space program needs to be able to keep an eye on its orbiting assets at all times. This means that Australia has become a key link in the global chain of ground-based tracking stations.
Day: February 12, 2017
B. Riley Reiterates “Buy” Rating for FormFactor, Inc.
‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by B. Riley in a report released on Thursday. They currently have a $15.00 price target on the stock.
Letting Travis keep a secret
More and more packages, be it for R or another language, are now interfacing different application programming interfaces which are exposed to the web. And many of these may require an API key, or token, or account and password.
Briefs
The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the deadline for submitting the special audit report of KC Property Public Company Ltd to March 8. Earlier, the SEC ordered KC to have a special audit on the internal control system concerning the issuance of bills of exchanges, related receipt and payment transactions, and accounting records practice. The company was also required to examine the issue raised by the auditor whether the questionable transactions of land sales and purchases were in line with the normal course of business operation.
‘Lego Batman Movie’ tops ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ with $55.6M
Costumed avengers, a billionaire with a kinky side and a brutally efficient hit man proved to be just the tonic for an ailing domestic box office.” The Lego Batman Movie” bested “Fifty Shades Darker” at the multiplexes over the weekend, earning a robust $55.6 million to capture first place.
Tim Cook sees augmented reality rivaling iPhone’s impact – CNET
Tim Cook has expressed his interest in AR before, but now the Apple CEO is likening the technology to the revolutionary impact that the smartphone has had on the world’s population. “I regard it as a big idea, like the smartphone,” Cook said during an interview with The Independent .
What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. As CPU cores become both faster and more numerous, the limiting factor for most programs is now, and will be for some time, memory access.
Manatee County schools faces data breach affecting thousands
Authorities say as many as 7,700 Manatee County school employees are at risk of being victims of a data breach. School officials learned earlier this month that two payroll employees of the school district along Florida’s Gulf Coast had fallen for an email phishing scam.
Google May Check to See if People Go to Geographic Locations Google May Recommend
Google was granted a patent this week to enable them to check whether people are following recommendations in search results to visit geographical locations – to see how many people actually visited those places. For example, people living near a certain restaurant may be recommended as a place they might like to go; and the patent determines whether or not people may be following those suggestions.
‘Wired’ Declares Coding As Next Blue-Collar Job Boom
This week, an article in Wired declared, “The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding.” NPR’s Kelly McEvers speaks with reporter Clive Thompson about the article.
Why Yale reconsidered Calhoun College’s white supremacist ties
A rear gate at Calhoun College, one of Yale’s 12 residential colleges for undergraduates. On Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, Yale University said it is renaming Calhoun College after Grace Hooper, a trailblazing computer scientist, a mathematician who earned Yale degrees in the 1930s, invented a pioneering computer programming language and became a Navy rear admiral.
3 Key Strategies for Achieving PCI Compliance for Your Business
When you’re starting a new business , the list of tasks you have to complete is a mile long and includes everything from sourcing finance, and designing products, services, websites, and logos, to setting up corporate structures and establishing methods of operation. One of the areas which fledgling entrepreneurs really need to be aware of, though, in this day and age is PCI Compliance.
Scientists discover an unexpected influence on dividing stem cells’ fate
When most cells divide, they simply make more of themselves. But stem cells, which are responsible for repairing or making new tissue, have a choice: They can generate more stem cells or differentiate into skin cells, liver cells, or virtually any of the body’s specialized cell types.
Robin Roberts returns to Coast, accepts award
Robin Roberts and sister Sally-Ann Roberts returned to the Coast Saturday to accept an Heritage Award from Mississippi Power that honors the lives of their parents. Video by Justin Vicory/Sun Herald Biloxi votes to ask state lawmakers to approve a high-tech partnership between the city and a nanotechnology company in “Shark Tank” fashion.
Intel Corporation Expects to Grow Client Computing Group Profit Margin
CCG is Intel’s largest business by revenue, generating nearly $33 billion in sales during 2016. Most of that revenue comes from sales of processors and related components into personal-computer systems, although the company has seen reasonable success from the sale of chips that power cable gateways and, more recently, cellular modem chips into Apple ‘s At Intel’s Feb. 9 analyst day, company management went over its financial expectations for this segment for 2017 — and beyond.
Asheville-based ‘Echo Sessions’ join UNC-TV programming
Sounds of Asheville now resonate into homes across the state with Independent Arts and Music of Asheville’s new UNC-TV series. Scott Reese and Josh Blake founded Independent Arts and Music of Asheville, aka IamAVL, about five years ago.
Meet The Worst And Most Interesting Turn Signals Ever Made By Humans
Did you know I love turn signals? I do. I honestly do. It’s a weird fetish, and I can’t think of any four words least likely to get you laid than “I love turn signals,” but I don’t care.
Intel 8th Generation Processors Sticking With 14nm Process
Gone are the days when Intel’s new chips firmly stuck to the tick-tock method, which basically meant that there would be a new processor with one generation and a new architecture with the next. The company has now confirmed that its upcoming 8th generation of processors is going to stick with the 14 nanometer process for the fourth time in a row.
iPhone 8 Wireless Charging May Require Separate Accessory
Another day, another report about the iPhone 8. It has long been rumored that the iPhone 8 is finally going to get wireless charging and now there’s a new report out which claims that the next-generation iPhone is actually going to require a separate accessory for wireless charging. It’s also claimed in the report that the iPhone 8 is not going to come with a Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter.
Grammys FAQ
BeyoncA performs during the Formation World Tour at Marlins Park in April 2016 in Miami.
FormFactor’s (FORM) Buy Rating Reiterated at Needham & Company LLC
‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by stock analysts at Needham & Company LLC in a research report issued on Thursday. They presently have a $15.00 price target on the stock.
iPass Inc. (IPAS) Trading Down 21.3% Following Weak Earnings
The company traded as low as $1.25 and last traded at $1.26, with a volume of 1,337,904 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1.60.
Rube Goldberg exhibit world premiere celebrates art and silliness of machines
As you walk up to the Rube Goldberg exhibit, this stairwell greeting reminds you of the man’s cultural import. …but it was all trapped under glass.
Optimizing Nanoparticle Designs for Ideal Absorption of Light
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Resonant interaction of light with nanoparticles is essential for a broad range of nanophotonics and plasmonics applications, including optical antennas, photovoltaics, thermoplasmonics, and sensing.
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X benchmarks leak and they are impressive
Benchmark scores from the PassMark CPU Benchmark provide a glimpe of the performance of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 1700X. If these scores are real they are definitely impressive, especially because they were gathered under less-than-ideal circumstances.
Why I’d Rather Not March
This motto of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers during World War II neatly sums up a particularly American way of looking at hard work. No matter what the challenge, Americans have always had a penchant for just rolling up the sleeves and digging in.
Can banking baby teeth treat diabetes?
When she was just 11 months old, Billie Sue Wozniak’s daughter Juno was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that affects 1.25 million people and approximately 200,000 children under age 20 in the United States. The disease had affected several members of Billie Sue’s family, including her uncle, who passed away at the age of 30. “My first thought was, ‘Her life is going to be short,'” the 38-year-old from Reno, Nevada recalled.
Google Earth Images Show UFO Parked At Jet Propulsion Lab, USA
Date: 01 February, 2017. Place: Jet Propulsion Lab, State of New Mexico, United States.
Home Ministry website hacked?
New Delhi, Feb 12 – The website of the Home Ministry was non-functional on Sunday and officials said experts were finding out if it had been hacked. The website’s landing page is drawing a blank and the site itself has become inaccessible.
Indian techies welcome in Canada after Trump ban
Toronto, Feb 12 – Indian-origin tech leaders in Canada say the controversial visa and travel restrictions imposed by US President Donald Trump will be a boon for tech recruitment and investment in Canada. This provides a great opportunity for the best talent from India to come, live and work in Canada, said Shafin Diamond Tejani, the CEO of Fantasy 360, a Vancouver-based global leader in creating immersive experiences and games using Virtual Reality , Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality .
Bearish Sugar? Here Are Six Things That May Spoil the Surplus
Counting on next season’s return to surplus to buy your sugar cheap? You may want to hedge your bets. While most analysts forecast supplies will exceed demand in the 2017-18 season that starts in October for most countries, stockpiles will remain at historically low levels, “affording little latitude for under-performance in the major sugar producing countries,” according to Sean Diffley, head of sugar and ethanol at Tropical Research Services, which advises hedge funds.
Low demand, disease shrivel orange crop
Things keep getting worse for citrus growers in Florida, where crop disease and slowing demand continue to threaten what used to be a signature industry in the sunshine state. The state’s orange crop is poised to shrink to what could be the smallest harvest in five decades, according to Judy Ganes-Chase, president of J. Ganes Consulting in Panama City, Panama.
Will Apple’s iPhone 8 Launch Be Bigger Than The Samsung Galaxy S8 Launch?
The 2017 iPhone 8 launch is going to be huge. BGR has the news. “By all accounts, this year’s iPhone launch will be a big deal.
Home ministry blocks official website after cyber attack
The official website of the Ministry of Home affairs was hacked on Sunday morning. MHA website hacked @HMOIndia . Cops begin probe @dna @AbhishekBhalla7 – Sakshi Chand (@sakshichand8) February 12, 2017 Following the cyber attack, the ministry informed …
Google search – a dizzying spin in cyberspace
Just try this! Type the word ‘google’ in Google search’s rectangular box and click. In a jiffy you will get the search results.
Yale to rename Calhoun College after protests
Yale University announced Saturday that it would change the name of an undergraduate residence college named for 19th-century American politician, Yale alumnus and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun. “Calhoun’s legacy as a white supremacist and a national leader who passionately promoted slavery as a ‘positive good’ fundamentally conflicts with Yale’s mission and values,” Yale President Peter Salovey said in a written statement released Saturday.
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init
But, getting the following error in /var/log/nginx/error.log file: You need to install the CURL module for PHP 5 or 7. cURL is a library that lets you make HTTP requests in PHP. In order to use PHP’s cURL functions you need to install the libcurl package.
Cybersecurity becoming a top DoD priority, expert says
Retired Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege who has advised the Obama and Trump administrations says the time is right for Congress and the military to advance their cybersecurity efforts.
Speakeasy bars of Buenos Aires serve cocktails with a native twist
Check out some of the secret bars in the Argentinian capital and its long tradition of inventing cocktails with inventive ingredients Martn Auzmendi, former bartender, prolific cocktail writer and organiser of Buenos Aires Cocktail Week, looks as if he has a bad taste in his mouth. “It seems like every journalist around the world is saying, ‘I want to make an article about the secret speakeasy bars of Buenos Aires’,” he complains.
Nintendo Switch VR Would Be Perfect for Virtual Reality Mario Kart or Zelda
Mario Kart and Zelda are fun games both on portable as well as home consoles, but imagine playing the titles in virtual reality? Thanks to the Nintendo Switch , that may soon become a possibility. Simply put, the Switch’s display would slide right onto this headset and the Joy-Con controllers would be used like normal.