The illustration released by NASA on Feb. 22, 2017 shows the artist’s concept of what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets’ diameters, masses and distances from the host star. A compact analogue of our inner solar system about 40 light years away from the Earth has been discovered, NASA announced during a press conference on Wednesday.
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Scientists discover 7 rocky earth-sized exoplanets around nearby star
The illustration released by NASA on Feb. 22, 2017 shows the artist’s concept of what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets’ diameters, masses and distances from the host star. A compact analogue of our inner solar system about 40 light years away from the Earth has been discovered, NASA announced during a press conference on Wednesday.
Kickstarter would let people relive sinking, explore wreckage of the Titanic in VR
A Kickstarter project would allow people to relive the sinking of the Titanic and explore the wreckage in a way they never have been able to before through the use of virtual reality. It’s been two decades since James Cameron retold the story of one of last century’s most infamous tragedies.
Kickstarter would let people relive sinking, explore wreckage of the Titanic in VR
A Kickstarter project would allow people to relive the sinking of the Titanic and explore the wreckage in a way they never have been able to before through the use of virtual reality. It’s been two decades since James Cameron retold the story of one of last century’s most infamous tragedies.
Google Research and Daydream are creating more realistic VR avatars
Being around someone using a virtual reality system can be an eerie experience. The typical VR headset fully hides the user’s eyes, making it hard to follow along with the action and interact with anyone using a system.
Google Research and Daydream are creating more realistic VR avatars
Being around someone using a virtual reality system can be an eerie experience. The typical VR headset fully hides the user’s eyes, making it hard to follow along with the action and interact with anyone using a system.
Huawei’s Honor VR Camera could be the most portable 360-degree camera yet
Virtual reality is becoming more and more popular, but until now it has required larger cameras and expensive gear. The Honor VR Camera may help change that.
Huawei’s Honor VR Camera could be the most portable 360-degree camera yet
Virtual reality is becoming more and more popular, but until now it has required larger cameras and expensive gear. The Honor VR Camera may help change that.
Verint Systems to sell cyber-intelligence unit, report says
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Verint Systems to sell cyber-intelligence unit, report says
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How to add an extra second hard drive on Linux LVM and increase the size of storage
I just bought a brand new 250GB SATA disk and I want to add a new disk to my existing LVM volume to increase its size total size to 500GB. How do I add a disk to LVM and extend an LVM volume on Linux operating system? Linux volume management creates an easy to use layer over physical disks.
eyeson Enters the Collaboration Tool Market with a Revolutionary…
VisoCon, today announced the worldwide release of eyeson room for Dropbox , a web conferencing integration which provides so much more than just group video calls. “We are super excited to present eyeson room for In direct response to the solution requirements of the Dropbox user community, VisoCon has launched eyeson room for Dropbox , a virtual meeting room which enhances online collaboration through the power of the web and mobile application integration.
Several Earth-Like Planets Discovered Orbiting Nearby Star
When astronomers eyeball little stars twinkling through their telescopes, they now know for certain that circling around some of them are worlds not unlike our own. On Wednesday, a Dutch-led international research team using both ground and space-based telescopes announced they’d discovered a solar system 40 light-years away with seven Earth-size planets revolving around a small star.
Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Sized Planets Around A Nearby Star
This artist’s rendering shows what one of the seven planets, TRAPPIST-1f, might look like. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption A small, faint star relatively close by is home to seven Earth-sized planets with conditions that could be right for liquid water and maybe even life.
What’s up with Windows patching, Microsoft?
Well, here’s something different. Microsoft, for the first time since it started its monthly Patch Tuesdays in October 2003 , has completely blown a deadline.
Newly-found star system has SEVEN Earth-like planets
We’ll know if life exists in a decade, but it is likely to take hundreds of thousands of years to reach the system Seven Earth-like planets have been discovered orbiting nearby dwarf star ‘Trappist-1’, and all of them could have water at their surface, one of the key components of life. Researchers claim that they will know whether or not there is life on any of the planets within a decade, and said ‘this is just the beginning.’
NComputing Launches RX300, a Cloud-ready Thin Client Built on Raspberry Pi 3
Today NComputing launches RX300, a cloud-ready, dual-screen capable and Wi-Fi ready thin client for Windows and Linux, built on the latest Raspberry Pi 3. Optimized specifically for NComputing’s award-winning vSpace Pro 10 desktop virtualization solution, RX300 enables a high performance PC-like experience alongside cloud-ready features including NComputing’s vCAST streaming technology support. Ease of deployment and centrally managed virtual desktop features make the RX300 ideal for use in SMB and education.
NASA Announces a Single Star Is Home to At Least 7 Earthlike Planets
An artist’s impression of three of the seven planets orbiting Trappist-1. One planet is in the foreground; the other is seen as a small silhouette as it transits the red dwarf star; the third is a tiny crescent off to the right.
DC-based for decades, Apollo 11 capsule to go on road trip
The Apollo 11 command module, which tra… . In this photo taken Feb. 17, 2017, the Apollo 11 capsule sits in the restoration hanger at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., ahead of a planned four-city tour.
7 Earth-like worlds could be best bet to find alien life – CNET
Astronomers call it the most incredible star system they’ve ever seen. A newly discovered set of exoplanets only 39 light-years away could be the perfect lab for finally proving we aren’t alone.
Progress: software packaging dependency & abstraction, a tradeoff worth taking
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Burke Holland in his capacity as director of developer relations at backend application build tools, PaaS technologies and it also offers tools for building the interface on the front end. Latest articles on HR best practices: mobile apps disrupting the annual staff appraisals; reasons for and against open-source software; and Rolls-Royce case study.
High court ruling limits international reach of patent laws
The Supreme Court has sided with California-based Life Technologies in a patent infringement case that limits the international reach of U.S. patent laws. The justices ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the company’s shipment of a single part of a patented invention for assembly in another country did not violate patent laws.
The Fujifilm GFX 50S will support tethering – but will see a shipping delay
The Fujifilm GFX 50S isn’t quite available yet, but the camera will have tether capabilities with a new free software. The highly anticipated Fujifilm medium format mirrorless camera will support camera-to-computer tethering – but consumers will have to wait a little longer for the GFX 50S to ship.
Scientists discover 7 a Earthlikea planets orbiting a nearby star
The discovery, reported Wednesday in the journal Nature, represents the first time astronomers have ever detected so many terrestrial planets orbiting a single star. Researchers say the system is an ideal laboratory for studying alien worlds and could be the best place in the galaxy to search for life beyond Earth.
Apple Has Reportedly Acquired iCloud.net domain For unknown Price
Examples include iCloud.us , iCloud.eu and iCloud.tv , and ironically, I found the full list on an iCloud.net blog post – which means that you have until the end of this month to look at it if you’re curious. The owner doesn’t say what will happen to the social network, but he does mention that he’ll be starting up a new site that will provide online coupon codes to Chinese users.
Found: Seven rocky Earth-sized planets in orbit around a nearby star
An artist’s impression shows the view just above the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra-cool dwarf star 40 lightyears from Earth and they are all roughly the same size as the Earth.
7 Earth-like planets found orbiting star 39 light-years from Earth
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Park Systems, World-Leader in Atomic Force Microscope Innovations…
Park Systems , a leader in Atomic Force Microscopy since 1997 is hosting a free AFM Luncheon for all SPIE attendees and Park customers on Feb. 27, 2017 from 12-2pm at Morton’s The Steakhouse in San Jose, CA, just one block from the San Jose Convention Center. The luncheon will feature a talk on Automated AFM for Small-Scale and Large-Scale Surface Profiling in CMP Applications by Dr. Ardavan Zandiatashbar, Technical Accounts Manager at Park Systems.
Canada to welcome 1200 refugees fleeing ISIL
Hussen says Canada has long offered protection to refugees based on “vulnerability, not religion or ethnicity” and will thus focus on “highly vulnerable” survivors of Daesh. The program is expected to cost CAN$28 million and there will will be an emphasis on women and girls.
USA Marketing Associates and Grillo Projects Launches New Business Unit PeakWerks
Marketing Associates and Grillo Projects, Essen Germany announced today the launch of a new business called PeakWerks . PeakWerks is a new marketing unit that will focus on Search Experience Optimization services for business websites to produce more relevant content, greater traffic and more sales conversions.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 shows up wearing an iPad Pro-like keyboard
Following a previous leak of a manual that showed the Galaxy Tab S3 with a keyboard dock akin to those on the iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface tablets – smart connectors that power draw power from the tablet to power the keyboard to save it relying on Bluetooth – a rendered image of a Tab S3 connected to a keyboard has appeared online. The image, courtesy of usually reliable tipster Evan Blass , shows a keyboard that appears to have taken design cues from Apple’s Smart Keyboard.
SpaceX aborts approach to space station, delivery delayed
A navigation error forced SpaceX to delay its shipment to the International Space Station on Wednesday, following an otherwise flawless flight from NASA’s historic moon pad. SpaceX’s supply ship, the Dragon, was less than a mile from the orbiting outpost when a problem cropped up in the GPS system.
Neato Botvac D5 Connected review: A Dyson 360 Eye competitor?
Good design, great cleaning abilities for a robot vacuum, good battery life and auto-recharge docking station, smartphone notifications and control, easy-to-use and schedule via the app Some connectivity issues, gets stuck every now and then, no manual control, no turbo or eco mode, expensive given Botvac Connected price Robot vacuum cleaners are becoming more popular with several big players now in the market, including Dyson . Some are great, others not so much, but all of them are pricey, typically costing upwards of A 600.
Heating Specialists BestHeating Raise Over A 3000 In Aid Of National Energy Action
Designer home heating specialists – BestHeating – have raised over A 3000 for National Energy Action’s – Warm Homes Campaign – in support of the charity’s ongoing efforts to put an end to fuel poverty in the UK. The fundraising began on Fuel Poverty Awareness Day – February 17th 2017 – and saw BestHeating offer a 5% discount to anyone that used the voucher code NEA5, when shopping in their online store.
FAST: ‘More to do’ on anti-piracy initiative
A new development on pirated films and music online comes as a step forward on the road to reducing mass copyright infringement. However, for the UK’s Federation Against Software Theft , as intellectual property plays an important role in supporting the UK’s economy, the Government must take a keener interest in enforcement measures to protect it.
Kontron partners with Canonical to enable universal OpenStack-based virtualized services
Kontron , a global provider of cloud and carrier-class integrated infrastructure platforms, announced today the launch of a commercially available SYMKLOUD OpenStack Platform. In collaboration with Canonical, Kontron exercised a complete validation of Ubuntu OpenStack on SYMKLOUD hardware, and will fully support and manage the platform’s life cycle in alignment with each new open source software release, starting with Mitaka.
HR OfficerHounslowAn outstanding opportunity has arisen at Chiswick…
An outstanding opportunity has arisen at Chiswick School for an HR Officer to join this 11-19 mixed comprehensive school of 1200+ pupils situated in a pleasant and accessible suburb of West London. We pride ourselves on maintaining a high quality workforce to help our students reach their full potential. As such Chiswick School is looking for an HR Officer to join their associate staff team.
Citcon Introduces WeChat Pay to North America
In addition to the convenient payment solutions, merchants will also be able to manage business performance and customer insights, run marketing campaigns, guides users to merchants’ e-commerce stores while saving their shopping preferences for future visits and manage lifetime customer loyalty programs. . It touches everything in millions of consumers’ daily life to introduce a cash-free society.
Office startup Knotel raises $25M in Series A
Office space startup Knotel raised $25 million in a Series A funding round as it prepares to take on WeWork in the growing market for flexible workspace. Knotel manages and builds out office space under partnership agreements with landlords and leases the spaces out to small- and mid-sized companies under short-term deals.
HempLife Today Announces New Third Party Verification of its…
Under this new development all CannazALLa CBD products will continue to be internally and third-party tested and a new retrieval process will be created so that new and existing consumers have additional clarification on the quality of the products they are ordering and consuming. The company believes that giving consumers easier access to this information will help boost consumer confidence which should naturally result in additional sales, repeat orders, and a boost in revenues.