May 25, 2013

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Microsoft will open retail store in Costa Mesa, California

Microsoft retail Store to be opened in Costa Mesa soon

Through twitter, Microsoft announced its plan to open a retail store in Costa Mesa, California, followed by San Diego and Mission Viejo, Microsoft says the new stores will open in the spring. Last November the company opened their largest store right across from an Apple store. Microsoft is expected to open a total of 6 stores [...]

Mission R Electric Superbike Unveiled

Mission R Electri Superbike Image

Mission Motor’s One electric sports bike captured many hearts and headlines thanks to its futuristic look, crazy quickness, and its alt-fuel, all-electric drive train. Now they have a new vehicle on the stand, the “R” superbike–a factory electric race bike that is, if anything, even more impressive. The Mission R is powered by a liquid-cooled [...]

World’s first “Ice touchscreen display” built by Nokia NRC Tempere

Image of Nokia Ice Touch Screen

Researchers from the Nokia Research Center in Tampere, Finland, have turned a wall of ice into a huge interactive touchscreen display. Using infrared emitters and detectors to determine hand location and movement, the team projected images onto the blocks of ice so that users could see flames behind their hands. Happily, users didn’t need to [...]

NASA’s EPOXI Spacecraft Shoots Images of “Comet Hartley 2″

Comet Hartley 2

After a nearly 2.9-billion-mile (4.6-billion-kilometer) voyage, NASA’s EPOXI mission spacecraft has survived its risky rendezvous with comet 103P/Hartley 2 and has beamed back the first close-up images of the comet. This montage of five pictures, for example, shows Hartley 2′s nucleus as the craft was flying toward and under the icy body on Thursday. The [...]

Discovery Shuttle Launch Halts Due to Fuel Leak

A potentially dangerous hydrogen fuel leak on the space shuttle Discovery thwarted NASA efforts to launch the spacecraft today, delaying the shuttle’s final liftoff to no earlier than Monday, Nov. 8. Discovery was slated to launch  at 3:04 p.m. EDT (1904 GMT) today (Nov. 5) but a leak of flammable liquid hydrogen discovered during fueling [...]

NASA Delayed “Discovery Space Shuttle” Launch to Friday Due to Bad Weather

Discovery Space Shuttle in Rain

NASA delayed Thursday’s scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery due to rain showers and low clouds expected at launch time. NASA says Discovery is now scheduled to take off (1903 UTC) Friday afternoon.  Mission managers will meet early Friday to re-evaluate the weather conditions at the site of the launch, Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s [...]

US Government to Put Forward “Fuel Efficiency Rules” for Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks

Fuel Efficiency

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department are moving ahead with a proposal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and into the 2018 model year. Tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans and other large vehicles will need to be more fuel efficient under first-ever standards coming from [...]

Atlantis Space Shuttle : NASA Yet to Confirm its Launch in June 2011

Atlantis Space Shuttle Launch

Now NASA has only two space shuttle missions planned before it retires its aging orbiter fleet, but US President Barack Obama and Congress recently approved an additional spaceflight by Atlantis. Whether that will actually happen has not been decided yet. Less than two weeks before the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on its [...]

Starcraft II : Wings of Liberty Sold 1.5 Million Copies within 2 Days – Buy One For Yourself

StarCraft II would go on to sell more than 1.5 million copies in the first 48 hours, setting the record for fastest-selling strategy game of all time, according to Blizzard’s internal sales data. Now you could buy StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty From Amazon Here. One thing Blizzard does well is make immersive, addicting [...]

Reports Says that StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty is the Fastest Selling Strategy Game Ever – Buy it Now

The launch of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty last week was a successful one for Blizzard Entertainment. The company announced today the game sold over 1 million copies worldwide in the first 24 hours alone, already making it the best-selling PC game this year. StarCraft II would go on to sell more than 1.5 million [...]

Best Buy Starcraft II : Wings of Liberty

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is one of the most highly anticipated video game sequels of all time. Now that it’s hit retail shelves, fans can breathe a sigh of relief, as there are no more pushbacks and murky. One thing Blizzard does well is make immersive, addicting titles. StarCraft II fits the bill. It’s [...]