May 23, 2013

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Pro Tools 9 : Next Generation Pro Audio Production Software from Avid

Pro Tools 9 software package

Pro Tools 9 redefines the world’s most popular, most advanced music and audio production platform with a completely re-architected, open version of Pro Tools software, giving you what you asked for—and so much more. Work with an audio interface—or without. Create bigger, better-sounding mixes with more tracks, Automatic Delay Compensation, and other pro features included [...]

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 [...]

Avid Reveals “Pro Tools 9″ at AES 2010

Avid Pro Tools 9 screenshot

Avid today announced Pro Tools version 9, a groundbreaking evolution of the industry’s most popular music creation and audio production solution. Leveraging a next-generation architecture, version 9 of Pro Tools offers customers the unprecedented choice to work with Avid audio interfaces, third-party audio interfaces, or no hardware at all when using the built-in audio capabilities [...]

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 [...]

Nissan Recall 2010 : Over 2 Million Cars Worldwide due to Faulty Engine System

Nissan Recall 2010 worldwide

Nissan recalls 2 million cars worldwide. Japan’s third-largest automaker Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it is recalling a total of 2.14 million vehicles in nine models worldwide due to a faulty engine control system. The cars that are being recalled currently were produced in Japan, the U.S., Great Britain, Spain, China and Taiwan with nearly [...]

Sony Drops “PSP Go” Price to Increase Sales

sony psp go game screenshot

Sony has announced that it will drop the price of the PSP Go portable gaming system from $249 to $199. Even after the price cut, the PSP Go is still more expensive than some of its competitors, like the Nintendo Dsi XL, Dsi and Dsi Lite, but we’re also talking about different hardware. Now, with [...]

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 [...]

Sony Drops its 30 Years Old “Cassette Walkman” Production

sony cassette walkman

Time to retire those tapes, After retiring the floppy disk  in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The company made its last shipment of the cassette Walkmans to the Japanese market earlier this year — and when they’re gone from [...]

Gliese 581 G 2010 : First Habitable Exoplanet Discovered in a Habitable or Goldilocks Zone

Gliese 581 g

A team of U.S. astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar, an area called Habitable Zone. The planet located close to the star Gliese 58, about 20 light years from Earth, might similar to our Blue Planet. The planet has been found around the red dwarf star Gliese 581. The planet appears to be [...]

Nintendo 3DS Details and Reviews Unveiled

Finally Nintendo gave a complete rundown on the 3DS handheld console. It will launch on February 26 in Japan and a month later in the U.S. Nintendo said its 3-D capable handheld will cost 25,000 yen, which is a little less than U.S. $300, in Japan but failed to give a price for the American [...]

Nintendo 3DS Specs and Release Date Announced

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata made the announcement at a Wednesday news conference in Chiba, Japan, which is near Tokyo. The 3DS, the latest generation of the DS line of portables, is unique in that people can play 3D games and view 3D content without the use of special glasses. Nintendo, which is battling a slump [...]

Nintendo 3DS US Release Confirmed for March 2011

Nintendo’s 3DS, the first portable game device with a 3D screen, will go on sale in Japan on February 26, and in Europe, Australia and the U.S. in March. The iconic gaming company’s much-buzzed-about hand-held 3-D device will go on sale in Japan in February, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said at a Tokyo news conference. [...]