New-Look Search Sites Aim to Close Google Gap (New York Times) Microsoft is launching a new look for some of it?s Live Search results in an attempt to win more of the search business from Google....more...European nations agree to share military arms testing facilities Brussels (AFP) Sept 25, 2007 (Space War) The European Defence Agency on Tuesday adopted a scheme for EU nations to share and coordinate their investments in new arms testing and evaluation....more... Students Launch Tetherball Space Capsule in Short Flight (Wired News) A group of European students attempt a new technique for space-capsule deployment -- reeling out a payload on a long line and releasing it into orbit instead of using expensive rockets and altitude adjusters. ...more... Connect-A-Jet (CAJT) Surpasses 4,000 Flight Requests In September Representing a 25 Day Increase of Over 1,600 Percent. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) AUSTIN, Texas----Connect-A-Jet.com, Inc. , an online innovator of private jet travel and charter, announced today that it has now received over 4,000 flight requests which represents a 1,600 percent increase within a 25 day period....more... First A109 Grand in USA fitted with Latitude Technologies SkyNode S200 voice and tracking system (Rotorhub) Victoria, B.C., September 25, 2006 ? N1US, the first Agusta A109 Grand Helicopter to be based in the United States, has been fitted with the SkyNode S200-021 satellite voice and tracking system manufactured by Latitude Technologies....more... Asian spacefarers race for the moon Hyderabad, India (AFP) Sept 25, 2007 (SpaceDaily) Asian giants Japan, China and India are engaged in a race to map lunar resources and make the moon a platform to explore planets beyond, amid a renewed burst of global space activity. Japan flagged off the Asian lunar race on September 14 when it successfully launched its first lunar orbiter....more... Helicopter based at area hospital (Portales News-Tribune) AeroCare pilot Dennis Baker plays the part of patient as flight nurse Shirley Scholz demonstrates how the stretcher works. In the background assisting is flight paramedic Kristi Doty. The AeroCare helicopter is now based at Roosevelt General Hospital....more... Maumee firm wins at virtual golf (The Toledo Blade) Maumee's AboutGolf is doing for golf enthusiasts what flight simulators did in the training of airline pilots....more... AT&T investigates cause of flight disruption (WMCTV Memphis) Equipment failure resulted in a loss of service at the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center....more... |