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Chandrayaan-I confirms presence of water on Moon

Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a NASA instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I -India's maiden moon mission, has detected evidence of water across the lunar surface, scientists announced on Thursday.

Describing as "path-breaking" the evidence of water on Moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said no lunar odyssey so far had given a "positive" conclusion.

Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a NASA instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I, detected wavelengths of reflected light that would indicate a chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen in materials on the thin layer of upper soil.

The Moon Mineralogy Mapper or M3 has confirmed existence of water on moon by analysing the data collected from Chandrayaan-I.

The finding ends four-decade long speculation on whether there is water on moon.

Scientists first claimed that water existed on moon about 40 years ago after they analysed rock samples brought to earth as souvenirs by Apollo astronauts.

Chandrayaan-1, launched in October last year, ended prematurely last month ahead of its two-year life span but Nair has maintained that it had achieved 95 percent of its objectives.

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Chandrayaan-I confirms presence of water on Moon

Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a NASA instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I -India's maiden moon mission, has detected evidence of water across the lunar surface, scientists announced on Thursday.

Describing as "path-breaking" the evidence of water on Moon by India's Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said no lunar odyssey so far had given a "positive" conclusion.

Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a NASA instrument onboard Chandrayaan-I, detected wavelengths of reflected light that would indicate a chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen in materials on the thin layer of upper soil.



The Moon Mineralogy Mapper or M3 has confirmed existence of water on moon by analysing the data collected from Chandrayaan-I.

The finding ends four-decade long speculation on whether there is water on moon.



Scientists first claimed that water existed on moon about 40 years ago after they analysed rock samples brought to earth as souvenirs by Apollo astronauts.

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Scientists close to making 'Chilly grenade' to take on trouble-makers

The Defence Research Laboratory (DRL) at Tezpur in Assam has established after extensive research that the world's hottest chilly 'Bhoot Jolokiya', also called Naga chilly, can indeed be turned into a grenade without being lethal.

Not only that, the extracts of the chilly, exported to the US where it is a favourite among foodies, can also be used as powder to drive away animals, according to scientists in the Defence Research Laboratory.

DRL scientists are working on making the grenade with the hot properties of Bhoot Jolokiya which can be used by the police and the military to disperse unruly mob or for sundry other purposes.

The biggest advantage of the chilly grenade would be its non-lethal nature, said DRL scientist R P Srivastava.

The DRDO and World Wildlife Fund are also working on developing a powder from the chilly that could be coated on fences and ropes to scare away wild elephants who create havoc in many parts of the Northeast.

The Guinness Book of World Records has declared the Bhoot Jolokiya as the hottest chilly in 2007.

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India successfully launches Oceansat-2

ISRO placed in orbit seven satellites including Oceansat-2 within a span of 20 minutes on Wednesday, its first successful mission after the abrupt end of the ambitious Chandrayaan-I project.

At the end of the 51-hour countdown, the 44.4 meter tall four-stage PSLV-C14 blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota with ignition of the core first stage and put the satellites in orbit one after another.

Scientists cheered as ISRO's workhorse, PSLV soared majestically into clear skies at 11.51 AM from the spaceport in the East Coast in Andhra Pradesh, about 100 km north of Chennai,with the launch watched by Vice President Hamid Ansari
Oceansat-2, the country's 16th remote sensing satellite, will identify potential fishing zones, sea state forecasting and coastal zone studies, besides providing inputs on weather forecasting and climate studies.

A set of six nano satellites rode piggyback accompanying Oceansat-2 on its trip to orbit.

Ansari and senior scientist M G K Menon, who were present in the mission centre, congratulated ISRO scientists soon after the successful launch.

In April 2008, ISRO had launched 10 satellites in a single mission -- one big spacecraft (Cartosat-2A) and nine nano satellites.

Wednesday's PSLV was a core alone version without six strap on motors that surround the first stage in the standard PSLV format.

Oceansat 2 was placed in polar sunsynchronous orbit of 720 km above Earth, as in the case of its predecessor.

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Habitable moons 'could to be spotted by 2014'

British astronomers have claimed that thousands of moons capable of supporting life, like those shown in the popular Star Wars' flicks, could be scattered all over our galaxy, and are likely to be spotted by 2014.

A team at University College London hopes to track the habitable moons within the next five years, using a telescope launched by US space agency Nasa earlier this year to hunt out other planets.

According to lead astronomer Dr David Kipping, there are more than 12,500 stars within sight of Nasa's Kepler Space Telescope that have the potential for moons orbiting in areas of space where conditions could be favourable to life.

In fact, they have devised a new method for detecting moons in other solar systems -- known as exomoons.

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Nokia shifting it's gear to being a device maker to a services provider

Having ruled the market for over a decade, the world's largest handset manufacturer, Nokia, is shifting gear to reposition itself from being a device maker to a services and solutions provider in the wake of mounting competition from players like Apple and Research-in-Motion.

Nokia, one of the key developers of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), the second-generation mobile technology, is looking at providing various services and solution ranging from music downloads to games to financial services and information about prices and weather to the Indian farmers among many others.

The company has already inked a location-based service deal with social networking site Facebook.

Under the deal, people could update their location and status directly to the social networking site via a Nokia Ovi account.

The company is also planning to enter the money market, with the launch of 'Nokia Money Service'-offering basic financial services on mobile phones by next year

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Experiment to trace ice on moon fails due to loss of Chandrayaan-I

An experiment to look for ice in the polar region of the moon has failed with the abrupt loss of India's maiden lunar mission Chandrayaan-I, a scientist associated with the project has said.

A well-coordinated cosmic dance of two mooncraft Chandrayaan-I and NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was conducted late last month to study the polar craters of the moon which, scientists believe, could be the storehouse of water.

The experiment was attempted on 20th August when both spacecraft were only 20 kilometres apart over Erlanger Crater near the moon's north pole.

A radar on board Chandrayaan-I was to transmit a signal to be bounced off from the interior the crater and picked up by LRO.

But, Chandrayaan-I was pointed in the wrong direction and scientists had no way of knowing it, Spudis told 'Universe Today' website.

Scientists were planning to compare the signal picked up by the LRO with the one picked up by Chandrayaan-I.

The study of the two signals would have provided them with unique information about ice on the polar crater.

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Japan launches first cargo rocket to supply ISS

Japan launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on Friday, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet in 2010.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (2230 IST Thursday), agency images showed.

The vehicle separated from the rocket, as planned, about 15 minutes later.

The rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on a southern Japanese island, with the HTV carrying 4.5 tonnes of supplies including food and daily necessities for the six ISS crew, as well as materials for experiments, such as seeds for growing plants in space.


The 10-metre long cylindrical vehicle, which cost 217 million dollars, will deliver the supplies, load waste materials and return to Earth, burning up as it reenters the atmosphere.

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Bacteria 'to convert waste into power'

Scientists have claimed that bacteria which generate significant amounts of electricity can be used in microbial fuel cells to convert waste into power as well as provide electricity in remote environments.

A team, led by Prof Derek Lovley from the University of Massachusetts, isolated bacteria with large numbers of tiny projections, called pili, which were efficient at transferring electrons to generate power in fuel cells than bacteria with a smooth surface.

In their experiment, the scientists isolated a strain of Geobacter sulfurreducens which they called KN400 that grew prolifically on the graphite anodes of fuel cells.

The bacteria formed a thick biofilm on the anode surface, which conducted electricity. They found large quantities of pilin, a protein that makes the tiny fibres that conduct electricity through the sticky biofilm.

"The filaments form microscopic projections called pili that act as microbial nanowires using this bacterial strain in a fuel cell to generate electricity would greatly increase the cell's power output," Prof Lovley said.

The pili on the bacteria's surface seemed to be primarily for electrical conduction rather than to help them to attach to the anode; mutant forms without pili were still able to stay attached.

Microbial fuel cells can be used in monitoring devices in environments where it is difficult to replace batteries if they fail but to be successful they need to have an efficient and long-lasting source of power.

The scientists have also described in their experiment how G. sulfurreducens strain KN400 might be used in sensors placed on the ocean floor to monitor migration of turtles.

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Discovery Shuttle undocks from station & heads home

Seven astronauts aboard the U.S. shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday and set their sights on a Thursday landing in Florida.

Shuttle pilot Kevin Ford backed the craft away from the station as it orbited 223 miles above western China, near the Mongolian border.

Later, Ford backflipped the shuttle around the station so astronauts aboard the outpost could take pictures of Discovery's heat shield.

Discovery's crew will spend the rest of the day on inspections that are part of post-Columbia safety procedures to assure the shuttle was not damaged by debris during its climb to orbit.

So far, NASA has found no damage that would keep Discovery from its scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 10 at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT).

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Wipro to offer software-as-service platform to independent vendors

Wipro Technologies will offer independent software vendors a platform to provide software-as-service (SaS) using Oracle grid computing and Oracle application grid middleware, the IT bellwether said on Saturday.

The technology platform will enable vendors to operate their business applications in the SaS model in a non-intrusive manner. It will also result in 20 per cent savings in the total cost of ownership, the company said in a statement.

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Astronauts conduct final spacewalk of Discovery mission

Astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery ventured out of the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday for a third spacewalk that will be the last of their mission.

NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang left the ISS at 0209 IST for what is expected to be a 6.5 hour spacewalk, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

The pair are expected to "deploy an attachment system" and "replace a device designed to help the station determine its position relative to the Earth," NASA said.

Fuglesang, of Sweden, and Olivas on Friday installed a liquid ammonia tank to keep the space station cool and completed several other tasks, including bolting portable foot restraints on the orbiter's truss.

The pair returned to the decompression chamber after six hours and 39 minutes in space, NASA said, and after bolting the 800-kilogram tank into place and linking up electrical and fluid lines.

The spacewalkers also moved a spent ammonia tank, which was removed on Wednesday, into the shuttle's cargo bay to be taken back to Earth.

With this week's outing Fuglesang -- who was the first Swede in space in December 2006 -- became the first astronaut outside the United States or Russia to participate in more than three spacewalks.

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UK swine flu vaccine trial shows 'strong response'

Results from the first swine-flu vaccine trials taking place in Britian have revealed a strong immune response after administering just one dose.

The pilot study, run by the University of Leicester and Leicester Hospitals, was tried with 100 healthy volunteers, aged between 18 and 50.

Dr Iain Stephenson, who led the trial at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, said: "The clinical trial of Novartis MF59-adjuvanted cell-based A (H1N1) vaccine indicates that the 'swine flu' vaccine elicits a strong immune response and is well-tolerated.

The trial evaluated the tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine, and tested different schedules of vaccination, in terms of time between vaccinations.

The vaccine schedule was one or two doses of 7.5 microgram MF-59 adjuvanted surface-antigen A/California/2009 vaccine derived from cell-culture.

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Installing a Sound Card in Your PC

Just about every home has at least one computer in use. When you buy a computer it comes with a long list of what is included with the system. You might find that your system didn’t come with a sound card.

Most new computers are equipped with a sound card. The sound card allows you to hear what is happening on your computer screen. Some people don’t notice that there is no sound card installed because they don’t use the computer for surfing the Internet. If you are creating and managing documents on your PC no sound is required.

If you are one those computer owners that installs a PC game and finally realizes that you can’t hear anything coming from the screen, don’t be alarmed. You have not gone deaf. All you need is a sound card.

Just about any office supply and computer store sells sound cards. Before buying one, you can check the computer compatibility specifics either on the PC or in the user manual to see if there are any guidelines for choosing a sound card. If you have no clue, you can always ask the store personnel. Describe your computer system and they can recommend a sound card. Creative makes the Sound Blaster series of sound cards that most people are using these days.

Installing a sound card for the first time is relatively simple for anyone to do. Just a few suggestions: Before opening the back of your PC tower, make sure that it is unplugged and you are grounded to avoid any unfortunate accidents. It’s also good to stay away from carpet when performing the installation. Problems with static electricity are not an urban legend.

1. Find your sound card slot on the back of your tower. On most computer towers, empty slots are covered over with a metal bar. Use the first empty slot after an occupied one for the sound card.

2. With a screwdriver, remove the metal bar over the slot.

3. Remove your sound card from its packaging. Be careful not to touch any of the colorful connections on the card as this may damage them.

4. Slide the sound card into the open slot. It will click into place. If you feel any resistance, stop. The card may be inserted upside down. Remove and start again.

5. Once the sound card slides into place screw it back in. turn your PC tower upright and reconnect your peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc.)

6. Turn on your computer. It should detect the new sound card when it boots up. If not, the instruction manual will guide you through the set up.

You are now ready to hook up those speakers and experience mind-blowing sound at every turn!

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India may abandon moon mission after radio link snaps

India may have to abort its first moon mission after attempts Saturday to restore radio contact with its lunarcraft Chandrayaan-1 proved futile.

The spacecraft, orbiting the moon at a distance of 200 km, last transmitted data to the space agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN), 40 km from Bangalore, at 00:25 IST Saturday.

The 514 kg Chandrayaan orbits the moon every 100 minutes.

Its antenna stopped working due to a sudden failure of the communication systems in the spacecraft. There is no spare antenna to restore the contact.

Scientists are analysing the data at the DSN to check the health of the spacecraft subsystems.

The $80 million (Rs.380 crore) Chandrayaan was launched amid much fanfare Oct 22, 2008 from ISRO’s spaceport Sriharikota, about 90 km northeast of Chennai, on board the 316-tonne polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-CII), with 11 scientific payloads, including the moon impact probe that was landed on the lunar surface Nov 14.

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Free Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 License For 6 Months

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 – the backbone of your PC’s security system – offers protection from a range of IT threats and provides the basic tools needed to protect your PC. Now you can Use this latest Version for 6 Months. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 (version 9) is the newest version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus series which provides easy-to-use solution provides complete antivirus protection that allows users to surf the web safely and keeps your PC free of viruses, Internet and email worms, and Trojans. So here is the Instruction to get the 6 Month Free License for Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 :-

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Note that the activation code is valid only for Simplified Chinese version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, which can be downloaded from here: http://www.kaba365.com/4640000.asp.

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Check a website for malware before visiting it

Have you ever been in a dilema about a website, not sure if its safe to visit or not ? Some link that got sent to you in a suspicious looking email, maybe friends playing a prank on you ? How can you tell if a website is safe to visit or not before visiting it ? How can you be sure the website is not spewing spyware or will infect your machine with a trojan or some other malware ? Of course your anti-virus or anti-spyware might be able to deal with the infection, but it would be prudent to check the website before hand..How ? using Google's advisory!

Thats right, if you are not sure about a website, just use Google's advisory to know more about the website. Its very easy, done using your browser and takes no installing of any software. Simply go to http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=PutSiteNameHere and replace the string PutSiteNameHere by the name of the website you want to check.

For example, if you wanted to check for the site indiawebsearch.com , simply modify the url to say http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=indiawebsearch.com . Google will then present you with its recommendations on the site, it will tell you if it has been reported as suspicious or not, and when did Google last crawl the site etc.

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Windows Live Writer 2009 Download

Windows Live Writer 14.0 is a easy-to-use software that will make it easier to compose compelling blog posts using Windows Live Spaces or your current blog service.

windows-live-writerBlogging has turned the web into a two-way communications medium. Our goal in creating Writer is to help make blogging more powerful, intuitive, and fun for everyone.

Writer has lots of features which we hope make for a better blogging experience.

WYSIWYG Authoring :
The first thing to notice about Writer is that it enables true WYSIWYG blog authoring. You can now author your post and know exactly what it will look like before you publish it. Writer knows the styles of your blog such as headings, fonts, colors, background images, paragraph spacing, margins and block quotes and enables you to edit your post using these styles.

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Writer makes inserting, customizing, and uploading photos to your blog a snap. You can insert a photo into your post by browsing image thumbnails through the “Insert Picture” dialog or by copying and pasting from a web page.

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Whether you are blogging about a vacation or a political conflict, maps are a great help in engaging the imagination of your readers. You can do this using Writer’s ability to insert a Windows Live Local map directly into a post.

What’s New in This Release :

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Samsung WEP870 and WEP470 to be launched

Electronic giant, Samsung Mobiles has announced its decision to launch Bluetooth headsets - WEP870, WEP850 and WEP470 - in line with its strategy to attain a status of repute in the technology segment by launching customer friendly gadgets.

Samsung WEP870, supported by multi-connection technology, is a noiseless Bluetooth mono headset that enables customers to listen to streaming music. It can simultaneously pair with two Bluetooth enabled devices. The headset, priced at $90, is easy to wear around the neck for enjoying music in a recreational mood.

It supports a very comfortable microphone for users to receive and send the best sound, using the stereo ear buds. It also supports an intuitive LCD screen for displaying battery level, call status and Bluetooth connection status to the users.

Lightweight headset Samsung WEP470, packed with packet loss suppression technology, also offers very fine reception without any noise and distortions. It has many features similar to the WEP870, but it is comparatively cheaper than other models. It is available for just $40.

WEP850 is also attributed with features similar to WEP870 and WEP470, and it is available for $70.

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