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Tutorial: Watch and record live TV on your Raspberry Pi
Many of those set-top boxes hidden under televisions are already running Linux. And despite their lack of CPU power, they're all more than capable of recording and playing several channels at the same time, as well as streaming the data across your local network. The Raspberry Pi is perfectly suited to this, too,...
techradar.com (1 hour ago)
VIDEO: Ghana students aim for orbit 'by 2016'
Students in Ghana launch a model of a satellite attached to a balloon for the first time.
bbci.co.uk (11 hours ago)
Air Force launching two satellites
The U.S. Air Force has launched its fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite and is preparing to launch its fifth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite.The GPS IIF satellite lifted off May 15 aboard a United Launch Alliance...
examiner.com (12 hours ago)
DirecTV Interested in Acquiring Hulu (Report)
It would be at least the second time the satellite TV company has expressed an interest in the Internet streamer.
hollywoodreporter.com (13 hours ago)
DirecTV interested in buying video website Hulu: source
(Reuters) - The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV, is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the situation.
reuters.com (13 hours ago)
DirecTV interested in buying video website Hulu: source
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV, is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the situation. The person acknowledged that other parties were involved, adding that DirecTV was "one of many" suitors. Media...
yahoo.com (13 hours ago)
Will the Feds ever relax the rules on using phones in flight?
Hop on an Emirates flight in Dubai and get up to cruising altitude. You realize you forgot to tell your assistant to make some crucial plans when you arrive at your destination. No problem: Just take out your cell phone and make a quick phone call. Say what? Emirates is one of just a handful of airlines that let...
pcworld.com (14 hours ago)
Howard Stern investigating private lives of his Twitter cyberbullies
Howard Stern's private eyes may just be watching you. On Tuesday's satellite radio broadcast, Stern revealed that he has hired a private investigator to look into the personal lives of people who have been cyberbullying him...
examiner.com (15 hours ago)
Gardens: the alternative Chelsea
If Björk had turned up at Frank Sinatra's 75th birthday party, she'd have had much the same effect as the Chelsea Fringe is about to have on the centenary of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Part hippy, part punk, often anarchic and occasionally downright bizarre, the fringe is quite different from the unimpeachable...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
GPS Could Provide Fast Local Tsunami Warning
Using satellite data, scientists might be able to give people faster warning of tsunamis. Continue reading →
discovery.com (20 hours ago)
Bloodthirsty wildlife documentaries lack reality and ethics | Adam Welz
Most people's wild beasts live in the TV. What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball with a large wild animal in their everyday lives, and much of their knowledge of wildlife comes from a screen. If you're North American or get US-produced satellite TV, you've...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
China fires 'anti-satellite rocket'
CHINA has test-fired a new long-range rocket capable of destroying orbiting satellites, according to US intelligence assessments.
news.com.au (20 hours ago)
CW will be the first network to stream shows on Apple TV
While it may not be a full-fledged HDTV, the Apple TV set-top box continues to expand its portfolio. According to a story first reported by Deadline, the CW is bringing its video content to the Apple TV via a dedicated app. The CW offering would mimic what the network already has on Microsoft’s Xbox; the network...
macworld.com (20 hours ago)
And Your New 'American Idol' Is ...
Candice Glover is the new "American Idol" winner. The 23-year-old beat out Kree Harrison to take the "American Idol" crown for Season 12. Glover is the first female winner since Jordin Sparks won "American Idol" Season 6. Third time's the charm it seems, this season was the third time Glover tried out for "American...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Adaia taps BMW for adventure smartphone design
In the future, there will be no excuse for becoming the next Aron Ralston. Within the past few months alone, we've seen survival watches, tablet computers and satellite phones built specifically for adventure use. Add to that the latest BMW, which isn't a car but a collaborative mobile phone project with mobile...
gizmag.com (1 day ago)
Support aired for extended Gulf phone subsidy
A mayor in north-west Queensland's Gulf Country has welcomed an extension to the Federal Government's satellite phone subsidy, but says there still needs to be more investment in remote mobile coverage.
abc.net.au (1 day ago)
Mount Everest Melting?
For years, scientists have worried about the impact of climate change in the invaluable Himalayan region. Recent research seems to confirm worries that a warming world is melting one of Earth's most iconic, not to mention tallest, summits: Mount Everest. The research was presented this week during a conference...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Rick Steves: Bethlehem: Gateway to Palestine
If there was no border or traffic to deal with, you could bicycle from the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in 15 minutes. Bethlehem is not a pretty town but it has a special energy. Most homes and businesses stand behind security walls and fences. The Arab market is colorful....
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
ViaSat taps Boeing to build new super-satellite scheduled for launch in 2016
ViaSat-1 went up about 18 months ago, but the satellite broadband company is already planning its next-generation bird, ViaSat-2. The high-Earth orbiter will far exceed Via-Sat-1's already impressive 140 Gbps of total capacity.
gigaom.com (1 day ago)
Broke Girls Guide: Get Freaked, Wellness Party & An All-You-Can-Eat Brunch
To reward you all for being awesome, we put together an amazing event this Sunday, May 19th, at members-only club 41 Ocean in Santa Monica. It's a health and wellness event, which basically means you're going to get pampered like crazy. On offer are manicures from Bellacures, tea-based cocktails from Tatratea, and...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Google aims to be your personal cartographer to extend maps lead
SAN FRANCISCO -- With its three-dimensional satellite imagery of the planet, its block-by-block detail of neighborhoods and its ubiquitous driving directions, Google is already the king of online cartography.
latimes.com (1 day ago)
Kepler space telescope 'isn't down-and-out just yet' – Nasa
The Kepler space telescope, Nasa's iconic mission to find a new Earth outside our solar system, has a problem. A crucial component used to help it orient in space has stopped working and, with little chance of getting it fixed, it looks as though the satellite will have to retire from active duty. However, on...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
'Cloudless atlas' satellite images of Earth gives a unique view of our planet
Mapping site MapBox has created a cloudless atlas using two year's worth of images taken by Nasa satellites.
dailymail.co.uk (1 day ago)
Hands on: New Google Maps make maps interesting again
We may not have a new version of Android to drool over, but at least we've got more feature-filled, better-looking maps. At its Google I/O keynote Wednesday morning, Google announced an enhanced version of its popular Google Maps service. The demos shown on stage drew some applause out of the otherwise listless...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Lisa Jackson: Talking Sustainable Tourism With Jacques Cousteau's Granddaughter
Céline Cousteau, a one-woman production team, on her way to help Amazon Promise deliver free medical care in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo credit: CelineCousteau.com For Céline Cousteau, adventure is in her blood. She is, after all, a third generation explorer. "My first dive was in Antarctica," she said. "I dove by an...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Open data: A new goldmine
AFTER a Soviet missile shot down a South Korean airliner that strayed into Russian airspace in 1983, President Ronald Reagan made America’s military satellite-navigation system, GPS, available to the world. Entrepreneurs pounced. Car-navigation, precision farming and 3m American jobs now depend on GPS. Official...
economist.com (1 day ago)
Atlas 5 GPS satellite worth $121m launches into orbit – video
The Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded $121m (£80m) global positioning system satellite, launches from Cape Canaveral air force base in Florida
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
China’s rocket launch sparks US fears of ‘anti-satellite weapons’
China has launched a long-range rocket capable of destroying orbiting satellites, according to American intelligence assessments. The launch on Monday...
thetimes.co.uk (1 day ago)
A Tropical Storm Making Ripples in the Ocean Like a Pebble in a Pond
Normally, we see storms as clouds and rain, but there's invisible power lurking inside. This amazing satellite shot shows that hidden chaos in the form of gravity waves, blasting out from a storm's center like ripples in a pond. Tropical Cyclone Mahasen, which you can see off to the right there, is heading through...
gizmodo.com (1 day ago)
USDA providing new satellite-based vegetation assessment
West Central TribuneWILLMAR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that it was launching a new state-of-the-art, satellite-based crop condition vegetation assessment and monitoring service named “VegScape.”
wctrib.com (1 day ago)
