Macintosh introduces itself to the world in 1984

Tourists' spacecraft reaches ISS

The first space tourist ever, billionaire Charles Simonyi has successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) along with two cosmonauts aboard a Russian spacecraft. I wonder if we will ever have space subways where people would be traveling back and forth from earth to the space station and back? Read on here.

Google leads the way

Until yesterday, after reading an article on BBC's website, I hadn't realized how dependent (and grateful) I was on the services Google provides us. However, it also made me realize that nearly every aspect of my actions over the internet are surrounded by Google. That is not to say that is necessarily a bad thing, but why do I, or millions of Google fans not prefer to use other search engines such as MSN, A9, Yahoo, Altavista, Ask.com, etc? The following article discusses some important reasons why Google has such a huge following. Click here to read the article.

Mini flying saucer

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A British ex-hovercraft engineer has designed a fascinating piece of technology: A saucer-helicopter hybrid drone. Read on for more information. A link to a video of the saucer is provided at the bottom of the post.

"My son said it was a bloody silly idea,' said Mr Hatton. "Now I've proved it works, he says sorry, he was wrong."

The 68-year-old has won a contract with the US government for his 3ft-wide contraption, a cross between a hovercraft and a helicopter. It is being considered for surveillance sorties.

"Unlike a helicopter, though, this is aerodynamically neutral and you can bump into walls and not smash the rotor,' said the inventor.

"And, unlike a hovercraft, you can fly it as high as you want."

The dome-shaped object is powered by an electricity-driven propeller on top that pushes air over the outer surfaces, and has controllable flaps.[...]

Video: Watch the flying saucer in action!