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Mobiado Grand 350 Pioneer meteorite-toting mobile announced

Mobiado has announced the launch of another luxury handset - this one, a little like the special edition Motorola Aura we saw recently - with a space twist.

With the new handset, the Grand 350 Pioneer, Mobiado is paying homage to NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft...

NASA launches iPhone App

NASA has put together an iPhone application that'll let budding space-heads keep track of intersteller goings-on from their mobile phones. The app, which was released on 23 Oct, is called "NASA App For iPhone".

It allows users to view images about space, get information...

EasyBloom Plant Sensor brings USB gadgetry to gardening

The EasyBloom Plant Sensor is the first web-based gardening tool that recommends the best plants for any location and provides plant care advice.

Although already launched in the States, we've only just heard of the USB gadget and thought we'd bring news of...

Motorola offers moon-themed Aura "Celestial Edition"

Based on the fact that it was a Motorola radio transponder aboard the Apollo 11 that relayed the first words and visuals from the moon to Earth, Moto is offering a moon-themed special edition of its high-end Aura.

The expensive Aura just got even more dear...

Eton offers Buzz Aldrin edition radio

Eton is celebrating 50 years of space exploration and 40 years since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon with a special edition radio.

The New Eton G6 Buzz Aldrin Aviator Radio is described as a "space aged, pocket sized, world band radio for the...

VIDEO: NASA astronaut to tweet from space

NASA astronaut Mark Polansky is to keep in touch in orbit in a particularly web 2.0 way.

As well as via YouTube, Polansky is to use micro-blogging service Twitter to update interested parties on his progress.

Polansky is to answer questions about...

NASA's retired space shuttles up for grabs

Three of NASA's old space shuttles, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour, are to be up for grabs in a few year's time.

The space agency is currently calling for ideas as to how and where to best display the shuttles when they get retired in a few years time.

NASA creates 23 x 10ft mega display

The scientists over at NASA need to study the tiniest of tiny details, specs in space and so they needed no less than the world's highest resolution visualisation system.

NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames has created a 128 screen, called the hyperwall-2.

Protection on work email

It seems that one particular college may not have had the certain procedures in place to prevent a woman being awarded more than £6000. The ruling support the woman's claims of having her privacy breached.

Nine years ago, the woman who worked for the college...

Google goes social networking with MyMaps

Google has added a new feature to its online Google Maps service that allows users to share personalised and annotated maps with others.

Seen as the social networking of the map world, users will now be able to mark favourite places on maps, draw lines and...

Virgin Galactic and NASA join forces in space race

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has teamed up with NASA to attempt to make the average flight from London to New York take less than an hour.

In announcement will see the two companies collaborating in future manned space technology.

Virgin...

Turkey bans YouTube

Turkey is under a YouTube blackout after one of its courts banned it for posting a video insulting Turkishness.

Prosecutors to the court recommended the total ban after a video appeared that insulted the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kema Ataturk, calling...

Google CEO indicates closer ties to Apple

Microsoft may be jabbing at Google's soft underbelly by attacking its book project, but Google has thrown a punch in the form of a hint that it may be aligning more closely with Apple.

"I will tell you that Google and Apple are doing more and more things together...

Live traffic service for Google Maps launched

Google has launched a new feature on its mapping software in America that will allow drivers to see traffic jams as they happen overlaid on its maps.

The free service, which is available for 30 major US cities including San Francisco, New York, Chicago and...

Google buys in-game advertising company Adscape

Google, having spread its sphere of influence beyond internet advertising into radio marketing, is now dipping its toe into the gaming ad market with the acquisition of Adscape.

The company has paid $23 million for the company, which has developed the technology...

Google replies to Googe name change

Google's Doodler, Dennis Hwang, has replied to reports that he can't spell on the company's blog.

Pocket-lint reported that yesterday's Google Doodle on the search engines homepage left out the "l" in google. In a homage to Valentine's Day, the logo's second...

Google changes its name

Google has changed its name for Valentine's Day in can what only be a typo.

To mark the special day, Google has changed, as it regularly does with a graphic depicting the day.

Today's logo sees a Valentine's Day inspired artwork with the G becoming...

Google did violate copyright law in Belgium

Google did violate copyright laws by publishing links to Belgian newspapers without permission a Brussels court ruled setting a precedent for future cases.

The outcome means Google must remove the links within its search engine and pay a 25,000 euro fine every...

Yahoo integrates Messenger into Mail

Yahoo has announced changes to two of its services, Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0.

The company is inserting Yahoo Messenger into the latest version of Yahoo Mail, which is still in beta.

The service is rolling out across its network of...

Dawn breaks over Google Earth

A special layer dedicated to sunrise across the world has been added to Google Earth to bring the light of day to your desktop.

The layer points to a set of video produced by Discovery HD Theater's “Sunrise Earth” program. To view them, you simply open Google...

Google Earth 4 now contains 3D renderings

Google has released the fourth version of its Earth software, which now includes 3D mapping.

Now not only can you view satellite images and mapping, you can also view 3D models of famous sites and terrain, like the Grand Canyon.

Although the team...

Google updates Blogger, adds Christmas gadgets to the Desktop

Google seems to update its range of software all at the same time. In addition to recent changes for Google Apps for Your Domain and Picasa, Google has now added features to Blogger and Desktop.

Designed for people who don’t know a lick of HTML and can’t imagine...

Google and NASA to team up for Google moon

If you thought Google Earth made use of some amazing technology, wait until Google adds NASA to the mix.

NASA and the web search company have announced plans to develop software that makes it easier for you to view details of Mars and the moon similar to the...