Roy Mark

NASA said May 8 all systems are go for a May 11 manned mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The deployment of Atlantis to the Hubble — which is in desperate need of repairs — represents the space shuttle’s fifth and final trip to the space telescope before the fleet is retired in late 2010. […]

The White House plans an outside review of NASA’s program to return to the moon. The 90-day inquiry will re-examine NASA’s replacement plans for the space shuttle fleet, currently scheduled for retirement late in 2010, and whether it might be better to bypass the moon in favor of missions farther out into the solar system. […]

NASA Atlantis Shuttle Takes Final Ride to Hubble Telescope by Roy Mark The Mission: Keep Hubble Operational Over the course of five spacewalks, astronauts will install two new instruments, repair two inactive ones and perform the component replacements that will keep the telescope functioning at least into 2014. Atlantis’ crew is charged with replacing Hubble’s […]

General Electric announced May 7 it will invest $3 billion over the next six years in health care innovation. The company also said it would will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to improve health care IT and health in rural and underserved areas. The GE Healthymagination […]

Another day, another cyber-security concern. In today’s episode, a used computer bought on eBay contained highly sensitive details of a key U.S. missile system designed by defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Among the data found on the legally purchased computer were details of test launch procedures, blueprints of facilities and sensitive personal data on Lockheed Martin […]

When the Atlantis launches May 11 for the space shuttle’s final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, IMAX cameras will be on board to film the mission’s five spacewalks needed to repair and upgrade the Hubble. The IMAX footage will be combined with Hubble’s detailed images of distant galaxies for an IMAX film set […]

Apple and Google may find their cozy relationship on their respective board of directors under Federal Trade Commission scrutiny for possible antitrust violations. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Arthur Levinson, former Genentech CEO, serve on both boards. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, FTC officials have launched the […]

NYSE Euronext and Ciena plan to implement the first 100G network that will provide the stock exchange with both the speed and ultra-low latency needed to deliver more than 1 billion daily transactions comprising petabytes of information. The IEEE approved 100G as the next major Ethernet standard in December.Ciena’s 100G technology will be a core […]

The conditions for the expansion of mobile voice over IP have yet to materialize and are not likely to become right for at least five years and perhaps as long as eight years. When they do, though, network-based mobile carriers face the real prospect of losing a major slice of their voice traffic.“Mass-scale adoption of […]

Emulex said May 4 it was rejecting a $764 million all-cash offer from Broadcom, claiming Broadcom has significantly undervalued the company. When Broadcom made the offer at $9.25 per share on April 21, it represented a 40 percent premium over Emulex’s April 20 closing price of $6.61.Emulex, a developer of converged network solutions for data […]

Peer-to-peer company Lime Wire assured lawmakers May 1 that its latest software version does not allow for inadvertent file sharing. Lime Wire made headlines in April after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said it was reopening a 2007 investigation into inadvertent file sharing on P2P networks.In an April 20 letter to Lime […]

Despite all the chatter about the use of iPhones in the enterprise and an Apple campaign promoting the use of the hot smartphone for business purposes, it appears Apple still has a long road ahead of it to beat RIM’s BlackBerry in the business applications market. At least, that’s the conclusion that can be drawn […]