Tag archive: rain

In a discovery that may have weather forecasters the world over eyeing the job vacancy websites, scientists at the University of Geneva in Switzerland claim to have found a way to control the weather using laser beams. According to the results of a study published in the Nature Communications journal this week, the researchers have found a way of using laser beams to make water droplets in the air through a method called laser-assisted water… Read More

Have you been sitting around your house, playing the new Mortal Kombat and thought to yourself—“ya know, this is fun, but I wish there was a character that I could create a sword made out of water to slice people with?” If so, then your oddly-specific wish is about to come true. The third new DLC character for Mortal Kombat has been announced, and it will be available on July 19. Taken from Mortal Kombat 3, Rain joins the characters Kenshi… Read More

After 30 years of sending man into the vast unknown, NASA's space shuttle program is scheduled to come to an end tomorrow, at 11:26am EST. But it may get to live a bit longer, if Mother Nature has anything to say about it. The forecast for Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the last-ever shuttle launch will take place, calls for thunderstorms, which would require the NASA team to push back the launch. Despite the 70 percent chance of stormy… Read More

Despite Sony’s market position well behind Nintendo in both the home and portable console markets at the moment, the company had no problem drawing crowds at this year’s E3, where a full deck of high-profile titles made its booth one of the busiest at the show. We headed upstairs for a tour of the latest with developers on hand to explain. After debuting at last year’s E3, Fat Princess for PS3 was playable and looking… Read More

If you don’t think cyber warfare could be a major problem in the future, then NATO would like to change your mind. At a conference in London last week,Suleyman Anil, the man charged with guarding NATO from cyber attacks, told the Guardian, "Cyber defense is now mentioned at the highest level along withmissile defence and energy security. We have seen more of these attacks and we don't think this problem will disappear soon.… Read More

Last week NPD released their market share numbers and the nice thing about NPD’s numbers are that they report what is actually sold (granted they use a sampling method which means there are inherent inaccuracies). But most of the other numbers you see reported don’t take into account inventory and thus they inflate the positions of those that had manufacturing advantages; in other words, they do not report how many consumer… Read More

In a telephone press conference, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said the Nintendo is working with video game retailer Gamestop on launching a "rain check" program for the company's Wii video game console, offering shoppers a chance to reserve a Wii for delivery in January. The popular console has been in short supply since its introduction a year ago, and the shortages promise to make setting hands on a Wii… Read More

According to a front page report in the Financial Times, the Pentagon claims to have found the source of a cyber attack in June that stole data and shut down thee-mail system of the Defense secretary.   An anonymous source said the culprits were the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). According to the report, the attackers, working from anumber of locations, spend several months probing Pentagon defences before hacking in. The… Read More

The battle between competing HD DVD and Blu-ray high-definition disc formats has been quiet for a little while, but the Blu-ray camp has just fired things up again, announcing that as of July 1, consumers who buy a qualifying Blu-ray disc player will be eligible to receive five Blu-ray movies from a list of 20 popular Blu-ray titles—for free. Dubbed the Blu-ray Disc Promotion, the program will run from July 1 to September… Read More

Plainly, some folks in the record biz think if they kiss this particular frog, it might just turn into Prince Charming. Not-yet-launched online music service SpiralFrog announced today that one of the world's largest music distributors, EMI Music Publishing, will make its music catalog available for free, legal download via SpiralFrog's forthcoming ad-supported music service. The news follows last week's announcement that… Read More

Weather-related reception problems were ranked as the top reason satellite users would consider switching from satellite to cable TV, according to a new survey by Lyra Research's DTV View group.Commonly called rain fade, rain or snow may interrupt satellite-TV reception. Viewing TV without rain fade is cited as the biggest inducement for subscribers to make the switch to cable-TV service(see figure). These findings are featured in the new… Read More