Philae Robot Lands on Comet, Bounces Twice before Settling
The Philae landing craft successfully landed on Comet 67P yesterday as part of the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. Scientists at Mission Control in Darmstadt, Germany celebrated as they received the signal from Rosetta confirming the landing.
Alibaba Sets $9.3bn Sales Record on Singles’ Day
Chinese ecommerce retailer Alibaba sold a record $9.3bn worth of goods in a single day yesterday. That single day, was Singles' Day! Never heard of Singles' Day? You're obviously not doing business in China (or if you
Winners of Schools’ Science Video Competition Announced
The winners of the €3000 schools science video competition, ReelLIFE SCIENCE, are today announced as part of Science Week 2014. The primary school category winners are Sooey National School, Co. Sligo, with Julien Torrades from Summerhill
US Hosting Company Bows to Legal Threats from Rehab CEO
Update: The original version of this article identified the web host as Limelight Networks. However, their Chief Marketing Officer points out in a comment that Limelight sold its Web Content Management System to Upland Software in
Geektastic Attic in London House
There's a rather nice house listed for sale in London at the moment. Most of the rooms are nicely furnished and I'm sure that it would be fantastic for most families. However the house's attic is
Fwiday Febwuawy Fouwteenth [Audio]
Michele and Conn get together on Skype for a podcast (22:55, 13MB, MP3). Michele's umbrella was an early casualty of Wednesday's storm, but it also provided the first real-world use of the failover systems in Blacknight's new data
Introducing .CO.COM
Ken Hansen is CEO of Co.com, a new Second Level Domain Registry with an interesting proposition. As Ken explains it, there are many businesses which missed out on the first wave of .com domains, yet still
