Soyuz Landing: an Undignified Way to Come Home
Ooof. This is why NASA designed the space shuttle to land like a plane. Two space station crew members, American commander Jeff Williams and Russian flight engineer Maxim Suraev, landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft in three feet of snow this...



NASA - Soyuz TMA-16 - Space Shuttle - International Space Station - Space

"Red Steel 2" videogame an homage to spaghetti westerns (AFP)

AFP - A "Red Steel 2" sword and gunplay videogame hitting the market on Tuesday pays tribute to the nameless hero carved into film legend by director Sergio Leone.

Ow!! Rough Landing for Spacemen in Russia
Two space station crewmen land in snow; shuttles' retirement means get used to it.



NASA - Soyuz TMA-16 - Space Shuttle - International Space Station - Space

'iPad Killer' May be Palm's Last Hope (PC World)
PC World - The Apple iPad has captured the imagination--and a fair share of the news headlines for the past few months. Palm has been in the headlines as well, but for entirely different reasons. Perhaps, Palm could reverse its fortunes and regain its former glory if it went back to its PDA roots and developed a tablet PC to compete with the iPad?

Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle (AP)

AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.

The Macalope Weekly: Familiar territory (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - The iPad is now available for purchase and iPad sales figures are available for loose speculation! Microsoft phone fans find themselves in familiar territory and what’s that Braying sound?