http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news on scientific topics and technology en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295513,spacewalkers-work-on-international-space-station--summary.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - Two US astronauts left the safety of the International Space Station Thursday to install spare parts that will help it continue running smoothly in the future. Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Michael Foreman and Robert S... Space,Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:40:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295513,spacewalkers-work-on-international-space-station--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295459,spacewalkers-work-on-international-space-station.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - Two US astronauts left the safety of the International Space Station Thursday to install spare parts that will help it continue running smoothly in the future. Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Michael Foreman and Robert S... Space,Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:34:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295459,spacewalkers-work-on-international-space-station.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295391,vietnam-users-annoyed-as-government-blocks-facebook.html Hanoi - Employees at Vietnamese internet providers confirmed Thursday that the government had ordered their companies to block the social networking site Facebook. Vietnamese Facebook users had complained of being unable to access the site for days, ... Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:28 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295391,vietnam-users-annoyed-as-government-blocks-facebook.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295301,atlantis-links-up-with-space-station.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday on a supply mission to build up its reserves. Atlantis, which launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on an 11- day mission on Monday, carries... Space,Technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:16:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295301,atlantis-links-up-with-space-station.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295025,last-try-underway-to-free-plucky-mars-rover.html Washington - The US space agency NASA began sending signals late Monday to the Spirit Mars rover in an effort to back the robotic device out of a patch of sandy soil where it has been stuck on the Red Planet. NASA ground controllers were attempting t... Space,Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:10:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295025,last-try-underway-to-free-plucky-mars-rover.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295024,china-jails-tibetan-website-founder-for-15-years-group-says.html Beijing A Chinese court has sentenced the founder of a Tibetan-language website to 15 years in prison after convicting him of disclosing state secrets, while in a separate case a Tibetan blogger was sentenced to five years in prison, rights groups ... Internet,Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:40:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295024,china-jails-tibetan-website-founder-for-15-years-group-says.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295011,atlantis-lights-up-sky-as-shuttle-era-winds-down--feature.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - It has been a familiar but spectacular sight along the central Florida coast for nearly 30 years - a space shuttle roaring into outer space, blasting off a cloud of steam and a ... Space,Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:40:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295011,atlantis-lights-up-sky-as-shuttle-era-winds-down--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294993,space-shuttle-atlantis-blasts-into-orbit--summary.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The space shuttle Atlantis thundered into the sky over Kennedy Space Centre on Monday carrying si... Space,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:49:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294993,space-shuttle-atlantis-blasts-into-orbit--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294990,readers-would-pay-for-online-news-italians-more-than-americans.html Washington - Readers would be willing to pay small monthly amounts for online news, according to an international survey released Monday. Americans were at the bottom of the list of what they would be willing to pay, at 3 dollars a month, compared to... Internet,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:55:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294990,readers-would-pay-for-online-news-italians-more-than-americans.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294989,space-shuttle-atlantis-on-way-to-space-station--2nd-update.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The space shuttle Atlantis thundered into the sky over Kennedy Space Centre on Monday carrying six crew members on a mission to the International Space Station. The mission i... Space,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:43:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294989,space-shuttle-atlantis-on-way-to-space-station--2nd-update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294988,space-shuttle-atlantis-blasts-off.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The space shuttle Atlantis thundered into the sky over Kennedy Space Centre on Monday carrying six crew members on a mission to the International Space Station. The mission is part of the US space agency's efforts to stock u... Space,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:31:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294988,space-shuttle-atlantis-blasts-off.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294985,german-official-europe-needs-plan-to-handle-orphan-works-texts.html Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief culture adviser welcomed Monday the removal of German books from search giant Google's project to create a world online library, and said Europe must solve the orphan works dilemma on its own. Google... Internet,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:07:25 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294985,german-official-europe-needs-plan-to-handle-orphan-works-texts.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294963,space-shuttle-atlantis-ready-for-launch--update.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The six-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis boarded the craft Monday in preparation for blast off. The all-American cre... Space,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294963,space-shuttle-atlantis-ready-for-launch--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294852,egypt-launches-first-arabic-internet-domain.html Cairo - Egypt is to create the world's first Arabic language internet domain, with registration opening Monday, the country's telecommunications ministry said Monday. Website owners will now have the option of using .msr in the Arabic script, which... Internet,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:16:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294852,egypt-launches-first-arabic-internet-domain.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294822,space-shuttle-atlantis-ready-for-launch.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - The shuttle Atlantis stood ready for its scheduled Monday afternoon launch as a massive support structure separated from the gleaming white orbiter ahead of a fiery blastoff to the International Space Station. As the sun set... Space,Technology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:34:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294822,space-shuttle-atlantis-ready-for-launch.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294816,clear-blue-skies-bode-well-for-shuttle-launch.html Cape Canaveral, Florida - Clear blue skies over the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Sunday signalled good conditions one day ahead of the scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis towered over the launch pad in preparation for Monday's ... Space,Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:46:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294816,clear-blue-skies-bode-well-for-shuttle-launch.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294791,german-publishers-criticize-new-google-books-deal.html Frankfurt - German book publishers - angered at being included in the Google Books Settlement without being consulted - voiced concern Sunday that they had now been excluded. The US search giant and US publishers announced Friday that the revolutiona... Internet,Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:58:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294791,german-publishers-criticize-new-google-books-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294748,japanese-to-help-taiwan-build-undersea-quake-monitoring-station.html Taipei - A Japanese company will help Taiwan build the island's first undersea earthquake monitoring station, the Central News Agency (CNA) said on Sunday. NEC Corp of Japan won the contract to build the station off Taiwan's northeast coast, which ca... Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:16:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294748,japanese-to-help-taiwan-build-undersea-quake-monitoring-station.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294741,computer-and-internet-briefs.html Washington - How would you like to have an expert look at your PC and tell you what you need in order to get it running at its potential? You could pay a tech expert lots of money to do the job or you could download the free Belarc Advisor (http://ww... Internet,Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:10:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294741,computer-and-internet-briefs.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294740,multimedia-receiver-your-data-bridge-into-the-living-room.html Frankfurt - They go by a variety of names, including multimedia receiver, network media player, or streaming client. What they share is a mission: acting as a data bridge to bring data like photos on USB sticks or films stored on PCs onto the home te... Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:10:31 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294740,multimedia-receiver-your-data-bridge-into-the-living-room.html