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LCROSS Is Go!

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NASA Successfully Launches Lunar Impactor:

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. The satellite lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 5:32 p.m. EDT, with a companion mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO."

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LG Mobile Phones Creates Integrated, Multi-Media Marketing Campaign for 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'

LG Mobile Phones Creates Integrated, Multi-Media Marketing Campaign for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:

"The tie-in campaign includes a customized television commercial directed by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay. An in-store consumer promotion with Verizon Wireless will also kick off nationwide. The promotion allows consumers to enter a sweepstakes automatically when they send to their friends and family one of three pre-recorded phone messages from Optimus Prime®. In addition, LG launched a movie-themed micro site, www.uncoverlg.com, which includes an engaging and interactive online game. To round out the already compelling campaign, LG announced earlier this year at CTIA their limited edition Versa for the movie tie-in. The phone will be available only through consumer promotions."

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Pentagon Seeks More Power From Vehicles

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Pentagon Seeks More Power From Vehicles

via Military News Center on 6/9/09

A strong argument could be made that the recent innovations in ground-vehicle armor, vehicle-mounted communications and sensor equipment brought about by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the U.S. military is in a "Golden Age" for tactical vehicles.

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Thomson Reuters Adds 'Social Tags' and Spanish Language Support to Its OpenCalais Service

Thomson Reuters Adds 'Social Tags' and Spanish Language Support to Its OpenCalais Service:

"SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th Annual Semantic Technology Conference -- Thomson Reuters today announced significant upgrades to its OpenCalais service. The update adds new 'Social Tags' -- story descriptors in simple, everyday language -- and support for Spanish language content to OpenCalais' core capabilities. It also adds a new 'Recession Pack' of facts and events that OpenCalais can extract from news about company actions related to a down economy.

"OpenCalais helps publishers compete. Found at OpenCalais.com, the free service makes it easy to automate content operations, enhance the value of content, improve the reader experience and extend distribution to new search engines, news aggregators and social media applications."

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Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Demonstrates Surface-Launch Capabilities

Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Demonstrates Surface-Launch Capabilities:

"PARIS, June 15, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) AIM-9X Sidewinder missile demonstrated surface-to-air capability when it engaged an unmanned aircraft vehicle target during a May 16 test.

"The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed for the air-to-air mission. This test marks the second time the AIM-9X was fired in a surface-to-air role.

"'The AIM-9X team was pleased to assist the U.S. Marine Corps with this successful demonstration,' said Capt. Jeffrey Penfield, the U.S. Navy's Air-to-Air Missile program manager. 'The AIM-9X missile has tremendous air-to-air capabilities, and this demonstration may help our warfighters exploit these capabilities in complementary employment methods.'

"During the test a telemetered AIM-9X was cued by an off-board sensor. The missile, which was mounted on a LAU-7A/D launcher on a U.S. Marine Corps Humvee, tracked, launched and guided to within lethal range of the target."

Global Partners Building Global Security: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Builds Global Security Through Enduring Air Power

Global Partners Building Global Security: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Builds Global Security Through Enduring Air Power:

"Addressing the evolving threats to world security is a priority, said George Standridge, vice president of Business Development for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. 'In times of uncertainty, more than ever, our military customers need stability - which means economic strength and global security. Air Power remains critical to ensuring global security, and Lockheed Martin has a long, proven history of providing air power solutions to nations around the world.'

'Lockheed Martin Aeronautics provides air power that gives our customers an asymmetric advantage over these threats during traditional conflicts, irregular warfare and catastrophic events,' said Standridge. 'We have had excellent records of achieving success with programs like the C-130, F-16 and others, and it's a track record we will continue with the F-35. This kind of success has been a benefit not only to Lockheed Martin but also to our customers in nations around the world,' he said."

MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announce Superstar Lineup for Rock Band™ Country Track Pack™

MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announce Superstar Lineup for Rock Band™ Country Track Pack™:

"CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS), today revealed the full setlist for Rock Band™ Country Track Pack™, which includes some of country's biggest artists from Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson and Montgomery Gentry to Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans and more! Rock Band Country Track Pack hits store shelves in North America July 21, 2009 for a suggested retail price of $29.99 and will be available for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, and Wii™ system from Nintendo."

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Company 3 Conducts Transcontinental Santa Monica-to-Tokyo Color Grading Session for Michael Bay's 'Transformers'

Company 3 Conducts Transcontinental Santa Monica-to-Tokyo Color Grading Session for Michael Bay's 'Transformers':

"SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented post production collaboration, Company 3 recently conducted a unique transcontinental color grading session between its Santa Monica facility and Digital Garden, its Virtual Outpost location in Tokyo, for the new film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

"As Company 3 Founder/DI Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld graded visual effects shots and other media in a DI Theatre in Santa Monica, Michael Bay, the film's director who was in Japan for the film's world premiere, was able to monitor the color grading work without any delay or color difference on a calibrated, high-resolution monitor -- and give feedback to Sonnenfeld via a video conferencing system."

Someone tried to phish the blog...

...one of the drawbacks of having a blog-by-mail address.

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New Attractions at Disneyland This Summer

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Video: Disneyland Resort Celebrates Summer Nightastic! With New Shows, Surprises in the Night Sky and Valuable Offers:

"Nighttime entertainment, always an exciting part of summer at Disneyland Resort, appears in a whole new light - bigger, bolder and brighter - during Summer Nightastic! Dumbo makes his debut in the sky above Sleeping Beauty Castle in the 'Magical' fireworks spectacular and Tinker Bell leads the way in 'Disney's Electrical Parade.' New creatures will thrill guests in this summer's 'Fantasmic!' show, rockin' bands and DJs heat up a great new dance club in Tomorrowland and the fairies of Pixie Hollow play under the lights for the first time. Later this summer, a new, 40-foot-tall dragon will breathe fire across the Rivers of America in 'Fantasmic!'"

NASA Chooses Three New Flight Directors to Lead Mission Control

NASA Chooses Three New Flight Directors to Lead Mission Control:

"HOUSTON, June 12 /PRNewswire - USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join a select group of individuals who lead human spaceflights from Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston."

Free Realms(TM) Celebrates Three Million Player Mark in Less Than 7 Weeks After Launch

Free Realms(TM) Celebrates Three Million Player Mark in Less Than 7 Weeks After Launch:

"SAN DIEGO, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced that more than three million unique users have registered for Free Realms(TM) (www.FreeRealms.com), the free-to-play, family-friendly online video game that launched on April 28, 2009. Recently awarded recognition by Guinness World Records for conducting the first concert to take place simultaneously in the real world and a virtual space during E3 in Los Angeles last week, Free Realms continues to redefine the scope and pace of online games."

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