Tuesday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on July 19, 2005 at 3:46:56 PM
News will be light this week due to a medical condition.
HP to lay off 14,500 people. Say hello to the new HP.
Boulders on Saturn's moon.
Shuttle tank refuelling may lead to launch.
Largest stellar quake produces F sharp key.
HP to lay off 14,500 people. Say hello to the new HP.
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As part of its strategy, the computer and printer maker said Tuesday that it will lay off 14,500 workers, or about 10 percent of its staff, under a restructuring plan designed to bring the company's costs in line with those of competitors like Dell and IBM. HP said the broad changes will save it about $1.9 billion each year starting in the summer of 2006. In its current fiscal year, the company expects to save between $900 million and $1.05 billion.
Boulders on Saturn's moon.
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On 14 July, Cassini swooped in for an unprecedented close-up view of the wrinkled moon. Its Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) camera has since returned pictures of a boulder-strewn landscape that is currently beyond explanation. The "boulders" appear to range between 10 and 20 metres in diameter in the highest-resolution images, which can resolve features just 4 m across.
Shuttle tank refuelling may lead to launch.
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However, if the armada of engineers and technicians solve the problem before next week, they could convert the upcoming fuelling test into the shuttle’s new launch date, NASA shuttle managers said on Monday. The team is testing the sensor system in room temperature conditions. But to work out why the sensor is acting up, they may need to repeat the tests while the shuttle’s external tank is fully loaded with liquid oxygen and hydrogen.
Largest stellar quake produces F sharp key.
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Combing through data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, a team of astronomers has identified oscillations in the X-ray emission of SGR 1806-20. These rapid fluctuations, which began 3 minutes after the starquake and trailed off 10 minutes later, had a frequency of 94.5 Hertz.