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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
UK prince's tour of duty to reignite Falklands dispute?
Prince William, a Royal Air Force search-and-rescue helicopter pilot, will be deployed 8,000 miles away from home, at a base in the Falkland Islands, a British colony off the coast of Argentina. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
By Jack Rees, NBC News
LONDON -- As?Prince William prepares to head 8,000 miles from home to serve as a helicopter pilot in the remote Falkland Islands,?the traditional "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves!" refrain seems rather far-fetched.
Britain's naval fleet was once?twice the combined size of its two closest rivals.?But austerity cuts have seen?billions of pounds vanish?from military budgets. Even the Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier hasn't been spared -- HMS Ark Royal was?sent to the scrapyard last year.
Tensions have been increasing between Argentina and the U.K. as the 30th anniversary of their 10-week war over the Falklands approaches.?Argentina claims sovereignty over the British-ruled?islands, which are about 300 miles off its coast in the South Atlantic.
'Provocative act'
Britain's oil prospecting on the seabed?near the islands has added fuel to the fire.?Buenos Aires has?condemned such exploration as illegal. There has also been a war of words over territorial fishing rights and President Cristina Fernandez?has pledged an "eternal fight" to reclaim the islands.
Britain has ruled the Falklands for more than 180 years.
When Prince William's posting was announced by the Royal Air Force, one Argentine official described the move as a "provocative act."
Reuters reported that Britain's National Security Council discussed the islands' defenses on Tuesday.
Prime Minister David Cameron?subsequently accused Argentina of "colonialism" in its claim to the Falklands, saying Britain was committed to protecting the islands and?insisting that people there should be allowed to decide their own nationality.
"These people want to remain British and the Argentinians want them to do something else," Cameron told lawmakers.
Florencio Randazzo, Argentina's interior minister, later described Cameron's comments as?"totally offensive," Reuters reported.
Olympic protest?
Even this summer's?Olympics in London appear in danger of becoming entangled in? the spat. Some Argentine athletes have discussed plans to wear a logo on their uniforms stating: "The Falklands are Argentine."
According to The Associated Press, Britain maintains about 1,000 troops in the territory, which is home to about 3,000 people.
Lasting 74 days, the 1982?conflict ended with 258?British lives lost and?six ships sunk. The cost to Argentina was even greater: 649 killed with 11,313 others captured. Its navy lost a submarine, a cruiser and 75 fixed-wing aircraft.
Some now wonder if the Royal Navy would be able to respond to a similar overseas crisis today.
When?asked if Britain would be sending an aircraft?carrier to the Falklands during Prince William's military service, a spokesman for?the Ministry of Defense told NBC News: "No, we don't have one." HMS Ark Royal was decommissioned in March.
The aircraft carrier Invincible, Britain's flagship vessel in the Falklands war, has been put up for sale to raise money in the face of impending military budget cuts. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
The?Ministry of Defense spokesman pointed out the Falklands boast a "well-defended airfield with Typhoon aircraft."
But Admiral Sandy Woodward, who commanded the task force that liberated the Falklands' British population from Argentine occupation in 1982, believes the?islands "are now perilously close to being indefensible."
Major General Julian Thompson, the brigadier who led the initial British assault 30 years ago, told NBC News he believed?that if Argentina invaded the islands now, the U.K.'s military could not get them back without an aircraft carrier.
He dismissed reinforcement by air instead of sea as "sheer nonsense."
"We certainly won't get over-flying rights or basing facilities within range of the Falklands ? assuming the Argentines have taken the airfield and destroyed the Typhoons there," Thompson added.
So how powerful is today's Royal Navy? Critics highlight that when Russian ships were?spotted off the Scottish coast last year, all Britain could send was the aging frigate HMS York to make an 800-mile journey from a base in England.
Two under-construction aircraft carriers are behind schedule and won't be ready for about another decade.
Bearing that in mind, might Argentina be prepared to move beyond rhetoric when Prince William's presence draws the world's attention to the Falklands beginning next month?
One thing appears likely. Before his six-week tour of duty, William will have surely discussed the Falklands war with his uncle. Prince Andrew was?a helicopter pilot during the conflict.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
SpaceX founder tweets about marital split
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Talulah Riley and Elon Musk strike a celebrity pose after their arrival at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony held at London's Royal Opera House last February.
By Alan Boyle
Elon Musk, the founder of the SpaceX rocket venture and head of Tesla Motors, heralded the end of his?high-profile marriage to British actress Talulah Riley?last night?with a tragic tweet.
"It was an amazing four years," Musk said in a Twitter?update addressed to Riley. "I will love you forever. You will make someone very happy one day."
Musk, 40, and Riley, 26,?capped their relationship in 2010 with a storybook wedding in the same Scottish?castle where the singer?Madonna?was married to actor Guy Ritchie. (That marriage also ended in divorce, which could impact Skibo Castle's reputation as a wedding chapel.) Musk was just coming out of a messy divorce?from sci-fi novelist Justine Musk, his first wife and the mother of his five children. Riley, meanwhile,?was riding high after taking on notable roles in "Pride and Prejudice" and "St. Trinian's."
Just a few months ago, Britain's Tatler magazine published an interview with the couple that?gave little hint of the breakup. Today, Musk told Forbes magazine's Hannah Elliott that he would "always be friends" with Riley but that?it was "far too difficult to stay married."
"We took some time apart for several months to see if absence makes the heart grow fonder, and unfortunately it did not," Elliott quoted Musk as saying. "I still love her, but I?m not in love with her. And I can?t really give her what she wants."
There's been no public?reaction from Riley, either in the press or on Twitter.
Beyond the tabloids
Now that we're done with the tabloid angle, I'll just note that Musk has more on his mind than his marital troubles: First, the timing for the demonstration flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the International Space Station is currently in limbo. It had been scheduled for Feb. 7, but this week SpaceX said the launch would be delayed to address "a few areas that will benefit from additional work."
For now,?SpaceX?isn't?specifying exactly which areas of the project could use some additional work, but the launch isn't expected to be delayed more than a couple of months.?"We will launch when the vehicle is ready," company spokeswoman Kirstin Brost Grantham said in?an emailed?statement.?
The Dragon's launch on a Falcon 9 rocket would herald?a major milestone in the commercialization of orbital spaceflight. The current plan, which has to be?cleared not only by NASA but also by the Russians and other space station partners, calls for the unmanned capsule to approach within 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) of the orbital outpost, and then go into a holding pattern. If everything checks out, the Dragon would make another approach,?stopping just a few yards (meters) from a docking port. Then the station crew would use the robotic arm to pull the capsule in for a docking. After running through tests, the Dragon would undock and head back to an ocean?splashdown.
A fully successful test would open the way for commercial cargo flights to the space station, and?give a boost to NASA's plans for commercial crew operations sometime in the latter part of this decade.
Even as SpaceX?continues with preparations for?the launch, Musk has another "launch" coming up: the unveiling of Tesla Motors' all-electric Model X crossover vehicle, scheduled for Feb. 9.?The Model X, a minivan-SUV-type automobile,?is due to?join the Roadster and the Model S sedan as a Tesla offering in late 2013.
More about Musk and his ventures:
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Book Giveaway! - 3 copies of Android Marketing eBook
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Windows 8 Recovery Made Easier With ?Good State? & ?Factory State?
Microsoft is introducing new recovery options for Windows 8 that will allow users to?restore their systems with the push of a button. Microsoft has been constantly updating users on the progress of the Windows 8 platform through its official blog. The option for recovery comes as a measure to makes PCs more like smartphones and TVs. The two new features on Windows 8 are aimed to provide an easier way of recovery in case things go bad.
Windows 8 provides two ways to recover your PC, either you can switch back to ?good state? or reset your PC to ?factory state.? Microsoft wants to provide a consistent experience to get the software on back to a good and predictable state, with a faster performance. To achieve this, Windows?focuses on the concept of ?push button?,??a simple to use, predictable, and fast solution. Also, addressing the issue of??saving data before reinstallation and to make the process less time-consuming Windows 8 brings two solutions for the users, to Reset your PC or Refresh your PC.
Resetting your PC will remove all personal data, apps, and settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows. Refreshing your PC keeps all personal data, Metro style apps, and important settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows. Reset?will completely wipe a system?s hard drive of all stored data and partitions, operating like a full re-installation.?Refreshing your PC, unlike?manually re-installing Windows, re-configures all the initial settings,with your user accounts and settings all preserved. All of your documents and data are preserved in the same locations as before.?Both recovery options can be accessed by users through the Windows 8 Recovery Environment (RE) maintenance tool.
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Tax case against China's Ai Weiwei to get review (AP)
BEIJING ? Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says Beijing tax authorities have agreed to review their ruling that he pay a multimillion dollar fine for alleged tax evasion.
The internationally acclaimed conceptual artist said Friday that tax officials informed him of the decision Wednesday by telephone and said the review would be completed within two months. Ai said he was hopeful that the case would be handled earnestly and transparently.
Ai was detained for three months last year during an overall crackdown on dissent. Following his release, authorities demanded his design company pay 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines, a penalty interpreted by activists as punishment for his criticism of the authoritarian government.
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