Daily Wrap Up - September 11 Tech.<strong><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/florida-weather-leads-discovery-space-shuttle-calif.htm" target="_blank">Bad Florida weather leads Discovery space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. to Calif.</a></strong> NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. has ordered astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery to switch to a backup runway in California for their planned landing Friday because thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. blocked its return home to the Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics in Florida. <strong><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/microsoft-358-mln-damage-award-overturned-us-court.htm" target="_blank">Microsoft $358 Mln damage award overturned by US court</a></strong> A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent. <strong><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/hacker-gonzalez-pleads-guilty-largests-identity-theft-crime.htm" target="_blank">Hacker A person who writes programs in assembly language or in system-level languages, such as C. The term often refers to any programmer, but its true meaning is someone with a strong technical background who is "hacking away" at the bits and bytes. Gonzalez pleads guilty in largest U.S. identity theft crime</a></strong> Hacker Albert Gonzalez, accused of masterminding the massive data thefts at BJ's Wholesale Club BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. NYSE: BJ is a membership-only warehouse club chain operating in the East Coast of the United States, as well as in the state of Ohio. History , TJX and several other retailers, pleaded guilty to some of the largest identity-theft crimes on record on Friday while leaving the federal judge wondering how to compensate his millions of victims. |
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