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Theme: Space Shuttle Endeavour Final Mission

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Inspired by the collection of photos I saw on this post http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/46-fabulous-photos-of-endeavours-last-ever-spacewalk/, which I spotted in my Twitter stream thanks to my friend @datachick, I decided to put them together into a Windows 7 Theme.

I have also zipped them up in a compressed file which anyone can download, not just Windows . . .

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Windows 7 Dynamic Theme Updates 20 January 2012

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This weeks updates include new backgrounds for five of the dynamically updated themes for Windows 7.  If you’re a space geek like me then take a close look at the US aerial images.

Let us know what you see down in the comments.

Bing Maps Aerial Europe

Bing Maps Aerial US

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NASA TV Expands HD Lineup (Watch Live)

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NASA TV has just announced an upcoming new HD offerings, scheduled to come into effect on February 17th. NASA TV’s Public Channel and Media Channel will switch to HD, but the Education Channel will continue to be broadcast in SD.

As part of the changes, the NASA TV HD Channel, which currently . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 36

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Welcome to Episode 36 of the Observed Tech PODCAST as we kick off the coverage of CES 2012. In this show we discuss the Tech Podcasts Network live coverage of this years Consumer Electronics Show and our partnership with them to simulcast the show from the site which you will find embedded on our main page. Amongst the subjects we cover in this show are Windows Phone and updates; Kinect for Windows robots; turning your Windows PC into a Windows Media Center machine; new photo sharing service from Warner Brothers; bouncing lottery checks in Illinois; meet your spouse while playing Word with Friends; Facebook Timeline scams; Ramnit worm swipes 45,000 Facebook passwords; NASA Shuttle program announced 40 years ago; independent devs get some increases for XBL Arcade titles; Microsoft and Nokia spending $200 million in US for marketing Windows Phone; Choplifter HD out this week; everything about passwords is wrong; refresh and reset your Windows 8 PC; storage in Windows 8; Chrome gets punished by Google; identity theft protection tips; Comet making and selling forged Windows CDs; 1 million Kindle Fires sold; Windows 7 will take over Windows XP usage in four months; Commodore 64 turns 30; partitioning your hard drives; Windows Phone Metro Design Series; Meet Ask Ziggy and the top 10 spam, malware and cyber security stories of 2011. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

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Quadrantids Meteor Shower Images

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Last night I let you know about the Quadrantids meteor shower that was peaking this morning in the Northern Hemisphere and I hope some of you were either able to watch it live with your own eyes or via the livestream.

My wife and I ventured out into the frigid 26 degree . . .

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Watch the Quadrantids Meteor Shower Online 3-4 January 2012

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Tonight one of the shortest lived meteor showers will happen and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will live stream an all-sky camera to share it with the world.

The Quadrantids 2012 shower has a very short peak that occurs for a few hours tonight and will only be visible in the Northern . . .

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