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A far-flung volunteer search effort for missing Microsoft database researcher Jim Gray by his fellow high-tech professionals has demonstrated an unprecedented array of technological capabilities. Described as a capable sailor,...

While satellite radio has blazed a trail in the United States, it is still amidst its early days in Europe, although there have been one or two significant recent developments....

Worldspace Satellite Radio has licensed Certicom’s conditional access system to secure Worldspace’s satellite digital radio-based broadcast services for the European market, Certicom announced Feb, 5. Worldspace plans to roll out...

Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are...

Anaren Inc. will develop and produce the integrated beamforming assemblies for the Globalstar-2 satellite payload, Anaren announced Feb. 7. The contract, awarded by prime contractor Alcatel Alenia Space, is valued...

DirecTV Group Inc. DirecTV Group Inc. posted a profit of $1.4 billion on revenues of $14.8 billion, the company announced Feb. 7. In 2005, DirecTV attributed the revenue gains to...

Despite initially losing the key soccer (Bundesliga) rights in Germany, pay-TV operator Premiere has bounced back in style, ending 2006 with a subscription base totalling just shy of 3,410,000 million....

The International Space Station (ISS) yesterday experienced an electrical power loss, an unwelcome early-morning event that posed no danger to the three ISS crew members, NASA reported. About 1 a.m....

The installation of Democratic leadership in Congress means that some opponents of ballistic missile defense (BMD) have gained expanded leverage and clout, a leading analyst said. Baker Spring, research fellow...

The alleged actions of astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak, while shocking, will not and should not damage support for NASA and the U.S. role in space, either in congressional committees with...