Check in by fax ... sort of:
Northwest customers now have the option of having their boarding passes faxed to them when they
check in on the airline’s website. Previously, customers checking in online had to have access to a
‘printer to print their boarding passes. The new option will allow customers to receive their boarding
passes via fax at a designated location — such as a hotel or meeting place. For more information,
visit: www.nwa.com/checkin.
Motorola, Yahoo team for portability, including iRadio
Cell phone maker Motorola and Internet search engine operator Yahoo on Tuesday said they are teaming
up to offer Yahoo's online content and services on mobile devices made by Motorola, including the
company's upcoming iRadio product.Users will be able to access Yahoo's offerings on Motorola's
Linux-based mobile devices and other high-speed Internet products, including iRadio, a new device that
can play Internet radio channels and the user's personal digital music collection. Motorola plans to launch
iRadio later this year. Yahoo said the deal with Motorola will extend its reach beyond desktop computers
into the wireless market. Motorola-made devices carrying Yahoo content will be available to consumers
starting next year, the company said.
New mouse for Macs has multiple buttons
Apple Computer Inc. introduced on Tuesday its first computer mouse with multiple buttons, including four
sensors and a tiny scroll ball. Although a departure from the company's traditional mouse, the "Mighty
Mouse" looks very similar to the single-button model Apple has long produced. The most obvious
difference is the relatively tiny scroll ball at the mouse's head, which can move cursors diagonally as well
as up and down across display screens and can be pressed to "click" functions. Like Microsoft, Apple has
for years built added functionality into its operating systems to accommodate multi-button mice. But you
had to buy mice made by other manufacturers, such as Microsoft or Logitech, to take advantage.
Designers of the new Apple device wanted a scroll ball that was less obtrusive than other scroll balls and
"stayed out of the way" of users who chose not to use it, said David Moody, vice president of Macintosh
hardware product marketing. in lieu of actual buttons beyond the scroll ball, the optical-scanning mouse
has four sensors that can be programmed for multiple actions, just like the left and right buttons on many
PC mouses. Mighty Mouse, which connects via a USB port, is PC-compatible but won't be able to move
your cursor diagonally in Microsoft's Windows, Apple said. It will retail for $49.
Delft University of Technology Announces Delfi-C3
A group of students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Electrical Engineering of Delft
University of Technology is developing a new Dutch satellite. Scheduled for launch in 2006, it will be the
first university satellite to be flown for the Netherlands. The Delfi-C3 communications subsystem will operate
in the VHF and UHF amateur radio frequency bands enabling radio amateurs worldwide to receive satellite
data using a modest equipment setup. The EEMCS Faculty is developing an advanced transceiver,
combining miniaturization with a high DC to RF efficiency and the capability to adapt to different channel
conditions. Since transmitting payload data is of utmost importance for the whole mission, the
communications subsystem is set up as a dual redundant system, with an AMSAT platform as backup.
Besides transmitting telemetry data, both systems are capable of providing a linear transponder service to
the amateur radio community as a returned favor for use of amateur frequencies and their assistance with
the telemetry data collection. For all interested radio amateurs and other people related to the project the
team has made the first Delfi-C3 newsletter available at
http://www.delfic3.nl/newsletter
[ANS thanks Wouter Jan Ubbels, PE4WJ, of the Delfi-C3 team for the above information]
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