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Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has received Category 1 certification from NASA, meaning it is authorized for use on more important missions, opening up a whole new revenue stream for the growing launch provider.

The certification was largely based on the success of “This One’s for Pickering” in late 2018, the company’s fourth commercial launch, which took a batch of NASA cubesats into orbit…

NASA awards launch contracts for Sentinal 6A and Landsat 9

NASA has announced launch contract awards for the Landsat 9 and Sentinel 6A spacecraft. Image Credit NASA

On Thursday, Oct. 19, NASA announced two new launch contracts for missions designed to study and monitor the Earth. The Landsat 9 and Sentinel 6A satellites are both scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base located in California. (more…)

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Vodafone India joins 4G race, to launch services by year end

Vodafone India said on Friday it would launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone services in the country by the end of the year, joining rival Bharti Airtel in offering faster data services.

India’s telecommunications market is bracing for heated competition from Reliance Jio, the telecoms unit of conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, as it prepares to offer 4G services starting in December.

Mobile phone carriers in India, the world’s second-biggest market by number of customers, have spent billions of dollars on buying telecom airwaves to meet surging demand for data services.

Vodafone India acquired additional 4G (LTE) spectrum in five circles in the country, in the February 2014 auctions.

These circles together contribute close to 50 percent of the total data revenues for Vodafone India, the company said.

With its deep pockets, Reliance is expected to up the ante by offering affordable 4G connectivity and disrupting the industry.

Earlier this month, rival Bharti Airtel said it would expand its 4G coverage to nearly 300 towns in the coming weeks.

A proliferation of cheap smartphones has prompted more Indians to use their handsets to access the Internet and demand faster downloads. An Internet-based startup boom in the country has also seen increased adaptability on smartphones, bolstering the demand for high-speed data.

Fix your Mac showing generic icons for files

Identifying files by their icon is perhaps more important than being able to locate the programs you use, since for the most part you will likely be browsing your files when using the Finder on your Mac. However, there are some instances where the icons for your files will just appear as generic white documents, leaving you unable to distinguish them and less likely to identify them. This may…

How to always have a document open in a specific program in OS X

When a program is installed in OS X, the system will scan it for various capabilities, including what document formats it can handle, and then will make the program available as an option for managing these formats and other functions. While this is commonly used for document formats, it is also used for URL links, such as those for Web pages, FTP sites, media streams, and E-mail. (more…)

How to change the default Web browser and E-mail client in OS X

When you click a link in OS X, be it a Web link or a mailto link for sending an e-mail, OS X will open the default program that is associated for handling this type of link. In a fresh OS X installation, these will be set to Safari and Mail, but you can use any program that is capable of managing these links.

As with handling files of a particular type, OS X uses (more…)