CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin a 12-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 2:20 pm EDT on Friday, May 14, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-132 mission is Atlantis’ final scheduled flight.
STS-132 is the third of five shuttle missions planned for 2010. Two flights remain until the retirement of the shuttle fleet. The STS-133 and STS-134 launches are targeted for September and November, respectively.

STS-132 will be Atlantis’ 32nd mission and the 34th shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and maintenance.

For more information about the STS-132 mission, visit:

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Apple has announced that its iPad tablet computer will go on sale in nine countries outside the US on 28 May.

The new markets are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

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Facebook

has rushed to fix a security flaw that allowed users to eavesdrop on the live chats of their friends and see their pending friend requests.

The exploit used the site’s privacy features – intended to protect a user – to expose the personal information.

With just a few clicks users could spy on their friends’ personal chat messages and see who had requested to join their network.

Facebook temporarily removed the chat facility while it fixed the flaw.

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I could not get anyone to send me and I Pad to demo so I will let a Cool Cat show you what he thinks of this item.

Just thought I would put a post here to entertain you a little. But if anyone gets wind of any cool apps for Ham Radio that run on this little item, come back and post a comment here.