by Jeff Greene / The Microsoft® WorldWide Telescope is an amazing and innovative web-based application that enables your computer to serve as a virtual desktop telescope. By accessing stunning imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes around the world, viewers can choose nearly any section of the cosmos visible from Earth for a seamless exploration of the universe. There are numerous galaxies, planets, and star clusters to explore, as well as pre-recorded Tours by world renowned astronomers

- by Jeff Greene Microsoft has released the first version of Microsoft Pro Photo Tools with geotagging today. Microsoft Pro Photo Tools provides a set of tools for photographers to perform various tasks with their images—including RAW captures. Download the current version to quickly geotag your photos, view and edit numerous metadata fields and much more, leveraging the power of Windows, Microsoft Live Local and Microsoft Virtual Earth. Features include: - address to latitude/longitude conversion

Steve Fossett ©2007 NPR.com by Jeff Greene / By now you have heard of the mysterious disappearance of famed adventurer Steve Fossett . On September 3rd, Fossett took off from a private airstrip near Reno to scout dry lake beds for an upcoming world land speed record attempt. He has not been seen or heard from since. Searchers have been unsuccessful combing the desert around Reno by both land and air for the past nine days trying to locate his plane. Fossett is an experienced pilot and outdoorsman,